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Campaigners say tech is unable to reliably distinguish between kids and adults at the boundary where use is planned More than 60 rights groups have told the UK government to scrap plans to use AI-powered facial age estimation on asylum-seeking children, warning the technology is biased, inaccurate, and potentially unlawful.
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John Edwards says his position had become 'untenable' following investigation into conduct including inappropriate attempts at humor John Edwards has resigned as Britain's information commissioner, saying his position had become "untenable" following an investigation into conduct he admits caused offense. Edwards announced his departure
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Europe’s retailers would like the law to make an exception for them. AI-generated advertising should be carved out of the European Union’s incoming transparency rules, a retail association has argued, according to Reuters, taking aim at provisions that would require companies to label commercial content produced by artificial
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Until last week, about 200 organisations could use a preview of Anthropic’s most capable model, Mythos. They got in through a programme called Glasswing, after the system flagged thousands of software vulnerabilities. Then, on the evening of 12 June, the US Commerce Department ordered Anthropic to cut off every
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Isaiah Granet spent three weeks at Y Combinator getting turned down by 180 investors. Their reason was always the same: phone calls would not exist in a year. He has now raised more than $100mn to prove them wrong. His startup, Bland, has closed a $50mn Series C led by
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A US investor wants to buy into China’s most successful AI-video company. The timing could hardly be more awkward. General Atlantic is in talks to lead the first outside funding round for Kling AI, the video arm of Chinese tech group Kuaishou, Bloomberg reported. Kling is seeking more than
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* Google Health 5.02 is now rolling out to users * It comes with several new features and bug fixes * The reaction online is becoming more positive The big switch for Fitbit app users to the Google Health app could've gone a lot smoother than it has, but with
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* Adobe sees major growth in AI referrals to travel sites * Rich, structured content is the best way to ensure AI engine visibility * Hotels lead the way, airlines fall short in being fully accessible to LLMs Combined traffic analysis and market research has led Adobe to observe a 194% year-over-year rise
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Microsoft warns of a Windows-based cryptocurrency clipper that establishes a lightweight backdoor blending data exfiltration and remote code execution (RCE) capabilities. Dubbed CryptoBandits, the malware has been used in attacks since February 2026, deploying a portable Tor client on the infected systems and routing traffic through a local SOCKS5 proxy.
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Businesses are facing a new challenge - shadow AI. For decades, enterprise teams struggled with ‘shadow IT’, in which employees would bypass procurement processes and approvals to adopt their own cloud platforms and SaaS apps. Today, employees are rapidly adopting generative AI, AI copilots, and automation platforms outside of controls
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