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‘We believe this is a practical step toward an open web’: Don't want AI companies training on your website? OpenAI, Google and Microsoft are backing a new way to opt out

OpenAI, Google, Microsoft and Anthropic have agreed to support a new way for website owners to stop their content being used to train AI models. The companies are backing a shared opt-out signal in a website’s robots.txt file, which tells AI crawlers whether they're allowed to use its content for training.

Like a modern day Library of Alexandria, the internet is the single largest source of human knowledge that exists. Countless people have spent their lives cataloguing and uploading the entire history of humanity for the betterment of everyone.

AI companies are a tinderbox in this regard. To train and develop better capabilities for their models, AI companies are repeatedly scraping every corner of the internet to create archives of training data. Compounded by changes in search and how people seek information, AI threatens to become the single point of access to information.

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Over 100 European Stores Hit as Supermarket Fridge Attacks Return

More than 100 stores in several European countries saw their fridges and freezers heat up overnight from Sunday to Monday, and several retailers have blamed a cyberattack. The incidents closely resemble the attacks that disrupted European supermarkets three weeks ago. The affected businesses, ranging from major chains to small butcher

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The cyber insurance gap: Why boards must prepare for the financial fallout of an attack

For most of the past decade, boards asked their technology leaders a single question about cyber risk: Are we secure? The reality is that there is no definitive answer, because no organisation can ever be entirely secure. Today, a more pertinent question is finding its way into boardrooms, audit committees

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Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing

Apple’s AI-powered “Audio Intelligence” technology for the Apple Watch is now rolling out into beta testing, initially for developers in the iOS 27.3 update, after first being announced at the company’s Surprise and Shine hardware event in September. The technology includes a set of four opt-in AI

Refrigerator cyberattack spreads to many European countries, spoiling food worth thousands

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years. TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust. What we know so far: Last month's cyberattack on French grocery store refrigerators became an expensive reminder of the risks of relying on the Internet of Things for critical infrastructure. New attacks

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Over 100 European Stores Hit as Supermarket Fridge Attacks Return

The cyber insurance gap: Why boards must prepare for the financial fallout of an attack

Apple Watch’s AI features for rewinding and recapping conversations begin beta testing

Refrigerator cyberattack spreads to many European countries, spoiling food worth thousands