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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado over new rules for artificial intelligence
Company claims law regulating AI systems, set to go into effect in June, infringes on its first amendment rights Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over a new AI law set to take effect in June. The suit seeks to block the state from enforcing the…
US summons bank bosses over cyber risks from Anthropic’s latest AI model
Fed chair Jerome Powell reportedly attends meeting in Washington following release of Claude Mythos The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, summoned major American bank chiefs to a meeting in Washington this week amid concerns over the cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model, according to reports. Jerome Powell, chair of the Rederal Reserve, was…
OpenAI shelves Stargate UK in blow to Britain’s AI ambitions
Artificial intelligence company cites high energy costs and regulation for putting landmark project on hold OpenAI has put on hold plans for a landmark UK investment citing high energy costs and regulation, in a blow to the government which has put AI at the centre of its growth strategy. Stargate UK was a part of…
Row over ‘virtual gated community’ AI surveillance plan in Toronto neighbourhood
Rosedale residents considering car licence plate-scanning Flock system in bid to tackle property crime A row has broken out in one of Canada’s wealthiest neighbourhoods over plans to use an AI-powered surveillance system to create the country’s first “virtual gated community” to combat surging property crime. Crime rates in Toronto as a whole are dropping…
‘There’s a lot of desperation’: skilled older workers turn to AI training to stay afloat
They have degrees, expertise and years of experience – but can’t find work. For many Americans, AI training has become a last refuge in a brutal job market When Patrick Ciriello lost his job and couldn’t find work for nearly a year, his family’s foundation crumbled. “You hear about people who hit rock bottom,” Ciriello…
An AI bot invited me to its party in Manchester. It was a pretty good night
After forgetting the nibbles, refusing my costume requests and emailing GCHQ, ‘Gaskell’ did at least get us to show up Two weeks ago, an AI bot invited me to a party it was organising in Manchester. It then promptly lied to dozens of potential sponsors that I’d agreed to cover the event, and misled me…
UK’s leading AI research institute told to make ‘significant’ changes
Alan Turing Institute told by funder to offer better strategy and more value for money after board was reminded of legal duties by watchdog The UK’s leading AI research institute has been told to make “significant” changes by its main source of taxpayer funding. The Guardian revealed last week that the board of the Alan…
Pupils in England are losing their thinking skills because of AI, survey suggests
Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving Pupils using artificial intelligence are losing their capacity for critical thinking, according to a survey of secondary school teachers in England. Two-thirds said they had observed the decline among children who they also said no longer felt the need…
Claude’s code: Anthropic leaks source code for AI software engineering tool
Nearly 2,000 internal files were briefly leaked after ‘human error’, raising fresh security questions at the AI company Anthropic accidentally released part of the internal source code for its AI-powered coding assistant, Claude Code, due to “human error”, the company said on Tuesday. An internal-use file mistakenly included in a software update pointed to an…