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Kido nursery hackers threaten to publish more children’s profiles
Criminals calling themselves Radiant say they will post additional private data online unless they are paid Hackers with pictures and the private information of thousands of nursery children have threatened to publish more material online unless they are paid. Criminals calling themselves Radiant hacked the UK-based Kido nursery chain and posted profiles of 10 children…
Hackers reportedly steal pictures of 8,000 children from Kido nursery chain
Firm, which has 18 sites around London and more in US, India and China, has received ransom demand, say reports The names, pictures and addresses of about 8,000 children have reportedly been stolen from the Kido nursery chain by a gang of cybercriminals. The criminals have demanded a ransom from the company – which has…
Musk’s Grok AI bot falsely suggests police misrepresented footage of far-right rally in London
Met forced to rebut misinformation amplified by X users as Musk accused of inciting violence with protest comments The Metropolitan police has had to counter false suggestions by the artificial intelligence on Elon Musk’s X platform that the force passed off footage from 2020 as being from Saturday’s far-right rally in the city. The claim…
Elon Musk calls for dissolution of parliament at far-right rally in London
US-based tech boss was addressing the ‘unite the kingdom’ protest organised by Tommy Robinson via video link Elon Musk has called for a “dissolution of parliament” and a “change of government” in the UK while addressing a crowd attending a “unite the kingdom” rally in London, organised by the far-right activist Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, known as…
Doctors develop AI stethoscope that can detect major heart conditions in 15 seconds
Upgraded medical tool has ability to diagnose heart failure, heart valve disease and abnormal heart rhythms Doctors have successfully developed an artificial intelligence-led stethoscope that can detect three heart conditions in 15 seconds. Invented in 1816, the traditional stethoscope – used to listen to sounds within the body – has been a vital part of…
Expert rejects Met police claim that study backs bias-free live facial recognition use
Academic says sample size was too small to claim new sensitivity guidelines have removed racial, gender or age bias The Metropolitan police’s claims that their use of live facial recognition is bias-free are not substantiated by the report they cite to support their case, a leading expert on the technology has said. The Met is…
Met chief rejects calls to scrap live facial recognition at Notting Hill carnival
Mark Rowley says technology will be ‘non-discriminatory’ and ‘does not perform in a way which exhibits bias’ The Metropolitan police commissioner has hit back at demands to drop the use of live facial recognition cameras at this weekend’s Notting Hill carnival over concerns of racial bias and an impending legal challenge. Mark Rowley wrote in…
AI tool that speeds up patient discharges trialled by NHS
Pilot at London trust aims to reduce paperwork and free up doctors, as UK brings AI to public services An artificial intelligence tool designed to speed up the discharge of patients is being trialled at a hospital trust in London. The platform completes documents needed to send fit patients home, potentially saving hours of delays…
Facial recognition cameras too racially biased to use at Notting Hill carnival, say campaigners
Exclusive: Letter to the Met says technology ‘unfairly targets community that carnival exists to celebrate’ The Met commissioner should scrap plans to deploy live facial recognition (LFR) at next weekend’s Notting Hill carnival because the technology is riven with “racial bias” and subject to a legal challenge, 11 civil liberty and anti-racist groups have demanded.…
Uber loses UK supreme court appeal over tax on private-hire rivals
Rival taxi operators will not face a 20% tax charge on their profit margins outside London Business live – latest updates Uber’s rival taxi operators will not have to pay 20% VAT on their profits outside London after a UK supreme court verdict in a long-running case. The court ruled that private-hire operators do not…