Tag: AI
Half of Brits duped by scam message in last year thanks to AI, study reveals
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bombarding Brits with an onslaught of scam messages, a new study by antivirus company McAfee reveals. As cybercriminals capitalise on AI to generate increasingly realistic cons, Brits are now wasting over a week every year deciphering scam messages from real, according to McAfee’s Global Scam Message Study. The research reveals that people…
Countries agree to responsible AI development in Bletchley Declaration
For the first time, 28 countries convened by the UK and including the US, EU and China agree opportunities, risks and need for international action on frontier AI – systems where we face the most urgent and dangerous risks. Driving forward key summit objectives on understanding of the risks and establishing further global collaboration, crucial…
AI Safety Summit: AI threat to humanity warns Musk, nations sign ‘Bletchley declaration’
Bletchley Park where the AI Safety Summit is taking place The UK, US, EU, Australia and China have all agreed that artificial intelligence poses a potentially catastrophic risk to humanity, in the first international declaration to deal with the fast-emerging technology. Twenty-eight governments signed up to the so-called Bletchley declaration on the first…
Mobile phone use may be linked to low sperm count, Apple Watch ban in US?
Using your mobile phone frequently may be linked to a lower sperm concentration and total sperm count, new research suggests. However, the study by researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE) did not find any association between use of the devices and low sperm motility (movement) and morphology (shape). The research also indicates that where…
UK announces £118m AI skills funding
The UK’s AI skills base is set to be future-proofed with a £118m boost to funding, the Government claims in an announcement today (Tuesday 31 October). This includes naming, for the first time, the further 12 Centres for Doctoral Training in AI that will benefit from Government backing through UK Research and Innovation. Meanwhile, a…
ChatGPT and Bard risk ‘new wave of scams’, Which? warns
ChatGPT and Bard lack effective defences to prevent fraudsters from unleashing a new wave of convincing scams by exploiting their AI tools, a Which? investigation has found. A key way for consumers to identify scam emails and texts is that they are often in badly-written English, but the consumer watchdog's latest research found it could…
Rishi Sunak sets out pros and cons of AI ahead of next week’s summit
Artificial intelligence could help make it easier to build chemical and biological weapons, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has warned. What's more, in the worst-case scenario, society could lose all control over AI, preventing it from being switched off. And while the potential for harm is disputed, we must not "put our heads in the…
Majority of developers identify AI as main security challenge, claims report
78% of developers see generative AI as a challenge to data security. However, 83% of respondents note their organizations have already invested in AI technology to manage and/or analyze data. 68% of developers have used passkeys for work applications, yet only 36% believe FIDO2 and passkeys could replace passwords. Over half (54%) of developers spend…
Face search company Clearview AI overturns fine, NY mayor uses ‘audio deepfakes’
A company that enables its clients to search a database of billions of images scraped from the internet for matches to a particular face has won an appeal against the UK's privacy watchdog. Last year, Clearview AI was fined more than £7.5m by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) for unlawfully storing facial images. Jack Mulcaire,…
Kia reveals EV5 and two concept models at its first EV day
Kia presents global EV strategy at first annual Kia EV Day Acceleration of ‘EV revolution’ with expanded EV model line-up and charging infrastructure growth Kia unveils three new small to medium-sized electric models The Kia EV5: Production electric compact SUV designed to meet needs of modern individuals with families The Kia Concept EV3: Kia’s vision for…
