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NHS wants a second opinion on Palantir's glowing self-assessments

Speaking to the Health and Social Care Committee this week, Labour MP Ben Coleman noted that NHS England had cautioned against attributing improvements directly to the platform, but said newly appointed Palantir UK…

OpenAI continues UK expansion with new managing director

Under the newly-created role, Elke Karskens will lead operations across both the UK and Ireland, with responsibility for activities in the Nordics, Netherlands, and Benelux. Based out of the company’s London office…

A robot called GIMLI will explore a lunar cave for a future moon base

It is the place where we, the players, learn the controls and try very hard not to die, in preparation for safely exploring the rest of the solar system. At a convenient 385,000 kilometres from Earth – a stone’s throw in…

Google To Invest $17bn In Wyoming Data Centre

The company is to build the project with partners Tallgrass Energy, Black Hills Energy, American Electric Power and Related Digital, with power partly coming from a planned 702-megawatt fuel-cell development, with fuel…

China Blocks SoftBank’s Acquisition Of ABB’s Robotics Business

The acquisition, announced last October , had cleared a competition review in China but was subject to an additional foreign investment security review by China’s state planner, the National Development and Reform…

Why password spraying is still an effective attack method

Earlier this year, Check Point Research uncovered an Iranian-backed password spraying campaign that targeted the Microsoft 365 accounts of over 300 organizations. The hackers used Tor exit nodes, VPNs, and weak…

Airbnb is threatening to launch an AI travel agent next year

Airbnb is planning to expand the presence of artificial intelligence features on its platform even further. The company has revealed that it's developing a new kind of AI agent, which will be designed to serve as a…

Safari's Autofill feature may be distoring time

The supposed issue has been a sore spot for Apple customers dating back at least to 2017, when the author of an Apple Community forum post complained about changes to the month field in the Autofill credit card…

Safari's Autofill feature may be distorting time

At least 10 local governments have moved to drop Flock’s surveillance cameras since summer

The backlash is part of a broader pushback against the rapid adoption of advanced AI technology, including the data center buildout, facial recognition, and other uses of AI. Flock, founded in 2017, sells surveillance…