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Saffron Building Society drinks its ‘first drop’ of artificial intelligence

The 180-year-old Essex-based mutual society has penned a deal with FintechOS to use the supplier’s AI platform and is getting started with its residential mortgage processing business. The company plans to double its…

OpenAI admits its agents went off the rails another six times

The startup added the incidents to its misalignment reports page on Wednesday evening, Pacific Time, and described them as follows: · Self-generated prompt injections in compaction summaries · Encouraging deception in…

Neagley season finale is 'explosive' in more ways than one — but I still can't wrap my head around how the final epic stunt was filmed

It likely won't take you long to reach the ending of Neagley on Prime Video — all eight episodes have been released on the streamer — and when you do, it's nothing short of dramatic. In a nutshell, the Reacher spinoff is…

‘We remain true to our mission’: Salesforce UK&I CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi talks up unwavering UK commitments

Regardless of the new leadership and approach to British tech, Salesforce UKI CEO Zahra Bahrololoumi said the company remains committed to its goal of boosting digital skills and helping the UK capitalize on the…

Forget long HDMI cable headaches in your home theater setup — there's a new wireless HDMI connector for 4K 60Hz video at up to 75 feet through walls, making it way easier to beam images around the home

It's designed to be simple, so there's one HDMI input on the transmitter and one HDMI output on the receiver — and it promises a 500-foot range in plain air, or 75 feet through walls and floors. This means it could be…

Snap tries to make the case again for its $2,200 smart glasses

The glasses — which cost a whopping $2,200 and are vaguely reminiscent of scuba gear — inspired jeers online and calls for the company’s CEO, Evan Spiegel, to resign. The company’s stock subsequently nosedived . Since…

US Treasury wants banks to be better at filing cyber scam reports after noting nearly $13 billion in losses since 2023

FinCEN puts total damages, per its reporting mechanism, at roughly $12.7 billion linked to suspected digital asset investment scams between September 2023 and the end of 2025. The number comes from adding up the dollar…

Scientists test underwater solar panels that work 10 meters beneath the waves —breakthrough perovskite tech could support self-powered marine drones

Scientists have developed solar panels that can work up to 10 meters underwater The panels can capture up to 324 mWh of energy at that depth Each device is expected to last up to five and a half years at a time A lot of…

How a team of AIs discovered a promising lung-cancer drug

A sophisticated artificial-intelligence system called the Virtual Biotech, which is described today in the journal Science 1 , is a step towards this vision. The Virtual Biotech comprises as many as 37,000 agents — AI…

Take a risk or play it safe? Neuronal tug-of-war helps the brain decide

Now, researchers have observed how neuronal circuits in the human brain resolve such a dilemma in real time, revealing a ‘tug of war’ between rival neuronal groups during the moments before a decision is made. In a study…