The UK will host the first major global summit on AI safety this autumn, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced, vowing to take a “coordinated approach” on emerging tech with U.S. President Joe Biden. The announcement came ahead of the meeting between the two leaders in Washington on Wednesday. The UK will be at the…
Reddit to Lay Off About 5 Percent of Its Workforce
Reddit said on Tuesday it is laying off about 5 percent of its workforce, or 90 employees, joining a list of technology companies that have been cutting jobs across corporate America. Tech companies including Meta Platforms have been slashing jobs after aggressively hiring during the pandemic, as the industry braces for an economic downturn. Meta,…
ACT Government Hit by Cyber Security Breach
Federal authorities have been brought in to investigate a cyber security breach of ACT government IT systems. The security breach was detected in an email gateway system called Barracuda, which supports some IT systems for the territory government. ACT Special Minister of State Chris Steel said investigations were underway to determine what data may have…
AI Firm Cannot Go Public as ‘Strange’ Decisions May Need to Be Taken, Claims CEO
Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, claims there is no intent to take the organization public as he wants to maintain complete control in order to be able to take “strange” decisions when necessary. “When we develop superintelligence, we’re likely to make some decisions that public market investors would view very strangely,” Altman said…
China Will ‘Militarize’ Tech Stolen from US: Ambassador
June 7, 2023
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China’s communist regime is engaged in the persistent theft of American intellectual property and technologies, according to a leading U.S. diplomat. The regime is stealing critical technologies like artificial intelligence and quantum computing, which will have crucial military importance in the coming years, said U.S. Ambassador to China Nicholas Burns. “[Technology] is in many ways…
Binance Lawsuit Triggers $700M in Withdrawals
June 7, 2023
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against crypto platform, Binance, triggered over $700 million in withdrawals as crypto traders continued to face losses. The SEC filed 13 charges against Binance and its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, for allegedly participating in an “extensive web of deception” to mislead customers and evade federal regulatory laws. The case against…
Binance Lawsuit Triggers $700 Million in Withdrawals
June 7, 2023
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit against crypto platform, Binance, triggered over $700 million in withdrawals as crypto traders continued to face losses. The SEC filed 13 charges against Binance and its CEO, Changpeng “CZ” Zhao, for allegedly participating in an “extensive web of deception” to mislead customers and evade federal regulatory laws. The case against…
Revealed: TikTok Code Worked on From China
June 7, 2023
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Software developers based in China are writing the code for TikTok, triggering concerns that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) can access the data of more than one billion users worldwide, as well as force staff to silence dissenting voices, elevate pro-communist narratives, and sow seeds of division in democracies. A code sample seen by the…
Tucker Carlson Launches New Twitter Show Weeks After Leaving Fox
June 6, 2023
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Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released the first episode of his new show on Twitter on Tuesday night, delving into the mysterious destruction of a dam in Ukraine. “As of today, we have come to Twitter, which we hope will be the short wave radio under the blankets,” Carlson stated toward the end of…
DeSantis Signs Digital Bill of Rights for Florida
Seeking to give Floridians control over their own data, freedom from web censorship, and protection for their children online, Gov. Ron DeSantis on June 6 signed a bill creating a Digital Bill of Rights for the state. “If a multibillion-dollar company is conspiring to take your data and sell it or use it against you,…
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