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Time running out for regulators to tackle AI threat ahead of general election, researchers warn | Science & Tech News
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Time is running out for regulators to tackle the threats posed by artificial intelligence (AI) to the democratic process ahead of July’s election, researchers have warned. However, the idea of deepfakes swinging the election should not be overblown as there is no clear evidence of an election result being affected by AI, they said. In…
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AI regulators ‘under-resourced’ compared to developers, committee warns | Science & Tech News
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Regulators for artificial intelligence in the UK are “under-resourced” compared to developers of the technology, the Commons science committee chief has warned. Outgoing chairman of the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee, Greg Clark, said he is “worried” by the gap between regulators and the “finance that major developers can command”. In a report produced by…
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Elon Musk ordered to appear before regulators for a third time as they probe his £35bn Twitter takeover | Science & Tech News
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Elon Musk has been ordered to testify for a third time in the probe into his takeover of Twitter, now known as X. US magistrate judge Laurel Beeler issued an order on Saturday night after Musk failed to appear before the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on the arranged date. The judge said Musk “did…
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Bitcoin jumps on regulator’s ‘unauthorised’ X post | Business News
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Questions are being raised over security measures at X after hackers were blamed for a fake post on the US financial market regulator’s account that prompted a jump in the value of Bitcoin. Crypto investors were widely anticipating confirmation from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this week that it had approved a Bitcoin…
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Chinese regulators propose two-hour phone limit per day for under 18s | World News
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Chinese regulators have proposed rules that would limit under 18s to a maximum of two hours a day on their smartphones. The country’s cyberspace regulator said it wanted providers of smart devices to introduce a so-called ‘minor mode’ which would bar users under the age of 18 from accessing the internet on their mobiles from…
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Transparency is crucial over how AI is trained – and regulators must take the lead | Science & Tech News
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Transparency over what goes into developing artificial intelligence systems is crucial, but the push to improve it must be led by regulators, not private companies. Nick Clegg, head of global affairs at Meta, today made the case for openness as the way forward, arguing in the Financial Times that greater transparency over how AI works…