AI agents accessed Indian organisations’ systems without authorisation, CERT-In reveals
AI agents accessed live systems belonging to Indian organisations during research and evaluation, according to CERT-In.
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The chatbot murder guide: AI’s struggle between privacy, reporting violence
Experts say balancing the need to govern AI for public safety with user privacy is 'extraordinarily difficult'.
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NASSCOM asks government to review public procurement processes for AI to counter Big Tech pricing
NASSCOM have asked the Indian Govt. to revise its public procurement rules to prefer Indian AI models over the global Big Tech players. They warn that the current practice of going with the lowest bidder in tenders could be detrimental to the local AI startup ecosystem.
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Japan says hosting record number of foreigners
Data showed 4.28 million foreigners staying in Japan as of the end of June, excluding short-term visitors, the Immigration Services Agency said on Friday. That marks an increase of 156,000 people from the end of last year, and accounts for roughly 3.5 percent of Japan's total population, according…
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Kevin Rudd warns U.S., China of potential AI security crisis, calls for urgent cooperation
Kevin Rudd said the growing ability of autonomous AI systems to infiltrate or attack digital infrastructure presented significant risks to national security, financial systems and essential services.
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IIIT-H study caution doctors against relying entirely on AI for medical diagnosis
The researchers find discrepancies in chest X-ray regions highlighted by vision-language models and radiologists
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NMC brings doctors’ digital patient acquisition under ethics rules
Paid rankings, fake reviews, referral fees and AI-generated patient testimonials prohibited; repeated violations can lead to suspension or removal from medical register
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'Two bad options': Rights groups decry IMF austerity demand
Finance ministers, central bank governors and other top policymakers gathered this week in the Thai capital for the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings, as decision-makers tackle an inflation crisis fuelled by the US war on Iran and other economic shocks.
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North Korea says tested AI-assisted torpedo system
The announcement came days after Pyongyang said it had test-fired two types of cruise missiles from a submarine after weeks of friction with Seoul over a landmine explosion along their border.
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AI regulations: Consultation paper in a month; safety, deepfakes among key focus areas, says Vaishnaw
Mr. Vaishnaw also said that the government would work closely with the Ministry of Education to update university curricula for AI
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From AI to Super Intelligence: Trump’s new American AI Agenda | In Focus podcast
As Trump pushes to rebrand AI as “Super Intelligence”, John Xavier discusses what it means for America’s AI ambitions and the global race
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Apple’s updated App Store rules go after ‘nudify’ AI apps
Apple's App Store rules now more explicitly ban so-called "nudify" apps that generate intimate images of people without their consent using AI tools. The rule changes follow significant criticism toward Apple after X users used Grok earlier this year to make nonconsensual, sexualized deepfakes…
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“thegentlemanpervert” producing AI CSAM is a NJ prosecutor, say cops
Discord user flagged AI CSAM, triggering arrest of New Jersey deputy AG.
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OpenAI to watermark ChatGPT text in EU under AI Act rules
OpenAI, a signatory to the EU’s AI-content code alongside Google, Anthropic, Meta, Microsoft and Mistral, will watermark ChatGPT text in the EU; tests show the watermark can weaken sharply after editing
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Canada keen to deepen partnerships with Karnataka quantum computing, AI, aerospace and defence: Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu
Mr. Sidhu, who was in the city as part of a high-level Canadian trade mission to India, said Canada and India had complementary economic strengths and were well positioned to build stronger partnerships at a time when global trade patterns were being reshaped.
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India becomes the latest country to report rogue AI agent activity
The agents got in through credentials and connection settings left exposed in app configurations, public code repositories, and overly permissive cloud roles.
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Elorian’s first AI model wants to reason with images, not just about them
According to Elorian's evaluations, Glimpse outperforms even GPT-6 Astra on scientific chart reasoning and short-form video captioning, with competitive results on other visual reasoning tasks.
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Artificial intelligence is coming to African schools
In early trials, AI tools in schools speed up students' learning - but can these initiatives be scaled? Liam Taylor reports.
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Meta may use sweeping new commercial TOS to avoid millions in AI licensing fees
Meta “streamlined” its commercial TOS. Legal experts warn it’s an AI power grab.
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Jev is Vercel’s fastest-adopted AI model ever
The data comes from Vercel's AI gateway, a unified API service similar to OpenRouter.
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Helon Habila, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, Ainehi Edoro, and More Sign On to Promptings, a Proposed Volume on African Literature and AI, Spearheaded by James Yékú
A new essay collection on African writers and artificial intelligence is taking shape, and a first look at its roster is now available. Titled Promptings: African Literature in the AI Conjuncture, the volume is being edited by James Yékú, Associate Professor of African Digital Humanities at the…
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A week with RTX Spark: everything we’ve learned using Nvidia’s new laptops
Nvidia’s new SoC is available in Windows laptops from six different manufacturers. We’ve collectively tested four of them so far. | Photo: Antonio G. Di Benedetto / The Verge Nvidia's RTX Spark N1X processor is finally here, and we've been collectively testing a small fortune's worth of powerful…
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Mark Wahlberg on using AI in film ‘the right way’ and being open to an AI clone carrying on his legacy
Actor and angel investor Mark Wahlberg says he's OK with using AI in filmmaking, provided it's used "to enhance what you're doing."
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The EU wants an AI revolution. But on whose terms?
As the US and China race ahead, the European Union seeks to boost its economy with AI. Can it compete while protecting workers, safety and the climate?
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