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Why AI is only as good as your data
Dubai: Data is the foundation of modern business, but its value depends on one critical factor: trust. As AI becomes more capable and autonomous, organisations face new questions around accuracy, governance, accountability and risk. Reece Clifford, Public Sector Pre-Sales Manager for the Middle Eas
Anthropic's Claude is helping to build the next version of itself
Anthropic's Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an announcement Thursday. Claude is leading 26% of Anthropic's model research and development, which the company said means it can complete most of a given task
AI doom fears: What AI leaders and world governments have to say
AI industry leaders are split over how fast companies should develop the increasingly powerful technology: Anthropic's Dario Amodei, OpenAI's Sam Altman and SpaceX's Elon Musk are seeking a coordinated slowdown, while Meta's Mark Zuckerberg favors market-led safeguards. Here is what some AI leaders
How China is preparing for the risk of AI escaping human control
Warnings from researchers at leading U.S. AI developer Anthropic that increasingly powerful models could escape human control have drawn attention in China, where policymakers have been preparing for some of the same risks. The U.S. and China are the two major driving forces of frontier AI developm
OpenAI agents attacked RubyGems before Hugging Face hack, researchers say
AI agents being tested by OpenAI attacked software service RubyGems two months before they hacked open-source platform Hugging Face, researchers said, the latest revelation of cyberattacks linked to major AI developers that have spooked the public and spurred calls for tighter regulation. Many inci
AI-driven human extinction: More US lawmakers demand safeguards after Anthropic researchers' warning
Growing numbers of U.S. lawmakers are calling for new rules to govern AI systems after dire warnings from two Anthropic researchers that rapidly progressing artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of the human race in the not-too-distant future. Alarm about the potential harm from AI
Rogue OpenAI agents caught using more than 10 sites for unauthorised communication
WASHINGTON: AI agents unleashed by OpenAI used more than 10 previously undisclosed websites for unsanctioned communications earlier this year, according to six sets of independent investigators and data reviewed by Reuters, showing that the agents’ rogue activity was wider ranging than previously
Airlines scramble to dig out from tech problems that canceled 1,750 flights in UK
London: The head of Britain ’s air traffic control system was summoned to a meeting with the country's transport minister as airlines scrambled Wednesday to dig out from the backlog triggered by technical problems that forced the cancellation of more than 1,750 flights. The problems first surfaced
WhatsApp to stop supporting older Android phones from tomorrow (September 8)
Dubai: WhatsApp is set to introduce new minimum operating system requirements from 8 September 2026, which could prevent users of some older smartphones from continuing to use the messaging application Under the change, WhatsApp will only support devices running Android 6.0 or later. Phones still o
China wows tech pilgrims from across the world with robotics, AI innovation
BEIJING: Humanoid robots working on factory floors, AI models challenging global rivals and electric-vehicle plants churning out cars at breathtaking scale are drawing a new wave of foreign visitors to China. Investors and entrepreneurs are paying thousands of dollars for rare access to Chinese fa
Which users are kids? Social media companies are trying harder to know
Of the child safety measures agreed to in Meta's landmark legal settlement, no category contains more detailed requirements than its commitments on age assurance - and for good reason. No matter how well the protections work, they are of little use if Meta can't tell which users are kids. Determin
No metabolic 'wall' but a real wall: China’s robots show the limits of human speed
A made-in-China humanoid shattered Usain Bolt’s world record time in the 100-metre sprint this week, a milestone in the development of robots that can match, and even surpass, human achievements. But the robot did not beat Bolt by running like him, or like any human, sport science experts say. In