newsmart – Latest News

dailymail.com | 32 min. ago NEW

Cyber criminals 'will hit banks in THREE MONTHS', security experts warn

The warning comes from Cabinet Office officials who work closely with Britain's AI Security Institute (AISI), which tests the kit before it is unleashed on the public.

koreatimes.co.kr | 46 min. ago NEW

Collective learning in decline: Korea's hidden risk

Korea has almost everything a country could want for the age of artificial intelligence (AI). We have world-class semiconductor manufacturers, some of the fastest digital infrastructure anywhere, an intensely educated workforce and a government willing to spend heavily on artificial intelligence. Korean companies are racing to adopt generative AI, universities are launching new programs and policymakers increasingly speak of AI as a pillar of national competitiveness and resilience. On paper, Korea should be one of the great winners of the AI era, yet I worry that we are looking at the wrong scoreboard. The real advantage in an AI-driven world may not belong to the country with the most advanced chips, the largest models or the greatest volume of data. It may instead belong to the society that can recognize change, understand what it means, make decisions, act on them and learn quickly from the results. In other words, the decisive capability is not simply artificial intelligence. It is collective learning. Korea has a problem here. Our technological capacity has advanced much faster than

theatlantic.com | 1 hrs. 13 min. ago

AI’s Code-Red Moment

Anthropic’s CEO says that AI companies must slow down for the good of humanity.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 1 hrs. 18 min. ago

AI development needs to slow down: Dario, Altman & Musk

al-monitor.com | 3 hrs. 8 min. ago

Israeli-made Gaza documentary wins Venice special jury prize

A chilling new documentary about Israel's AI-assisted killing of civilians in Gaza by two Israeli directors won a special jury prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday. "NAZA", by Oscar-winning Israeli directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, had been tipped by some critics for the top Golden Lion prize for best film after a record-breaking 25-minute ovation at its premiere on Thursday. Receiving the award, Abraham said that in the 10 days since the festival began, "Israel killed six Palestinian children in Gaza at least".

abc.net.au | 3 hrs. 8 min. ago

Anthropic boss calls for AI slowdown, Altman and Musk agree

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has called on AI firms to slow down the development of the powerful technology, amid mounting worries over the risks of "super-intelligent" computer systems.

thehill.com | 3 hrs. 10 min. ago

Anthropic CEO calls to 'slow the pace' of AI development amid safety concerns

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Saturday that artificial intelligence development must slow down to allow for the implementation of necessary risk prevention safeguards. “We must slow the pace at which we improve the capabilities of AI models,” Amodei wrote in a blog post. “Progress will still seem fast, and we must make wise use of...

axios.com | 3 hrs. 15 min. ago

OpenAI delaying IPO amid AI safety concerns, Sam Altman says

OpenAI will not go public this year given all the safety work it needs to do, CEO Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview released Saturday. Why it matters: Altman's comments come as fears over doomsday AI scenarios have ramped up since an Anthropic employee resigned and issued a dire warning about AI's capabilities. What they're saying: "Right now would be an ill-advised moment to go public," Altman said."I would say not 2026, yeah. We got a lot of stuff to do," Altman told Fortune editor-in-chief Alyson Shontell. "Meeting this moment of what is going to be required for safety and alignment, and how the industry and governments can work together, I'm happy to be able to do that as a private company."The intrigue: The market expected blockbuster IPOs from both OpenAI and Anthropic this year.Altman's move puts the ball squarely in Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's court — especially given Amodei's warning Saturday that AI development needs to be slowed.The bottom line: "I think a key principle that we should all agree on is that we cannot take actions that would risk losing control of the future to AI," Altman said.That means investors may have to wait a while. Editor's note: This story has been updated with new information throughout.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 3 hrs. 57 min. ago

16-year-old uses AI to map pollution and drive countywide policy change

theatlantic.com | 6 hrs. 3 min. ago

AI Is Running Laps Around Our Political System

Technology is moving faster than elected officials can handle–and Anthropic’s CEO says the industry should slow down.

ft.com | 6 hrs. 6 min. ago

[$] Rivals Altman and Musk rally behind Dario Amodei’s call for an AI slowdown

Warring tech bosses unite behind warnings that humans could lose control of the technology

bbc.co.uk | 7 hrs. 2 min. ago

Dramatic insider warnings over AI fall flat with some in Silicon Valley

A recent spate of stark warnings about the dangers of AI has been met with scepticism by executives and investors.

dailymail.com | 7 hrs. 22 min. ago

Anthropic CEO begs AI bosses to slow down on potentially deadly technology after whistleblower's chilling warning

CEO Dario Amodei published the warning in the aftermath of the viral resignation of whistleblower Jacob Coxon, who said AI was posing an existential threat to humanity.

newsbeep.com | 7 hrs. 27 min. ago

Would a $20 minimum wage in Quebec actually be a ‘big blow’ to the economy?

Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…

nbcnews.com | 7 hrs. 27 min. ago

Anthropic CEO calls for slowing the AI race as safety warnings mount

The CEO of one of the world’s leading AI companies is calling for the industry to slow the development of increasingly powerful AI systems, continuing this week’s cascade of warnings from researchers working on the technology.

businessinsider.com | 7 hrs. 27 min. ago

Dario Amodei says OpenAI's Hugging Face hack helped convince him AI needs to slow down

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in a new essay on Saturday that he's 'become convinced' in recent months that AI development needs to slow down.

thenextweb.com | 7 hrs. 28 min. ago

Anthropic’s Dario Amodei says the AI industry must slow down

Dario Amodei has called on the AI industry to slow the pace at which it improves models, committing Anthropic to embedded third-party evaluators and asking Washington for an antitrust waiver so competitors can coordinate on safety. Much of what he describes has been binding on general-purpose models with systemic risk in the EU since August […] This story continues at The Next Web

marketwatch.com | 7 hrs. 28 min. ago

Elon Musk backs Anthropic’s call to slow down AI progress before rogue bots take over the entire internet

Leaders of major AI companies say they agree with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, who just called for the tech industry to move more slowly with model development.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 8 hrs. 15 min. ago

Do we want to deport foreign doctors? Immigration firm CEO asks if US is ready to lose medical professionals, AI engineers by removing 60-day grace period

nypost.com | 9 hrs. 6 min. ago

Lovesick young men are building ‘perfect’ AI girlfriends in ‘dangerous’ new platform

The controversial freshly-launched platform, SxxxAI, pronounced S-X-X-X-AI, encourages users to ditch the hassle of the real-world dating game by creating a girlfriend who looks and acts exactly how they want.

euromaidanpress.com | 9 hrs. 9 min. ago

Fast kill but also long game: Russia is using AI-generated women and long conversations to lure Ukrainian soldiers to their deaths

The fake profiles are one of three versions of a honey-trap scheme that has killed six soldiers, the SBU says,

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 16 min. ago

Ayyappa Paniker Foundation announces ‘Kavya Drishyam’ reel competition

The competition aims to visualise poetic imagination against the backdrop of the digital age with the help of technology. The contest will accept entries shot on cameras or mobile phones, as well as those created using AI and animation technologies.

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 17 min. ago

Delhi HC protects journalist Rajat Sharma’s personality rights

Court restrains Facebook and YouTube accounts from infringing Rajat Sharma’s personality and publicity rights; directs platforms to remove AI-generated deepfake videos

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 11 hrs. 27 min. ago

'We may not survive this': Another Anthropic employee quits with stark AI warning

nytimes.com | 11 hrs. 28 min. ago

[$] Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday

Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.

nbcnews.com | 11 hrs. 31 min. ago

L.L.Bean embraces its old-school roots with brick-and-mortar stores, print catalogs, no AI

L.L.Bean is embracing its rugged roots in Freeport, Maine, shunning AI and adding more brick-and-mortar stores.

thenextweb.com | 11 hrs. 32 min. ago

China’s AI industry is moving from models to agents, a state report says

China’s AI industry is moving from competing on models to deploying agents, and the China Telecom Research Institute expects inference to reach 80% of the country’s compute market by 2029. Europe’s answer is seven gigafactories whose bids close in November and whose machines are due to run by mid-2028, on a EUR 30bn budget of […] This story continues at The Next Web

theguardian.com | 12 hrs. 46 min. ago

Deepfakes are wrecking influencers’ credibility, one fake ad at a time

Influencers aren’t just battling competitors for brand deals. They’re now battling AI versions of themselvesEarlier this year, Emily Schuman, the creator of the lifestyle blog Cupcakes and Cashmere, saw a photo of herself she didn’t recognize on Instagram. In a sponsored ad, Schuman, who has more than 500,000 Instagram followers, is holding up a vial of GLP-1 drugs, advertising the telehealth company Gala. There was just one problem: Schuman had never heard of Gala and had nothing to do with the ad.The ad was based on a digitally altered version of a selfie Schuman had taken in her car and posted on Instagram years earlier. Once her followers got wind, they flooded her inbox with questions about the sponsorship as it didn’t seem consistent with Schuman’s personal brand. Soon after, Schuman discovered this was just the beginning. There was also an Instagram post where an AI version of her with darker hair appears to apply foundation to promote a makeup brand called Meroda Cosmetics, and TikTok posts with generated images of her promoting the blood testing company Superpower. Continue reading...

theguardian.com | 13 hrs. 15 min. ago

Is university still worth it? What you need to know before committing

With AI, an unsettled jobs market and rising student costs, it’s crucial to make the most of your experience“To me it’s definitely still worth going to university – absolutely it is,” says Nick Hillman, chief executive of the Higher Education Policy Institute thinktank. “I’ll certainly be urging my children to go on to higher education,” he adds. “Relative to everything else, it’s still a very, very good bet.”Yet the national conversation around universities in recent months has been relentlessly negative. Rising tuition fees, spiralling student debt and the financial crisis gripping many institutions are more than enough to give pause to sixth-formers currently trying to decide whether it makes sense to go on to university. Continue reading...

thenextweb.com | 13 hrs. 19 min. ago

Nvidia may put $10bn into Anthropic’s IPO, more than Europe’s largest AI round in full

Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $10bn in Anthropic’s initial public offering, which seeks as much as $100bn at a valuation near $2trn and would be the largest listing in history. Three days earlier it returned as an investor in Mistral’s EUR 3bn round, the largest ever raised by a European technology company […] This story continues at The Next Web

thenextweb.com | 13 hrs. 29 min. ago

Nvidia may put $10bn into Anthropic’s IPO, more than Europe’s largest AI round in full

Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $10bn in Anthropic’s initial public offering, which seeks as much as $100bn at a valuation near $2trn and would be the largest listing in history. Three days earlier it returned as an investor in Mistral’s EUR 3bn round, the largest ever raised by a European technology company […] This story continues at The Next Web

livemint.com | 13 hrs. 49 min. ago

'iPhone Duo itna mehenga hai’: Rapper Santy Sharma revives ‘kidney’ joke over ₹3 lakh price of Apple's newest device

Santy Sharma shared an AI-generated post showing him holding an iPhone Duo box in one hand and a white smartphone in the other. His T-shirt is lifted, revealing a long, stitched surgical incision on the right side of his abdomen.

theage.com.au | 14 hrs. 40 min. ago

History shows where new technology can lead

Readers react to warnings of AI’s potential effects on humanity.

businessinsider.com | 14 hrs. 51 min. ago

A developer emailed Claude Code's creator about AI slop. Boris Cherny wrote back.

A developer emailed Claude Code creator Boris Cherny that AI coding had created "friction." Cherny posted his full response.

npr.org | 15 hrs. 41 min. ago

Why are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do?

As an Anthropic resignation and OpenAI agents' hack on Hugging Face capture public attention, some researchers worry the industry is racing too fast to develop powerful AI while safety measures lag.

thestar.com | 15 hrs. 44 min. ago

Why Canada should treat AI as a productivity challenge, not a countdown to white-collar extinction

While U.S. executives predict rapid AI automation, writes Gleb Tsipursky, Canadian data shows a transition focused on training, not layoffs.

livemint.com | 16 hrs. 29 min. ago

Taking AI too far? New Mexico Supreme Court fines lawyer $5,000 for presenting ‘fake testimony’, ChatGPT-generated brief