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Chinese AI not powerful enough to see rogue-AI risks, says Huawei <br> Huawei&#39;s &zwnj;Eric Xu said Chinese AI developers may not yet be advanced enough to experience the safety risks reported by leading US firms, arguing they should continue developing more powerful models while balancing innovation against risk. &quot;If we look at the mainstream AI model providers in the United States, because they have massive computing power, maybe ​only they themselves know where they are in terms of the level of their models,&quot; Xu, Huawei&#39;s rotating chairman, told reporters ​at the company&#39;s annual Connect conference in Shanghai. &quot;Maybe the type of risk from AI that they can feel, ⁠they can perceive, is something that people in China or AI model providers in China cannot.&quot; US safety fears viewed with suspicion in China His ​comments come as alarm over&nbsp;AI safety&nbsp;has intensified in the United States, where le...

German court rules Meta liable for fake ads on Instagram, Facebook <br> A German court has ruled that Meta&nbsp;&nbsp;is liable for fake advertisements posted by third parties ​on its Instagram and Facebook platforms, and ordered the &zwnj;U.S. tech giant to remove such content and pay damages, the court said on Thursday. The lawsuit was brought by ​the operator of a German financial portal and ​its founder, whose trademarked logo and image were ⁠used without consent in posts recommending investments allegedly ​with fraudulent intent. The portal operator reported nearly 260 violations ​to Meta in August 2024 alone; however, Meta took up to 62 days to remove some content, the court said. It ruled Meta ​could not rely on the Digital Services Act&#39;s ​lack-of-knowledge defence, because unlike purely chronological feeds, it exercises control over &zwnj;the ⁠content through its algorithms and advertising practices Read More: EU to ban social media for un...

US Senate blocks AI ‘kill switch’ bill amid debate over superintelligence risks <br> The US Senate on Wednesday blocked an effort by Senator&nbsp;John Kennedy to fast-track legislation requiring developers of advanced artificial intelligence systems to install an emergency &ldquo;kill switch,&rdquo; amid growing debate in Washington over the potential risks posed by increasingly autonomous AI. Kennedy, a Republican from Louisiana, sought unanimous consent to advance his AI Emergency Button Act, arguing that humans must retain the ability to shut down an AI system if it becomes uncontrollable, according to The Hill. &ldquo;Well, I&rsquo;ve got a bill, and it basically says that if you&rsquo;re going to sell an advanced AI model in the United States of America, it has got to have a kill switch,&rdquo; Kennedy said. He said the legislation would leave responsibility for activating the switch with the companies developing the systems rather than th...

Amazon's AWS is unable to restore access to Bahrain, one UAE cloud data zone after war damage <br> Amazon Web Services (AWS) cannot restore access to its cloud-computing facility in Bahrain and &zwnj;one of three data-hosting zones in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following damage during the Iran war, according to a status update seen by Reuters on Tuesday. Amazon&#39;s cloud computing unit AWS said the damage in Bahrain spanned multiple so-called availability zones, which are clusters of one or more data ​centres in the same geographic region. &quot;The damage to our infrastructure spanned multiple Availability Zones and exceeded what our regional ​and multi-AZ services are designed to withstand,&quot; AWS said in the status update, which Reuters was ⁠first to report. AWS said it was helping Bahrain-based customers to re-establish operations in other regions. In the UAE, AWS said ​it was unable to restore access to resources and data hosted exclusive...

EU to ban social media for under 13s, curb access until 15 <br> The European Union will ban social media for children under 13 and allow only limited, supervised access until the age of 15 under plans unveiled Wednesday by EU chief Ursula von der Leyen. A global backlash against social media has piled pressure on policymakers, with a rising body of evidence showing negative impacts on children&#39;s physical and mental health. Australia last year became the first country to ban social media for under-16s, triggering a wave of similar moves elsewhere. The 27-country bloc would take a &quot;gradual&quot; approach, von der Leyen confirmed during her annual keynote address to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France. &quot;Each age has its own sensitivities. And therefore, each will have its own tailored protection level,&quot; she said. &quot;No social media under the age of 13. No personal account under the age of 15,&quot; she said. &q...

OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are working to create an AI standards body <br> The world&#39;s biggest AI companies are working on creating a standards body, ChatGPT-maker OpenAI said on Tuesday, as fears rise about the dangers of AI and pressure is on to create a safer version of the technology. OpenAI said it was working with Anthropic and Google on an idea that originated from a proposal by Google DeepMind&#39;s Demis Hassabis for a self-regulatory body modeled after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority that oversees US brokers and investment firms. In July, Hassibis called for the United States to create an organization that would test the most powerful AI systems before they are released to the public. &quot;Funding would need to be substantial and likely mostly come from industry, in order to attract world-class technical talent and provide the necessary compute resources for large-scale testing,&quot; Hassabis wrote. There is no consensus on h...