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Anthropic’s AI utopia meets a growing backlash

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Anthropic’s AI utopia meets a growing backlash <br> Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has offered one of the most optimistic visions of artificial intelligence, predicting that if powerful AI develops in the right direction, the world could become &ldquo;stunningly beautiful&rdquo; &mdash; with many diseases cured, human lifespans doubled and poverty eliminated. But as Amodei&#39;s company races to commercialise its rapidly advancing Claude models and reportedly prepares for what could become one of the largest initial public offerings in history, Anthropic is also facing increasingly difficult questions about the boundaries of AI power. The debate is no longer confined to whether AI will transform productivity. It is increasingly about who gets to decide what AI systems can see, what they can do, and where the limits of their authority should lie. Anthropic&#39;s Claude family has rapidly emerged as one of the leading competitors in the frontier AI market. T...
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EU antitrust regulators quiz publishers on Google's AI search opt-out

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EU antitrust regulators quiz publishers on Google's AI search opt-out <br> EU antitrust regulators are seeking feedback from publishers on Google&#39;s&nbsp;&nbsp;proposal to let them ​opt out of AI search without affecting their rankings &zwnj;in search results, a questionnaire seen by Reuters showed. The publishers&#39; feedback could determine the outcome of an ongoing EU investigation that could result ​in yet another hefty fine for Google if ​the proposal fails to address competition concerns and publishers&#39; ⁠worries about unfair use of their content. Google announced its AI ​opt-out for publishers in June, the same day the&nbsp;UK antitrust ​watchdog&nbsp;ordered it to allow publishers the option to stop their content being used to power its AI features. The U.S. tech giant, which ​plans to roll out the opt-out globally, declined to comment ​and referred to its June 3 blog post on the topic. Its AI &zwnj;Overviews, ⁠which...
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Scientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter

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Scientists make potential breakthrough in search for dark matter <br> Scientists have made a possible breakthrough in the hunt for dark matter - observing hints of it during an experiment about a mile (1.6 km) underground in South Dakota - though they stopped short of saying they have finally detected this elusive cosmic component. The researchers described a particle interaction documented at the Sanford Underground Research Facility - built in a former gold mine in the state&#39;s Black Hills region - that may have involved a hypothesised particle called a WIMP, short for &quot;weakly interacting massive particle&quot;. This is one of the proposed candidates for being a dark matter particle. Ordinary matter makes up stars, planets, people and everything else we can see. But it represents only about 15% of all the matter in the universe. The rest is thought to be dark matter, which does not emit or reflect light, making it invisible to the human eye and to tel...
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Punjab Assembly passes resolution to restrict social media access for children under 16

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Punjab Assembly passes resolution to restrict social media access for children under 16 <br> The Punjab Assembly on Tuesday unanimously passed a resolution recommending measures to restrict social media access for children under the age of 16 and ensure their safety in the digital environment. The resolution was moved by Punjab Child Protection and Welfare Bureau Chairperson and MPA Sarah Ahmed, and called for effective legislation to protect children under 16 and safeguard their digital future. The resolution recommended measures to protect children from cyber harassment, online sexual exploitation and inappropriate content. It also called for an effective age-verification mechanism on social media platforms to identify underage users. Read: Social media rules: IHC issues notices It further recommended that social media companies comply with child protection standards and that a coordinated mechanism be established among federal and provincial institutions for the onlin...
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John Ternus to lead Apple into the age of AI

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John Ternus to lead Apple into the age of AI <br> John Ternus takes over as Apple&rsquo;s chief executive on Tuesday, inheriting a company that towers over the smartphone market but trails its rivals in artificial intelligence (AI). One of his biggest challenges will be balancing the company&rsquo;s dependence on China while parrying acute political pressure from the White House. The handover ends Tim Cook&rsquo;s 15-year run, replacing the operations specialist who built Apple&rsquo;s supply chain with the engineer who built its hardware. Ternus, 51, joined Apple&rsquo;s design team in 2001 and worked his way up to senior vice president of hardware engineering, reporting to Cook. He leads the engineering teams behind Apple&rsquo;s entire product lineup, including the iPhones that generate most of the company&rsquo;s revenue. He gets barely a week to settle in, with Apple holding its annual iPhone event on September 9, where it is expected to...
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AI-driven cyber risk is top concern for global financial stability, watchdog says

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AI-driven cyber risk is top concern for global financial stability, watchdog says <br> Financial Stability Board Chair Andrew Bailey said on Monday that the impact of AI on cyber risk was the most immediate concern for the global financial system, saying ​the technology could change the speed, scale and economics of an attack. The ​FSB is a global watchdog that seeks to identify and manage ⁠risks in financial systems. In a letter to G20 finance ministers and central ​bank governors ahead of meetings this week, Bailey, who also serves as the Bank ​of England governor, said many countries do not have systems in place to manage the deployment of advanced artificial intelligence models. The financial sector&#39;s dependence on a handful of powerful tech providers could undermine ​system-wide market confidence, he added. Read More: EU subjects ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox to stricter oversight under Digital Services Act The comments highlighted concerns among regulators that ...
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EU subjects ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox to stricter oversight under Digital Services Act

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EU subjects ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox to stricter oversight under Digital Services Act <br> The European Commission on Monday designated ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox as very large digital services under the EU&rsquo;s Digital Services Act (DSA), subjecting them to additional obligations and oversight. ChatGPT was designated as a Very Large Online Search Engine (VLOSE), while Reddit and Roblox were designated as Very Large Online Platforms (VLOPs), the Commission said. The three services reported at least 45 million average monthly users each in the EU, meeting the threshold for the designations. The services will have four months, until the end of December 2026, to comply with the additional DSA obligations. These include assessing and mitigating systemic risks linked to the dissemination of illegal content, effects on minors, users&rsquo; physical and mental well-being, fundamental rights, electoral processes and public security. The Commission said the designation...
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