A Polish developer has created an app that detects nearby camera-equipped smart glasses, giving people a chance to protect their privacy by checking whether they might be filmed without their knowledge.
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AI Cracks 90-Year-Old Maths Problem In 88 Hours
OpenAI says an internal AI system has solved a mathematical problem that has resisted researchers for roughly 90 years, demonstrating the growing power of automated research while provoking a dispute over credit, transparency and human understanding.
Read More New York Bans AI For Most Schoolchildren For A Year
New York City has introduced a one-year moratorium on student-facing generative AI for children from 2-K through eighth grade, affecting nearly 600,000 pupils in the largest US public school system.
Read More AI Model Completes Full Cyber Attack Autonomously
An advanced AI model has independently completed an entire cyber attack against a live enterprise-style network in tests, marking what the company describes as a move from AI-assisted hacking towards autonomous cyber operations and raising urgent questions about whether traditional defences can keep pace.
Read More UK Mobile Networks Not Ready For AI Traffic
UK mobile networks risk struggling to cope as AI becomes embedded into phones, wearables, vehicles and everyday business applications, a problem recently highlighted by VodafoneThree as it warned that slow 5G upgrades and planning delays could leave Britain’s connectivity infrastructure unable to keep pace with growing demand.
Read More Britons Want Their Messages Kept Private
New polling has found overwhelming support for keeping online conversations private, exposing widespread unease about government access to encrypted messages as Apple continues its legal battle over Britain’s surveillance powers.
Read More Amazon Hikes Device Prices As AI Fuels Memory Shortage
Amazon has sharply increased the US prices of many of its Echo, Fire TV, Kindle and eero devices, with some rises reaching 60 per cent, as the company passes on higher memory and storage costs linked to the wider AI-driven squeeze on semiconductor supply.
Read More Laser Mosquito Control Could Cut Chemical Use
A portable device that uses LiDAR, radar, AI and a laser to detect and kill mosquitoes is now being sold commercially, raising a much bigger question than whether people will pay around US$1,000 to keep insects away from their patios and instead focusing attention on whether precision technology could eventually reduce our reliance on chemical mosquito control.
Read More Meta Settles Child Harm Claims For $18bn
Meta has agreed to pay approximately US$18 billion and introduce major new restrictions for teenage Facebook and Instagram users, ending a high-profile federal trial brought by US states over allegations that the platforms were designed in ways that harmed children and encouraged excessive use.
Read More Time’s Running Out For Security, Warn Top Tech Firms
More than 100 major technology, financial and security organisations have warned that businesses and public bodies have only a limited window to strengthen their cyber defences before increasingly capable AI makes attacks faster, cheaper and considerably more difficult to contain.
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