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‘It almost started a war’: US Army nearly boarded a Chinese ship after receiving an “entirely false” AI-hallucinated intelligence report saying it had nuclear arms on board
A chatbot invented entirely false cargo details about a Chinese vessel Armed troops prepared to board the ship before anyone checked the source Military aircraft were already active when officials caught the error A false intelligence assessment nearly triggered a US military invasion of a Chinese vessel after AI-assisted analysis…
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Most Americans now oppose data centers in some way as tide continues to turn on AI technology
The environment, energy costs, quality of life and taxes are all concerns Americans are largely split about whether data centers are even good news for jobs Negative sentiments are rising across the board regardless of political background With the US midterm elections around the corner and AI data centers increasingly…
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Cloud and AI bills looking a bit high? Your AI agents may have been let loose and run up huge spending costs
One simple prompt could lead to swathes of downstream compute, experts warn Attackers could even exploit your uncontrolled AI to run up costs Greater visibility and circuit breakers are two solutions Data security company Forcepoint has revealed a major issue with AI agents, but unlike many AI security threats, it…
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Adobe made Premiere entirely free on Android to compete with Canva — and it’s a smart way to evade its hefty subscription fees
Adobe Premiere is now free on Android, following its earlier roll-out to iPhone Premiere offers everything you can get on Canva, and more, without the subscription fees Compatible with Android 13 and later and requiring 5GB of RAM, it is unlikely to run on most Chromebooks, and is without advanced…
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Amazon is looking to hire back ‘boomerang’ workers it previously laid off
Amazon is re-hiring former workers back into AI and cloud roles The company is investigating the impacts of its office-working mandates Despite 30,000 layoffs in the past year, Amazon continues to hire for certain roles Amazon is reportedly trying to re-hire old workers, including many who were affected by previous…
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No wallet? No problem – Revolut’s new till will let UK customers pay with a smile
Revolut reveals new payment method which just needs a smile Facial recognition technology will help identify Revolut customers Technology could help protect SMBs from losses caused by tech outages If you’ve ever been about to pay for something in a shop and suddenly realised you’ve misplaced your wallet, Revolut may…
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