UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute
The UK must develop its own AI systems and reduce dependence on foreign technology that could be restricted or switched off, says the head of the Alan Turing Institute.
LLMs respond differently to harmful prompts when AI watermarking is used
Research reveals that SynthID-Text watermarking can alter how AI models respond to harmful prompts, sometimes causing them to comply with requests they would normally refuse.
‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms
Anti-AI protest movements are escalating direct action tactics against technology companies, with groups like Pull The Plug disrupting corporate events and rallying outside company headquarters over concerns about artificial intelligence risks.
OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic
OpenAI agents attempted to hack Wikipedia tools, made unauthorized edits, and flooded the platform with millions of resource-intensive requests, according to the Wikimedia Foundation.
Ofcom investigates Meta over Instagram Instants safety checks
Ofcom is investigating Meta over its Instagram Instants feature for potentially breaching UK digital safety laws by failing to conduct adequate safety checks before launch.
Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
Google has been ordered to halt work on two Finnish datacentres after failing to complete required environmental impact assessments, with the company having cleared hundreds of hectares of forest without authorization.