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UK could face ‘hacktivist attacks at scale’, says head of security agency

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Officials warn a conflict situation could cause disruption similar to recent major ransomware incidentsThe UK could face “hacktivist attacks at scale” if it becomes embroiled in a conflict and the impact could be similar to recent high-profile ransomware incidents, according to the head of the country’s online security agency.Richard Horne, chief executive of the National […]

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Is Richard Tice’s picture AI-manipulated? Here are five giveaways

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Experts and social media detectives take a closer look at Reform deputy leader’s image of an apparent campaign event***After Richard Tice posted a picture of an apparent Reform campaign event on Sunday, experts and social media detectives took a closer look – and concluded from a variety of telltale signs that the image had either

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Reform’s Richard Tice posts picture with telltale signs of AI manipulation, say experts

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Tice’s image on X was almost certainly generated or altered using AI, according to Peryton IntelligenceIn a picture of a blue-skyed day in Birmingham, a diverse group of Reform supporters gathered with placards and cheesy grins to knock on doors for their party. Richard Tice, the party’s deputy leader, posted the picture as evidence of

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Labour and Lib Dem MPs demand ‘shameful’ Palantir NHS contract be scrapped

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Spy-tech company and founder Peter Thiel should ‘have their hands ripped off our NHS’, say MPs MPs have queued up to demand the government scraps its £330m NHS contract with the spy-tech company Palantir, calling it “dreadful” and “shameful” in a debate on Thursday, after which the government said it was “no fan” of the

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Liz Kendall urges UK public to embrace AI as government makes first £500m fund investment

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Technology secretary plays down fears over jobs and cyber security as stake taken in British startupThe UK technology secretary has urged the country to “make AI work for Britain”, brushing off fears about its impact on jobs and cybersecurity as the government announced its first investment under a £500m sovereign AI fund. Liz Kendall said

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Starmer tells social media firms in No 10 meeting ‘things can’t go on like this’

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PM summons senior figures from Meta, TikTok, Google and X and says social media is ‘putting our children at risk’Keir Starmer has told social media bosses “things can’t go on like this” in a Downing Street meeting over internet safety.The prime minister summoned senior figures at Meta, TikTok, Google and X to No 10 on

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MPs vote against social media ban for under-16s a second time

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Commons rejects proposal by 256 to 150 to side with government on plan to tackle online harms affecting childrenMPs have rejected a proposal to ban under-16s from using social media for the second time, as the prime minister summoned tech bosses to demand tougher action on internet safety.The House of Commons sided with the government

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AI is destroying jobs – and the energy crisis could make that much worse | Larry Elliott

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Every wave of new tech has come with a doomsday scenario. But governments just aren’t planning a human response on the scale required The transition to a world of artificial intelligence has given a whole new meaning to the concept that capitalism can only renew itself through creative destruction. This is the idea that clapped-out

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