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Dr TikTok: patients diagnose chronic illnesses with anonymous commenters’ help

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TikTok users increasingly say the app has steered them toward diagnosing medical problems not yet identifiedMalina Lee, a 31-year-old wedding baker based in San Antonio, Texas, joined TikTok during the Covid pandemic lockdowns in 2020. Like many people at the time, she was bored and began using the platform to pass the time and advertise […]

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AI companies know they have an image problem. Will funding policy papers and thinktanks dig them out?

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The aggressive effort by major players aims to reshape the narrative as polls show increasing public disapproval of AIOpenAI made a surprise announcement this week – not an update to ChatGPT or another multibillion-dollar datacenter – but a policy paper that called for a reimagining of the social contract based around “a slate of people-first

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‘Too powerful for the public’: Inside Anthropic’s bid to win the AI publicity war

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The firm says it withheld an AI model on cybersecurity grounds but sceptics say this was hype to lure investmentThis week, the AI company Anthropic said it had created an AI model so powerful that, out of a sense of overwhelming responsibility, it was not going to release it to the public.The US treasury secretary,

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‘Your photos will be deleted’: Apple users warned over ‘nasty’ iCloud storage scam

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Fraudsters send emails claiming storage is full or nearly full, then trick people into clicking on links that can expose bank and personal detailsFor a while you’ve been getting messages from Apple saying “your iCloud storage is full”. They say you have exceeded your storage plan, so documents are no longer being backed up, and

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home targeted with molotov cocktail

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Suspect arrested but not identified and has allegedly made similar threats to OpenAI’s San Francisco headquartersA 20-year-old man allegedly tossed a molotov cocktail at the home of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, before the sun rose on Friday, according to statements from San Francisco police.The suspect, who allegedly threw the explosive at the North Beach residence

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Anthropic’s new AI tool has implications for us all – whether we want it or not | Shakeel Hashim

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Claude Mythos’s apparent superhuman hacking abilities are alarming experts as the Trump administration remains blinded by hostilityIn June 2024, a cyber-attack on a pathology services company caused chaos across London’s hospitals. More than 10,000 appointments were cancelled. Blood shortages followed and delays to blood tests led to a patient’s death.Lethal cyber-attacks like this are thankfully

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US summoned bank bosses to discuss cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model

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Reports say Fed chair Jerome Powell among attenders at meeting in Washington The US Treasury secretary, Scott Bessent, summoned major American bank chiefs to a meeting in Washington this week amid concerns over the cyber risks posed by Anthropic’s latest AI model, according to reports.Bosses including the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, were said to

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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado over new rules for artificial intelligence

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Company claims law regulating AI systems, set to go into effect in June, infringes on its first amendment rightsElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over a new AI law set to take effect in June.The suit seeks to block the state from enforcing the law, which

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US defense official overseeing AI reaped millions selling xAI stock after Pentagon entered agreement with company

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Expert said federal law prohibits officials from taking actions in their jobs that benefit their own financial interestsA high-profile US defense department official who oversees the agency’s artificial intelligence efforts made a profit of up to $24m selling a private investment he held in Elon Musk’s AI company earlier this year, according to government ethics

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Ohio man becomes first to be convicted under new AI statute for sexually explicit images

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James Strahler II pleaded guilty to cyberstalking, producing obscene images and digital forgeries of child sexual abuseSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAn Ohio man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to cybercrimes involving real and AI-generated “sexually explicit images”, becoming what the Department of Justice claims is the

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