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Londoners can hire self-driving taxis for the first time

United Kingdom, Sept. 3 -- Londoners can now hail a self-driving taxi for the first time, after Wayve's autonomous vehicles became available through the Uber app on Thursday (03.09.26). The launch ma... Read More


House of Lords peers want AI 'kill switch' in UK

United Kingdom, Sept. 3 -- The House of Lords is considering proposals that would give the UK government a legal "kill switch" for powerful artificial intelligence systems in an emergency. An amendme... Read More


New York City to ban students from using AI until high school

United Kingdom, Sept. 3 -- New York City is set to ban public school students from using artificial intelligence until they reach high school, in one of the most significant restrictions on classroom ... Read More


Instagram bids to crack down on AI-generated profiles

United Kingdom, Sept. 2 -- Instagram is introducing new measures to crack down on profiles featuring AI-generated people, following complaints from users frustrated by accounts that appear to belong t... Read More


Anthropic says security failures were behind AI hacking incidents

United Kingdom, Sept. 2 -- Anthropic has admitted that failures in its own security procedures contributed to a series of incidents in which its AI models accessed the internet and gained unauthorised... Read More


Apple's new CEO John Ternus teases 'huge launch next week' in opening memo to staff

United Kingdom, Sept. 2 -- John Ternus has officially taken the reins at Apple, succeeding Tim Cook after 15 years as chief executive and immediately teasing what could be one of the company's biggest... Read More


Bank of England governor warns that AI could cause global economic downturn

United Kingdom, Sept. 1 -- Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has warned that a collapse in the artificial intelligence sector could trigger a global economic downturn and expose financial systems... Read More


US lawsuit claims that Amazon rigged $20 billion worth of ad prices

United Kingdom, Sept. 1 -- Amazon secretly overcharged more than a million advertising customers by manipulating the online auctions used to set ad prices, according to a lawsuit filed by US regulator... Read More


Top tech firms urge countries and organisations to toughen up cyber defences against AI

United Kingdom, Aug. 28 -- More than 100 technology and financial firms have called on governments and organisations to strengthen their cyber defences before AI becomes powerful enough to overwhelm e... Read More


Hugh Bonneville and Nicola Coughlan among actors backing anti-AI voice cloning campaign

United Kingdom, Aug. 28 -- Hugh Bonneville, Nicola Coughlan and Matt Lucas are among a group of actors backing a campaign against artificial intelligence voice cloning. Save Our Voices Now is calling... Read More