14+ hour, 24+ min ago   (498+ words) David Sacks, co-chair of the U.S. President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, criticised Anthropic and OpenAI’s calls to slow AI development. He said they should not condition a slowdown on the creation of new regulatory frameworks or outside approval....

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (312+ words) As generative AI makes it easier to write documents and file complaints, the number of public service applications and submissions is surging in countries around the world. Borrowing the phrasing of researcher Chris Schmitz, it is a phenomenon dubbed Agentic…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (287+ words) As the U.S. boom in building AI data centers continues, reliance on Chinese-made power and optical communications equipment is emerging as a new supply-chain risk. Concerns are growing that data center construction could slow due to equipment shortages and rising costs…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (309+ words) OpenAI is tightening safety measures ahead of the launch of its next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) model, Astra, as concerns spread among AI safety researchers that the model’s internal reasoning process could be less visible than before. Foreign media including The…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (186+ words) China's Alibaba Group has opened 2 data centres in Brazil, entering the South American market for the first time. Hong Kong's South China Morning Post reported on Aug. 27 local time that Alibaba will provide Brazilian companies with secure cloud infrastructure and…...

3+ week, 16+ hour ago   (472+ words) Eric Trump denied rumours that a new cryptocurrency linked to President Donald Trump would soon be launched. As the rumours spread, the price of an existing Trump meme coin rose sharply. On Aug. 22, blockchain outlet The Defiant reported that Eric…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (313+ words) The Broadcast Media and Communications Commission will work with the industry through a private-public consultative body to draw up measures to revitalise the pay-TV sector, which is facing stalled growth and worsening profitability. The commission said it held the first…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (807+ words) [DigitalToday Seung-a Yoo, intern reporter] U.S. President Donald Trump said the artificial intelligence (AI) industry could be made bigger than the internet. He said regulation must not stand in the way of industrial growth for U.S. competitiveness against China. On Aug. 19 (local…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (255+ words) OpenAI said on Aug. 19 it will launch “ChatGPT for Teens,” which applies age-appropriate learning and safety features by default for teenage users. The OpenAI system automatically switches users to the teen environment if it estimates they are under 18 or if…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (430+ words) A senior OpenAI executive warned that cyber attacks using AI could become rapidly more sophisticated and urged companies to quickly overhaul their security systems. Greg Brockman said a shared view emerged from recent talks with organisations that cyber security must…...