Regulation and Safety

1+ hour, 22+ min ago   (1524+ words) Pressure is growing worldwide to rein in the most powerful artificial intelligence systems, and the world's three top AI heavyweights are answering in three very different ways. The worries are much the same everywhere, starting from AI-powered cyberattacks, threats to…...

11+ hour, 14+ min ago   (659+ words) Balancing innovation with responsibility is a high-wire act James Barrood, Founder/CEO of Innovation+. - Innovation+ New Jersey’s nodes of pharmaceuticals, healthcare, financial services, logistics, telecommunications, professional services and advanced manufacturing – as well as its world-class universities, major corporate employers, and…...

1+ hour, 31+ min ago   (634+ words) Vodacom South Africa and SmartOps Fleet have launched a program to grow South Africa's e-hailing sector. Vodacom South Africa and SmartOps Fleet have united industry partners to expand South Africa's e-hailing economy. It added that, with an ambition to introduce…...

3+ hour, 51+ min ago   (459+ words) Let's rewind our clocks back to the last time we logged on to the Uber Technologies Inc. app, shall we? It could be minutes, hours, or in some cases, days before you read this article. It's unlikely it was longer…...

3+ hour, 10+ min ago   (538+ words) "ChatGPT for Teens could give parents false confidence in guardrails and safety alerts that frequently don't work," said Tom Siegel, executive director of the Youth AI Safety Institute. "A teen can spend an hour talking about self-harm without their parent…...

2+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1704+ words) Europe has no shortage of promising technology companies, but turning them into global players remains a persistent challenge. For Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director-General of DIGITALEUROPE, the problem is not simply a lack of capital: Europe needs faster access to funding, less…...

2+ hour, 32+ min ago   (399+ words) The Council of Europe and Microsoft have signed a cooperation agreement covering AI and responsible technological development. The memorandum of understanding creates a framework for exploring joint work, with any activities subject to mutual agreement and each organisation’s mandate. The…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (302+ words) The nonprofit's Youth AI Safety Institute says OpenAI should restrict ChatGPT to users 18 and older until it fixes gaps in parental alerts and crisis referrals Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute rated ChatGPT for Teens an "Unacceptable Risk" on…...

2+ hour, 4+ min ago   (309+ words) October 7, 2026, 11:33 am | Read time: 2 minutes The European Commission aims to become less dependent on Microsoft and introduced Element Pro as a sovereign alternative to Microsoft Teams in the summer of 2026. However, the tool faces significant internal opposition. In an internal…...

2+ hour, 9+ min ago   (455+ words) A North Carolina man has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for using thousands of bot accounts and hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs to defraud music streaming platforms of more than $8 million in royalties, in what US prosecutors described…...