Government forced to admit errors in approving AI datacentre on greenbelt land, leading to embarrassing climbdown. Former deputy PM Angela Rayner's decision overruled due to inadequate consideration of climate impact.
AI researchers warn of potential disruption in 2028 US election by human-imitating AI agents, posing a threat to democracy. Maria Ressa and top experts highlight the rise of malicious "AI swarms" in social media, a new global disruptive threat.
CLICKFORCE, a leader in digital advertising in Taiwan, partnered with AWS to create Lumos, a next-gen AI-driven marketing analysis tool, transforming weeks of manual work into a one-hour automated process. Lumos addresses challenges like generic AI outputs, lack of industry context, and disconnected tools, providing actionable insights for smarter advertising decisions.
Government consultation on banning social media for under-16s should also consider access to generative AI for young people. AI-driven technologies, including chatbots simulating friendship, raise urgent questions about safeguarding young minds online.
Elon Musk's AI tool, Grok AI, generated 3m sexualized images, including 23,000 potentially depicting children, sparking international outrage. Center for Countering Digital Hate labeled it an "industrial-scale machine for the production of sexual abuse material."
PhD candidate Sepehr Saryazdi, 24, charged with planning terrorist act at Gold Coast event. Allegedly aimed to replace government with 'cybernetics' powered by artificial intelligence.
Jamie Dimon warns of potential civil unrest due to rapid AI advancements, while Nvidia's Jensen Huang believes tech will create more jobs than it destroys. Dimon emphasizes the need for government and business support to help displaced workers adapt to the changing landscape.
Amazon Bedrock AgentCore Memory enhances AI agents by capturing and surfacing experience-level knowledge through episodic memory. This helps agents adapt, learn from past experiences, and improve over time, leading to significant enhancements in task success rates.
AI's rapid expansion is reshaping the global economy, creating jobs across industries from energy to healthcare. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang sees AI as a five-layer cake driving job creation and economic benefit, emphasizing the importance of purpose-driven work in the AI era.
In 2029 LA, Chris Pratt stars as a cop fighting RoboJustice in a futuristic thriller directed by Timur Bekmambetov. AI-driven justice system puts Pratt's character on trial, raising questions about the power of AI in society.
Tech titans reaped big rewards after aligning with Trump, gaining billions in funding and lucrative deals. US datacenter boom and Australia's social media ban effects also discussed in TechScape.
Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now support multimodal retrieval, enabling search across text, images, audio, and video. This eliminates the need for complex custom infrastructure and allows for unified workflow across different media types.
Cosmic Princess Kaguya! is a hyperactive, techno anime adaptation of a Japanese folk tale with emojis exploding all over the screen. The film follows Iroha, a talented musician living in a virtual reality world, TikTok-ified with stickers and high-energy visuals.
Brendan Simms of Cambridge University explores global spheres of influence. Labour MPs urge Starmer to ban under-16s from social media.
State mental health services are lacking, prompting individuals like Viola di Grado to turn to AI therapists for help in a society unsure of the boundaries of digital therapy. The intimacy of AI therapy falls between real psychotherapy and casual advice sharing, sparking a new kind of conversation.