Category: Technology

The first-ever International AI Safety Report, a comprehensive assessment of emerging risks tied to advanced artificial intelligence, has been published ahead of the AI Action Summit in Paris next month. Spearheaded by Turing Award-winning expert Yoshua Bengio, the report draws from the expertise of over 100 global researchers and offers a shared scientific foundation for […]

Mojahid Mottakin / Shutterstock China’s new DeepSeek Large Language Model (LLM) has disrupted the US-dominated market, offering a relatively high-performance chatbot model at significantly lower cost. The reduced cost of development and lower subscription prices compared with US AI tools contributed to American chip maker Nvidia losing US$600 billion (£480 billion) in market value over […]

As ransomware continues to evolve into one of the most dangerous and pervasive threats to cybersecurity, the United States is pushing for the continued development of the International Counter Ransomware Initiative (CRI), a collaborative international effort that has proven essential in tackling this growing issue. Launched in October 2021 in response to high-profile cyberattacks like […]

The European Union is betting $56 million on an ambitious project to develop an open-source large language model (LLM) capable of operating in all 30 EU languages. This initiative brings together top experts from a variety of European universities and companies, with support from supercomputers in Spain and Italy. The goal is to create a […]

U.S. and Dutch authorities have successfully disrupted a major Pakistan-based online hacking operation, seizing 39 domains associated with illicit marketplaces selling fraud-enabling tools. This coordinated law enforcement action, dubbed Operation Heart Blocker, aimed to dismantle a network run by Pakistani hacker Saim Raza, also known by his alias HeartSender. For nearly five years, Raza’s operation […]

EliteExposure / Shutterstock The UK government’s new plan to foster innovation through artificial intelligence (AI) is ambitious. Its goals rely on the better use of public data, including renewed efforts to maximise the value of health data held by the NHS. Yet this could involve the use of real data from patients using the NHS. […]

SoftBank has officially announced a landmark partnership with OpenAI, committing to a hefty $3 billion per year to utilize OpenAI’s cutting-edge technology across its subsidiaries. The deal, revealed Monday, also includes the creation of a new joint venture, SB OpenAI Japan, which will exclusively market OpenAI’s enterprise solutions to top corporations in Japan. This agreement […]

The quantum computing sector is on the brink of transformation, with recent advancements showing the potential to radically outpace traditional supercomputing. Google’s latest achievement, the launch of its Willow chip, has demonstrated the unprecedented speed of quantum calculations. Willow completed a benchmark task in less than five minutes—an operation that would take one of today’s […]

President Donald Trump has called for the development of a space-based missile defense system designed to protect the U.S. from a wide range of aerial threats, including ballistic and hypersonic missiles. His executive order, issued on Monday, directs Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to present an implementation plan within 60 days. This plan includes space-based kinetic […]

OpenAI has announced a strategic partnership with U.S. National Laboratories, aiming to advance scientific research and strengthen nuclear weapons security using the company’s cutting-edge AI models. The collaboration, which involves OpenAI’s powerful reasoning-focused o1 series, will allow up to 15,000 scientists at the National Laboratories to access its advanced technology. In addition, OpenAI will team […]