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Chinese National Accused of Stealing AI Secrets From Google

Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in California and accused of uploading hundreds of files to the cloud.

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Police feared ‘brummie’ accent bias in new call bot

West Midlands Police trialled the non-emergency call-answering AI voice assistant for two months.

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‘My AI twin may get me more modelling work’

As the fashion industry grapples with the rise of AI, one model has created an AI twin of herself.

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI secrets

Linwei Ding is also accused of secretly working for Chinese competitors.

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Deadline for EU DMA Compliance Arrives for ‘Gatekeeper’ Orgs

Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta and Microsoft were named influential gatekeepers under the Digital Markets Act.

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Europe’s Digital Markets Act Is Breaking Open the Empires of Big Tech

Tech giants have to comply with a new EU law that is set to change the internet. It aims to force open the biggest platforms to encourage competition and give users more choice in their digital lives.

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Facebook is building a giant AI model to power all video recommendations, exec says

Tom Alison, the head of Facebook, said on Wednesday that the company is working on an artificial intelligence model to “power our entire video ecosystem.”

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Saildrone’s first aluminum Surveyor autonomous vessel splashes down for Navy testing

Ocean intelligence company Saildrone has just put the first of a new generation of Surveyor autonomous vessels in the water: an aluminum version that the Navy is keen to take advantage of. But don’t worry – they aren’t putting guns … Continue reading

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TMNT: Turtles creator talks new Last Ronin game progress

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) creator Kevin Eastman has given us more details on the new Last Ronin game in development. Whilst chatting to Game Informer, Eastman told Brian Shae where the project was currently, saying that “everything I’ve seen … Continue reading

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PS5 exclusive Ghost of Tsushima is coming to PC in two months time

Big PC games news as the exceptional PlayStation 5 exclusive Ghosts of Tsushima is heading to a hard drive near you in a little over two months time. Sony, Sucker Punch, and Nixxes will bring the Director’s Cut to the … Continue reading

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