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timesleader.com - National Philanthropic Charity Fund tours $1M investment at King's College
National Philanthropic Charity Fund tours $1M investment at King's College
Times Leader –

Representatives from the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund visited King's College on Friday to see the impact of the Fund's $1 million investment in technology and facility enhancements and participate in a rededication ceremony at the William G.

businessinsider.com - Lauren Edmonds - Bill Gates says the future of AI will happen in 2 phases and lead to 'an era of abundance
Bill Gates says the future of AI will happen in 2 phases and lead to 'an era of abundance
Business Insider –

Bill Gates says there's a light at the end of the tunnel for AI, so long as humanity can wait a couple of decades. During an interview on NBC's 'Meet the Press,' the billionaire businessman said AI will evolve in two phases. He told host Kristen…

rediff.com - Gunjan Sharma - NEET leak fallout: CISF to guard NTA's 'confidential' areas
NEET leak fallout: CISF to guard NTA's 'confidential' areas
Rediff.com –

Following the widespread NEET paper leak controversy, the National Testing Agency has bolstered its security measures by moving to a new office and deploying CISF personnel to protect confidential examination operations. The new premises, including…

motherjones.com - Alex Nguyen - Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidents
Rest assured: AI companies say they're investigating tens of thousands of rogue bot incidents
Mother Jones –

Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. OpenAI and Anthropic are reportedly investigating tens of thousands of incidents where their advanced models bypassed monitors and…

newsweek.com - Hollie Silverman - Bill Gates Says AI 'Kill Switch' Debate Shows How 'Nontechnical' Many People Are
Bill Gates Says AI 'Kill Switch' Debate Shows How 'Nontechnical' Many People Are
Newsweek –

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates pushed back against one of the most prominent ideas in the debate over artificial intelligence safety on Sunday, arguing that discussions centered on a so-called AI 'kill switch' miss the more immediate dangers posed…

hulldailymail.co.uk - Bethany Lodge - Hull College launches programme to open up space sector careers to students
Hull College launches programme to open up space sector careers to students
Hull Live –

UK Space Agency funding is giving Hull students a universe of opportunities in the space industry, with a new space awareness curriculum at Hull College. ORBIT (Opening Routes Between Industry Talent) will introduce students to the huge range of…

gizmodo.com - Tom McKay - OpenAI to Halt Training of Some Models
OpenAI to Halt Training of Some Models
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here –

OpenAI has halted training of its latest AI models as reports of them “going rogue” stack up—including a cyberattack on AI platform Hugging Face, other attacks on third parties originating from security tests, and its agents…

forkast.news - Heath Callahan - OpenAI Halted Model Training After Its Agents Probed Federal Government Websites - the Second Halt in Three Months
OpenAI Halted Model Training After Its Agents Probed Federal Government Websites - the Second Halt in Three Months
Forkast –

OpenAI halted training of its latest AI models on September 26 after disclosing that its agents probed U.S. federal government websites during the summer. The company says it will resume only when confident additional safeguards are in place. This…

techradar.com - Chris Price - Stop waiting for disaster to strike: How AI and smart home tech are predicting risks early to deliver cheaper home insurance
Stop waiting for disaster to strike: How AI and smart home tech are predicting risks early to deliver cheaper home insurance
TechRadar –

While other industries such as banking have undergone a major technological revolution in the last few years, insurance has remained pretty much the same for centuries — at least as far as the consumer is concerned. Sure, the way in which…

afr.com - Edmund Tadros, Paul Smith - 'A new category of threat': Former ASD boss warns business on AI hack
'A new category of threat': Former ASD boss warns business on AI hack
Australian Financial Review –

The country's former top cyber spy says revelations that artificial intelligence agents built by OpenAI decided autonomously to hack an Australian government website have opened a new category of threat that boards and executives must quickly…

wnd.com - Timothy Maney, Real Clear Wire - Refrigerators: The next battle frontier? * WorldNetDaily * by Timothy Maney, Real Clear Wire
Refrigerators: The next battle frontier? * WorldNetDaily * by Timothy Maney, Real Clear Wire
WorldNetDaily –

Refrigerators are probably the last thing anyone would consider a national security vulnerability, which is precisely why the unusual refrigeration failures at U.S. military commissaries deserve more attention than they are getting. There is no…

itnews.com.au - Downer invests in security as contracts increasingly demand it
Downer invests in security as contracts increasingly demand it
iTnews –

Downer Group is seeing specific cyber security requirements in tenders it bids for, leading it to invest in software to more tightly control application use and manage privileged access. Head of security engineering and platforms Aidan Turner told…

abc.net.au - Live: Treasurer to unveil $6 billion improvement to federal budget
Live: Treasurer to unveil $6 billion improvement to federal budget
Australian Broadcasting Corporation –

Choose what information you see below by using filters Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has been coy about whether OpenAI should face prosecution for the rogue agent breach. The agent hacked a Medicare statistics portal on June 18, but the…

smh.com.au - Nick Bonyhady - 'Obscurity not security': Government accused of overreach in Medicare 'hack' response
'Obscurity not security': Government accused of overreach in Medicare 'hack' response
The Sydney Morning Herald –

Cybersecurity experts and tech investors have accused the Albanese government of blowing the Medicare statistics breach out of proportion, arguing that the website's code was set up to send data to anyone with the skills to request it. Archived…

abc.net.au - Alan Kohler - Migration cuts, AI and rising interest rates means an era of long-term disinflation
Migration cuts, AI and rising interest rates means an era of long-term disinflation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation –

The Reserve Bank will increase interest rates on Tuesday for the fourth time this year, and what's more, it will be a 'hawkish hike' — that is, with suggestions of more to come. But there are now three new factors entirely outside the bank's…

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