An AI-driven cyber-attack like the OpenAI breach of Australia’s healthcare system is likely, “if not inevitable”, in the UK, according to a senior minister. Kanishka Narayan, the UK AI minister, indicated that…
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Dystopian and dehumanising: that’s what it felt like when I was interviewed by an AI assistant | Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Over the past 15 years of my working life, I’ve done a lot of interviews for a lot of different jobs and industries: call centre operator, social media manager, bookseller, copywriter, library…
‘AI 3.0 is the interface’: Salesforce stock pops on BoA upgrade
Salesforce stock (CRM) rose as much as 5% Monday morning after Bank of America upgraded it to Buy from Underperform after deciding that previous worries that AI would cut Salesforce out of…
Nvidia in talks to acquire US ‘open’ model start-up Reflection AI
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the Artificial intelligence myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. Nvidia is in talks to acquire or deepen its investment in US…
AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety | AI (artificial intelligence)
Artificial intelligence is less regulated than milk and washing machines, the president of Microsoft has said, as the tech industry warns over the safety of AI. Brad Smith said there should be…
Former Plaud exec raises $26M for AI app that listens to you in the background
One of the core promises of AI is that the more it knows about a person, the better it will be able to assist them with tasks and make appropriate suggestions, which,…
AMD launches Helion rack server for agentic AI
AMD (AMD) is diving further into the agentic AI race with its new AMD Helion data center rack server. Unveiled at the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, Calif., on Monday, Helion…
Anthropic Is Banishing Its Model Evals From the Internet
Like the parent of a teen who ordered a box of illegal peptides for looksmaxxing purposes, Anthropic says that as far as internal evaluations are concerned, it has cut off its models’…
The People Who Outsource Emotional Labor to AI
One day not long ago, Franky, a 40-something woman who lives in the mid-Atlantic region, got an infuriating text message from her aunt. It was just the latest truth-stretching missive she had…
AI Fuels M&A Machine | The Morning Download for Oct. 12
Good morning. The market is still waiting for AI frontier developers to go public. Imagine what the prospect for an IPO looks like if your company isn’t OpenAI or Anthropic. As The…