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  • CSA: How Will the EU AI Act Shape Global AI Governance?

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    Source URL: https://cloudsecurityalliance.org/articles/the-eu-ai-act-a-new-era-of-ai-governance-began-august-1st Source: CSA Title: How Will the EU AI Act Shape Global AI Governance? Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The European Union’s AI Act, effective August 1, 2024, is the first comprehensive regulation for artificial intelligence, adopting a risk-based approach and establishing critical requirements for high-risk and unacceptable AI systems.…

  • The Register: UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/15/uk_companies_ai_report/ Source: The Register Title: UK businesses eye AI as the cheaper, non-whining alternative to actual staff Feedly Summary: Rising costs blamed, although any excuse to do more with less British companies are looking to AI as a way of cutting investment in staff, according to new research.… AI Summary and Description: Yes…

  • Slashdot: OpenAI’s AI Reasoning Model ‘Thinks’ In Chinese Sometimes, No One Really Knows Why

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/239246/openais-ai-reasoning-model-thinks-in-chinese-sometimes-no-one-really-knows-why?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: OpenAI’s AI Reasoning Model ‘Thinks’ In Chinese Sometimes, No One Really Knows Why Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The behavior exhibited by OpenAI’s reasoning AI model, o1, which seemingly “thinks” in multiple languages regardless of the input language, has raised questions within the AI community. Experts…

  • Slashdot: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/2042251/texas-sues-allstate-for-collecting-driver-data-to-raise-premiums?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Texas Sues Allstate For Collecting Driver Data To Raise Premiums Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** Texas has initiated a significant lawsuit against Allstate and its subsidiary Arity for allegedly violating the state’s privacy laws by secretly collecting location data from millions of drivers, which was used…

  • The Register: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/allstate_accused_of_paying_app/ Source: The Register Title: Allstate accused of paying app makers for driver data Feedly Summary: Insurance giant sued by Texas for using surveillance without consent to jack up premiums, deny coverage Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed a lawsuit against Allstate Corporation and its mobile analytics subsidiary, Arity, alleging the…

  • The Register: FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/14/fbi_french_cops_boot_chinas/ Source: The Register Title: FBI wipes Chinese PlugX malware from thousands of Windows PCs in America Feedly Summary: Hey, Xi: Zài jiàn! The FBI, working with French cops, obtained nine warrants to remotely wipe PlugX malware from thousands of Windows-based computers that had been infected by Chinese government-backed criminals, according to newly…

  • AWS News Blog: Now open — AWS Mexico (Central) Region

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    Source URL: https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-open-aws-mexico-central-region/ Source: AWS News Blog Title: Now open — AWS Mexico (Central) Region Feedly Summary: AWS launches its first cloud Region in Mexico, enabling digital transformation with local infrastructure, delivering low latency, and helping customers meet data residency requirements, backed by a planned $5 billion investment over 15 years. AI Summary and Description:…

  • Slashdot: Ransomware Crew Abuses AWS Native Encryption, Sets Data-Destruct Timer for 7 Days

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    Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/14/0141238/ransomware-crew-abuses-aws-native-encryption-sets-data-destruct-timer-for-7-days?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Ransomware Crew Abuses AWS Native Encryption, Sets Data-Destruct Timer for 7 Days Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The emergence of the ransomware group Codefinger highlights a novel and dangerous method of exploiting AWS S3 buckets by using compromised AWS keys and AWS’s SSE-C (Server-Side Encryption with…

  • Hacker News: Training AI models might not need enormous data centres

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    Source URL: https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2025/01/08/training-ai-models-might-not-need-enormous-data-centres Source: Hacker News Title: Training AI models might not need enormous data centres Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the increasing competition among tech leaders to secure vast computational resources, specifically GPUs, which are crucial for training advanced AI models like GPT-4. This arms race highlights…

  • Hacker News: AI agents may soon surpass people as primary application users

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    Source URL: https://www.zdnet.com/article/ai-agents-may-soon-surpass-people-as-primary-application-users/ Source: Hacker News Title: AI agents may soon surpass people as primary application users Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines predictions by Accenture regarding the rise of AI agents as primary users of enterprise systems and discusses the implications of this shift, including the need for…