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NYT, Economist among publishers joining coalition to curb unpaid AI use
Oct 12 (Reuters) - The New York Times, Agence France-Presse and The Economist on Monday joined more than 40 publishers in a coalition aimed at preventing AI firms from using or profiting from their content without permission.
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Cybersecurity
French supermarket chains say cyberattack forced refrigerator shutdown
Major French supermarket chains Intermarché and Cooperative U were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to defrost, the two retailers told AFP on Oct 12.
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Technology
US AI testing agency officials to move to White House, The Information reports
Oct 12 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration is planning to move three senior officials from the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI) to the White House, news website The Information reported on Monday, citing a White House official.
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Technology
Dating app Bumble in advanced talks to go private at $1 billion valuation, source says
Oct 12 (Reuters) - Bumble is in advanced talks to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings in a deal valuing the dating app operator at roughly $1 billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.
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Technology
Meta releases Muse Wonder AI models to challenge Anthropic and OpenAI
Oct 12 (Reuters) - Meta on Monday launched Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full, calling them its most capable AI models yet, as the social media firm looks to compete more forcefully with OpenAI and Anthropic.
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Technology
Hackers heat French supermarket fridges, sparking fires and spoiling food
PARIS, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Hackers raised the temperature of refrigerators and freezers at hundreds of French supermarkets to as high as 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit) overnight, causing fires and spoiling food.
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Technology
UK given access to safety-test latest AI models, minister says
LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Britain's AI Security Institute has been given access to the latest advanced AI models and is working with the US government and major developers, including Google, to assess their safety, AI Minister Kanishka Narayan said on Monday.
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Technology
Global smartphone shipments record worst third quarter in 14 years amid memory shortage
Oct 12 (Reuters) - Global smartphone shipments fell 20% on-year to their lowest third-quarter level since 2012, as soaring memory chip costs and supply shortages pressured manufacturers and pushed up prices, preliminary estimates from Counterpoint Research showed on Monday.
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Technology
Microsoft plans huge deployment of its own AI chips, with an eye on saving costs
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Microsoft announced the next generation of its custom AI chip on Monday and said it plans to deploy potentially more than a million of them next year to back its internal AI services.
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Technology
India's HCLTech signs a pact with Anthropic, to set up business unit
BENGALURU, Oct 12 (Reuters) - India's HCLTech on Monday signed a partnership Anthropic to accelerate enterprise adoption of Agentic AI with a focus on safety, cybersecurity and governance.
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Technology
Philippine lower house approves bill restricting minors' social media access
MANILA, Oct 12 (Reuters) - The Philippines on Monday moved a step closer to restricting social media use among minors after its lower house of Congress approved a measure banning access to platforms for children under 13.
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Technology
Microsoft president says milk faces more regulation than AI
LONDON, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Artificial Intelligence needs urgent global regulation with independent evaluators able to vet new developments, the president of Microsoft said, warning that AI currently faces fewer safety requirements than milk.
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AI
TikTok’s Chew and Microsoft’s Althoff warn about runaway AI hype
The world may be overexcited by the potential of artificial intelligence and overlooking its immaturity, tech leaders warned on Oct 12.
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Technology
AI hurricane models were front and centre as Isaias headed toward land
Expert forecasters say the new technology is helping them understand where a storm will go.
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Technology
Telecom stocks in Australia, NZ slide after SpaceX spectrum deal
Oct 12 (Reuters) - Telecom stocks in Australia and New Zealand tumbled on Monday after SpaceX's acquisition of a nationwide spectrum portfolio in the US stoked fears that satellites could challenge legacy telecom firms and their network coverage.
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Technology
Singapore's President warns of AI's risk to employment for fresh graduates
BANGKOK, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Singapore President Tharman Shanmugaratnam said governments across the world should address the pressing issue of how the emergence of artificial intelligence is dampening jobs demand for fresh graduates.
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Technology
Broadcom CEO says biggest hurdle in AI-fuelled tech growth is capital, not memory chips
SINGAPORE, Oct 12 (Reuters) - Broadcom CEO Hock Tan said on Monday that capital will be the biggest constraint facing the company as AI development continues.
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Cybersecurity
Crypto hardware maker Ledger says wallets drained in latest attack
Crypto hardware maker Ledger SAS said it's investigating reports that a number of users had seen a "loss of funds" from their wallets.
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AI
Amazon’s new AI shopping tool is making wild assumptions about customers
The feature builds profiles from purchase history, reviews, and searches. Some users aren't thrilled with what it thinks it knows.
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Cybersecurity
FBI arrests suspect allegedly tied to ShinyHunters hackers
The FBI has arrested a person believed to have worked with hackers who broke into bureau computer systems, the agency's top official said on Oct 9.
