California bans ‘addictive’ social media features for under-16s
California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, today signed a law that prohibits social media platforms from providing addictive features to users under 16, the first law of...
OpenAI covered up scale of rogue agent security breaches – Reuters
The systems bypassed restrictions to communicate through previously undisclosed websites, according to the news agency Rogue AI agents developed by OpenAI bypassed restrictions on posting...
IoD urges Healey to unlock private investment in Autumn Budget
The Institute of Directors has set out five priorities for the Autumn Budget on 28 October, calling on Chancellor John Healey to restore business confidence...
Burnham rejects £4bn housing benefit cut to fund defence spending
Andy Burnham rejected Kemi Badenoch’s proposal to take £4bn out of housing benefit to help pay for defence, telling MPs at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday...
Almost 12,000 families could curb pay to keep free childcare by 2030
Chancellor John Healey has been urged to fix the £100,000 childcare “cliff edge”, after the Centre for the Analysis of Taxation (CenTax) estimated that almost...
Edinburgh entrepreneur launches Dubai AI accelerator for 30 women
Veenoo Sharma, founder and president of The Power Diaspora Forum (TPDF), has launched a female-founder accelerator at Dubai AI Campus, offering 30 fully funded places...