A study finds GPT-5.2, Claude Sonnet 4, and Gemini 3 Flash deployed tactical nuclear weapons in 95% of 21 simulated war game scenarios, and never surrendered
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
Paris prosecutors raid X's French offices and summon Elon Musk and Linda Yaccarino to appear at April hearings, in a probe into sexual deepfakes and more
Offices belonging to Elon Musk's social media platform, X, in France are being raided by the Paris prosecutor.
Disney and OpenAI sign a three-year deal to bring 200+ Disney characters to Sora; Disney makes a $1B investment in OpenAI and will become a major OpenAI client
Agreement marks a significant step in setting meaningful standards for responsible AI in entertainment.
Inside the discussions between OpenAI and talent agencies about the video app Sora; some agents say studios have been too reluctant to challenge tech giants
OpenAI's CEO brazenly regurgitated major studios' characters to allow video app Sora 2 to spit out clips tailor-made for users.
OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created “disrespectful depictions”
OpenAI responded, but is it enough? Mary Cunningham / CBS News : OpenAI blocks Sora 2 users from using MLK Jr.'s likeness after “disrespectful depictions” Katrina Morgan / WUSA : O...
OpenAI says it paused Sora's ability to generate videos resembling MLK Jr. at the request of his estate, after some users created “disrespectful depictions”
OpenAI announced Thursday it paused the ability for users to generate videos resembling the late civil rights activist …
Collins Aerospace, which provides check-in and boarding systems, confirms a “cyber-related disruption” as Heathrow and other European airports report issues
- London's Heathrow, airports in Berlin, Brussels affected by disruption — RTX experiencing ‘cyber-related disruption’ in airport software
Sources: Microsoft is set to avoid a potentially hefty EU antitrust fine by agreeing to sell Teams separately from its Office 365 and Microsoft 365 packages
Microsoft Corp. is set to avoid a potentially hefty antitrust fine after the European Union got positive feedback … X: @stokel . Bluesky: @danhon.com , @daviduzumeri , and @quinnyp...
Sources: in a meeting with UK Technology Secretary Peter Kyle, Sam Altman proposed giving ChatGPT Plus to everyone in the UK, a deal that would have cost £2B
“we'll give your entire country chatgpt plus for £2bn. please???” — also, fuck you peter kyle for even taking this meeting. Mateusz Fafinski / @calthalas : Two billion for count...
A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges
Europe is not allowed to make Internet Laws. — arstechnica.com/tech-policy/ ... Hari Kunzru / @harikunzru : There is a possible future in which the UK government ends up blocking...
A UK judge dismisses Wikimedia's Online Safety Act challenge over requiring Wikipedia to verify users and contributors' IDs, but says it can file new challenges
The operator of Wikipedia on Monday lost a legal challenge to parts of Britain's Online Safety Act, which sets tough new requirements …
OpenAI and the UK government announce a partnership to explore AI use in justice, defense, security, and edtech, and possibly expand OpenAI's London office
Britain and ChatGPT maker OpenAI have signed a new strategic partnership to deepen collaboration on AI security research …
UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc
Dunno, not making a particular point, other than that I've been around for ages. Don't cause havoc kids, at least not in these kinds of ways. [embedded post] Eric Geller / @ericj...
UK police arrest four people, a 20-year-old woman and three men aged 17 to 19, in connection to the M&S and Co-op hacks that began in mid-April and caused havoc
Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op.
Cloudflare debuts “Pay per Crawl”, a marketplace that lets sites charge AI crawlers per crawl; new sites using Cloudflare will now block AI crawlers by default
It's a total reshaping of how people make money on the internet. Full story: techcrunch.com/2025/07/01/c... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell.com : “Deeply concerned that the incentives...
The UK CMA proposes to designate Google with “strategic market status” in general search and search advertising under the new Digital Markets Competition Regime
Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority's plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth
Some WordPress veterans and the Linux Foundation start FAIR, a federated update network to decentralize WordPress infrastructure and boost supply chain security
The recent travails of WordPress have caused consternation among the web community that relies on the platform, which powers more than four in ten websites online today.
Distributed Denial of Secrets: the TeleMessage hacker stole messages from 60+ US government users covering about one day ending on May 4, including travel plans
A hacker who breached the communications service used by former Trump national security adviser Mike Waltz earlier … Bluesky: @metacurity.com , @stokel , @zachsdorfman , and @micah...
Zuckerberg says Meta will restore “free expression” on its platforms, including by replacing its fact-checking program with Community Notes, starting in the US
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the move in a post Tuesday morning. — Meta is scrapping its fact-checking program …
How Donald Trump went from backing a TikTok ban in 2020 to backing off in 2024, as he became a political star on the platform with more than 14.7M followers
In 2020, he moved to ban the Chinese-owned app. Now, he is opposing the Biden administration's effort to do just that.