Cybersecurity

Apple to tighten Mac data controls in guard against AI agents

Apple Inc said it plans to introduce new privacy controls for Mac users, warning of the growing risks around granting broad data access to third-party software, including artificial intelligence agents.

Technology

Finnish town braces for change from Google data centres

In the northern Finnish town of Muhos, 36-year-old farmer Joni Pitkanen is preparing for life with a new neighbour – just kilometres away, tech giant Google is planning to build new data centres.

Smartphones

Google hikes price of budget Pixel 10a phone to US$599 on memory costs

Alphabet Inc's Google raised the price of its seven-month-old Pixel 10a smartphone by US$100 (RM408) to US$599 (RM2,447), another example of how rising memory costs are making even older devices more expensive.

Technology

BOJ says AI boom may have eased financial conditions, warns of market risks

TOKYO, Oct ⁠5 (Reuters) - Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida said the global ⁠AI boom may have eased financial conditions by stoking demand ‌and boosting asset prices, but warned of the risk of a market pullback if expected profits fail to materialize.

AI

Ex-OpenAI engineer: AI needs safety layers like nuclear plants

Another former OpenAI employee has added his voice to a chorus of frantic calls to make AI safe, saying the industry must mimic the aviation or nuclear power sectors with their layers of safeguards to avoid disaster.

AI

AI is going rogue. Who should be held responsible?

There are some cases where AI companies would clearly be held responsible, the experts said; for example, if executives understand predicted risks posed by their models.

Technology

OpenAI's Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks

Oct 4 (Reuters) - OpenAI Chief Executive Sam ⁠Altman said the benefits of artificial intelligence justify accepting some risks and argued the ⁠technology should remain broadly accessible to the public

Technology

Former Anthropic researcher Coxon to testify at New York City AI hearing, Bloomberg News reports

Oct 4 (Reuters) - ⁠Former Anthropic researcher Jacob ⁠Coxon will testify at a ‌New York City hearing on artificial intelligence, Bloomberg News reported on ​Sunday, citing people familiar ⁠with the ⁠matter.

Technology

Musk says he will rename SpaceXAI to SpaceXSI

Oct 4 (Reuters) - SpaceX ⁠CEO Elon Musk posted on Sunday ⁠that he would rename the company's ‌AI unit to SpaceXSI, following US President Donald Trump's push to use the term "super intelligence" instead of "artificial intelligence."

AI

The future of history: Tech to empower Malaysia's historical preservation efforts

The National Archives of Malaysia is exploring how artificial intelligence can help make its vast collection of historical records more accessible and easier to understand.

Technology

South Korean president orders probe into data leaks across financial industry

SEOUL, Oct 4 (Reuters) - South Korean President ⁠Lee Jae Myung ordered a thorough investigation and response measures over recent personal ⁠data leak incidents at banks, finance companies and public agencies, Seoul's presidential office ‌said on Sunday.

AI

OpenAI expands ChatGPT with apps and third-party sign-in

OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT into a platform where users can discover, launch and interact with software without leaving the chatbot, the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company said.

Mobile apps

WhatsApp gives parents new way to monitor teens – here's how it works

WhatsApp has announced new tools for parents to supervise their teenage children's use of the messaging app. The controls can be linked to existing accounts held by young people aged 13 and over, according to WhatsApp's parent company Meta.

AI

Anthropic says its AI models could manipulate, blackmail and harm humans

Anthropic disclosed that its advanced artificial intelligence technology poses "existential risks to humanity" in an initial public offering document.

Video games

'Gears of War: E-Day' review: Prequel leans into horror, successfully

The "Gears of War" franchise has never been afraid to lean into the horrors of war. At its core, it's a war story, one of scars and trauma and the terrible things people do by choice and by necessity. But not until "Gears of War: E-Day," the latest entry in the 20-year-old first-person shooter series, has horror itself been so integral to the story. It's as if the "Gears" characters were dropped into a "Resident Evil" game – and it works far more often than it doesn't.

Technology

Jay Clayton to lead Trump's AI task force, deliver report in 120 days, WSJ reports

Oct 3 (Reuters) - ⁠The White House ⁠has created a task force ‌to examine AI's risks and opportunities and recommend what role ​the federal government ⁠should play ⁠in overseeing the technology, with ⁠a ‌report due within 120 days, ⁠the Wall Street Journal reported on ​Saturday, ‌citing the head of ⁠the ​task force, Jay Clayton.

Technology

OpenAI safety employee quits, says 'time for trial and error is over'

Oct 3 (Reuters) - A former OpenAI ⁠safety employee who recently resigned criticized the company's approach to ⁠AI safety, arguing that a fast-paced culture focused on rapid development ‌increases the risk of failures.

Technology

As public fears of AI grow, Trump digs in on voluntary safeguards

WASHINGTON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - US President Donald Trump ⁠spent Tuesday showcasing his administration's approach to AI — touting the US government's new AI chatbot, dining with tech titans at the White House, and announcing a voluntary agreement with those executives ⁠that he said would address growing fears about the technology's safety.

Technology

Analysis-AI's race to transform the world before the money runs out

LONDON, Oct 3 (Reuters) - Never has so much cash flowed into a new technology ⁠as is pouring into AI, eclipsing the sums splurged on railways or the internet when those technological revolutions sucked in capital.

Video games

Preview: 'Rayman Legends Retold' updates a speedy but addictive platformer

A generation may have missed these gems, so Ubisoft is bringing the series back with 'Rayman Legends Retold'.