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Cybersecurity
The AI wars are having a surprising cybersecurity benefit. Here’s how
Between models from OpenAI and Anthropic, good things are happening to organisations that want to squish software bugs.
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Technology
Panasonic eyes aggressive AI profit push, battery unit misses target
TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - Panasonic Holdings flagged an aggressive push to lift profit through artificial intelligence-linked products on Tuesday even as its electric-vehicle battery unit struggled in the latest year and missed its full-year target.
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Streaming
Texas lawsuit accuses Netflix of illegal data collection
The top prosecutor in Texas filed a lawsuit against Netflix on Monday, accusing the streaming giant of improperly collecting users' data and designing its platform to be addictive.
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Technology
India's IT index falls to three-year low on weak earnings outlook, demand worries
May 12 (Reuters) - India's Nifty IT index tumbled 3.6% on Tuesday to its lowest level since May 2023, as a weak earnings outlook and fears of slowing demand for traditional IT services rattled investors.
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Video games
Xbox is getting rid of its AI chatbot. Users don’t seem to mind
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has discontinued Gaming Copilot, citing a need to move faster and cut features that don't align with where the platform is headed.
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Cybersecurity
Europe exports spyware to human rights abusers, watchdog says
European companies have sold controversial surveillance technologies to countries known for violating human rights, a new report has found.
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AI
Australia watchdog says money launderers ramping up AI for scams
Australia's financial crimes watchdog warned of a heightened threat of money laundering linked to artificial intelligence that has been used by crooks to scale up activities, automate processes and create fake documents.
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AI
Lawsuit blames ChatGPT maker OpenAI for helping plan a school shooting
The widow of a man killed in last year's mass shooting at Florida State University is suing ChatGPT maker OpenAI, blaming the company's artificial intelligence chatbot for giving advice on how to carry out the rampage.
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AI
No new bureaucracy to police AI products in the US, Hassett says
The Trump administration is still working through its plans for oversight of cutting-edge AI models, but doesn't envision a big new agency for the job, according to White House National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett.
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Robotics
A South Korean startup captures workers' techniques to develop AI brains for robots
His head, chest and hands strapped with body cameras, David Park deftly folded a banquet napkin the way he has thousands of times during his nine years at the five-star Lotte Hotel Seoul. Each of his motions is fed into a database that will one day teach a robot to do the same.
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Technology
OpenAI, Microsoft agree to cap revenue-sharing at $38 billion, The Information reports
May 11 (Reuters) - OpenAI and Microsoft agreed to cap total revenue-sharing payments at $38 billion, U.S. digital news outlet The Information reported on Monday, citing a person with knowledge of the arrangement.
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Technology
SoftBank's OpenAI-related debt in focus as another strong quarter expected
TOKYO, May 12 (Reuters) - SoftBank Group is expected by analysts to report another robust quarterly profit on Wednesday as the technology investor benefits from its growing OpenAI bet, though concerns are increasing over the debt it is taking on to fund it.
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Social media
Meta sued by California county over ‘scam’ advertisements
Meta Platforms Inc was sued by Santa Clara County, California, over allegations that the company "knowingly facilitates and profits from billions of scam advertisements" on its social networks, including Facebook and Instagram.
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Cybersecurity
Google disrupts hackers using AI to exploit an unknown weakness in a company's digital defence
Google said Monday that it had disrupted a criminal group's attempt to use artificial intelligence to exploit another company's previously unknown digital vulnerability, adding to heightened worries across government and private industry about AI's risks for cybersecurity.
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Gadgets
Wearables increasingly look to AI to predict health problems before they happen
Companies worldwide, including Samsung Electronics Co and Apple Inc, are studying how the technology can predict health events.
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Technology
Developer of education tool Canvas issues apology after hack
WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - The developer of Canvas, widely used by U.S. institutions for grades and class materials, issued an apology after a hack that blocked students from accessing the education tool and involved student data being stolen by a cybercriminal hacking group.
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Technology
Ex-OpenAI exec Sutskever says he spent a year gathering proof of alleged Altman dishonesty
May 11 (Reuters) - Former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever testified on Monday that he spent about a year gathering evidence for the ChatGPT maker's board that CEO Sam Altman had displayed a "consistent pattern of lying."
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Technology
Microsoft, Google, xAI security test details deleted from US government website
WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. Commerce Department removed details from its website about its agreement with Google, xAI and Microsoft to test their artificial intelligence models for security vulnerabilities, according to a Reuters review of the agency's site.
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Technology
Family of Florida mass shooting victim sues OpenAI in US court
May 11 (Reuters) - The family of a man killed in a 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI in a U.S. court, claiming the shooter was aided by ChatGPT in planning the attack.
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Technology
Netflix sued by Texas for allegedly spying on children, addicting users
May 11 (Reuters) - Netflix was sued on Monday by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who accused the streaming company of spying on children and other consumers by collecting their data without consent, and designing its platform to be addictive.
