Technology

Macron urges EU ban on social media for under-15s in letter to Von der Leyen

PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - French ⁠President Emmanuel Macron has urged the European Commission to back a European Union-wide ⁠ban on social media for children under 15 after France failed to ‌enact its own legislation, his office said on Tuesday.

Social media

Australian social media users to be offered choice to opt out of algorithms

Australian social media users would be given a choice to opt out of algorithms under proposed laws announced by the government on Sept 8 that would let users have more control over what they see on their social media feeds.

Cybersecurity

Bitcoin’s latest hack puts key crypto vulnerability in spotlight

The US$320mil (RM1.29bil) hack of the Bitcoin-linked Liquid Network is another dent to crypto's reputation as the industry tries to convince banks and institutional investors that digital assets can become part of mainstream financial infrastructure.

AI

China is building an AI future far from its biggest cities

More than half of the country's data centre pipeline is already in the north and northwest, according to new BNEF data.

Technology

Slovenia clears Tesla's FSD driver assistance ahead of EU vote

STOCKHOLM, Sept 8 (Reuters) - ⁠Slovenia has approved Tesla's FSD driver-assistance system for ⁠use on its roads, the U.S. automaker said, ‌becoming the sixth European country to do so ahead of a potential EU-wide vote.

Technology

Boards prepare for digital infrastructure shocks, survey says

Sept 8 (Reuters) - Large ⁠companies and public bodies are increasingly scrutinising their dependence on critical digital ⁠infrastructure as geopolitical tensions, export controls and cyber threats expose vulnerabilities ‌that were once largely taken for granted, a Capgemini survey published on Tuesday showed.

AI

Early data indicates an AI-generated drug could slow ageing

Artificial intelligence was used to help develop a drug candidate, rentosertib, for a rare lung condition. Its maker says the drug also seems to reduce the biological hallmarks of age.

Social media

Don't ban children from social media, Estonia tells EU

The European Union should make social media platforms change instead of banning children from using the apps, Estonia's digital minister told AFP on Sept 7, just over a week before the EU is due to announce an age limit.

Technology

South Korea's power demand set to soar on AI boom as nation weighs expanding nuclear energy

SEOUL, Sept 8 (Reuters) - South Korea's demand for ⁠power in the coming years is set to surge on plans by chipmakers Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix to expand production and ⁠the building of new AI data centres, according to the country's energy minister.

Technology

ASML to work with major chipmakers to use latest tools for larger chips

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - ⁠ASML, the Dutch chip manufacturing tool company, said it plans to work together ⁠with its major customers to produce its most advanced tools for developing the kind ‌of large data center chips designed by Nvidia and others.

AI

OpenAI top scientist urges ‘extreme caution’ with pace of AI

OpenAI's top scientist has warned that artificial intelligence is evolving so rapidly that it is becoming increasingly difficult for humans to understand and control

Robotics

Robots protest rampant AI in Poland

Waving flags, "chanting" slogans, and marching in circles: around 30 robots took to the streets of Warsaw on Sept 7 to campaign for AI regulation in front of the Polish digital affairs ministry.

Technology

French AI company Mistral hits $24 billion valuation in funding round

PARIS, ⁠Sept 8 (Reuters) - France's Mistral has raised €3 billion at a valuation of around €21 billion ($24 billion), in ⁠what the three-year-old AI company said on Tuesday was the biggest equity funding round ‌by a privately owned European technology firm.

AI

ByteDance joins AI elite in race to perfect world models

ByteDance Ltd is readying an AI model geared for real-time spatial video generation, taking on Meta Platforms Inc and Alphabet Inc in an arena with applications in robotics and autonomous systems.

Cybersecurity

EU probing OpenAI agents' takeover of German site

The European Union on Sept 7 said it was "looking into" an incident revealed last week during which thousands of autonomous AI agents built by OpenAI defied their instructions and took over a German website.

AI

Google, Cathay use AI to tackle aviation’s top climate headache

Alphabet Inc's Google and Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd are putting artificial intelligence to work on one of the aviation industry's most visible but least-addressed climate problems.

AI

China's top court posts guidelines on deepfakes, AI disputes

China's top court issued guidelines on Sept 7 covering a range of emerging pitfalls associated with artificial intelligence, including unauthorised deepfakes and voice cloning, state media reported.

Gadgets

Want a good night’s sleep? Stop worrying about sleepmaxxing – and ditch the fitness trackers

There's a relatively new buzzword for our very modern obsession with sleep hygiene: orthosomnia. Experts say to just relax.

Technology

Europe’s biggest mobile operators in talks for satellite-to-mobile venture, Bloomberg News reports

Sept 7 (Reuters) - Deutsche Telekom, ⁠Orange, Vodafone Group and Telefonica are in early ⁠talks to create a consortium to bid on ‌European Union satellite spectrum and offer direct-to-mobile services, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter. 

AI

Disaster defence: How countries deploy AI to better predict extreme weather events and save lives

As extreme weather events become more commonplace, countries around the world are deploying AI to aid in disaster preparedness.