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Jonathan Kitchen/Getty Images AI is changing the rules — at least, that seems to be the warning behind Anthropic’s latest unsettling study about the current state of AI. According to the study, which was published this month, Anthropic says that AI has proven time and again that it can learn things it was never explicitly…

AI continues to infiltrate everything we do. While some are worried about the lasting effects of AI exposure on our minds, others are looking for new ways to capitalize on the trend and improve technology, including in robotics. One of the latest AI-powered robots to hit the market is an AI robotic dog that’s certainly…

The UK government is investing £1m in accelerating the growth of regional tech clusters outside of London, in acknowledgement of the fact that “tech innovation does not stop at the M25”. The roll-out of the Regional Tech Booster programme is being overseen by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) and will see tech…

Microsoft has rolled out a series of targeted enhancements across its Defender and Sentinel cyber security ecosystem designed to help its customers guard against the possibility of falling victim to Scattered Spider as the cyber gang continues to evolve its playbook. Scattered Spider – referred to in Microsoft’s threat telemetry as Octo Tempest – ramped…

José Adorno for BGR When Apple announced the iPhone 16 lineup, the new models featured an exclusive Apple Intelligence feature: Visual Intelligence. Powered by the Camera Control button, it was actually a gimmick to promote the new camera sensor, as with the release of the iPhone 16e, Apple started offering Visual Intelligence on iPhone 15…

Co-op Group chief executive Shirine Khoury-Haq has apologised to all six and a half million of the group’s members after revealing that their personal data – apparently limited to names, addresses and other contact details – was stolen in a Scattered Spider cyber attack against its systems. The attack, which unfolded in parallel with incidents…

The main talking points in the UK’s gigabit broadband market have centred around how quickly full-fibre roll-out is taking place and when, not if, the government’s access coverage targets will be met, but research from Vitrifi has revealed that slow activation and limited automation remain major obstacles for operators seeking to monetise their investments in…

Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) systems could assist terrorists in disseminating propaganda and preparing for attacks, according to the UK’s terror advisor, but the level of the threat remains “purely theoretical” without further evidence of its use in practice. In his latest annual report, Jonathan Hall, the government’s independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, warned that while…

With the UK government recently reaffirming its commitment to the Shared Rural Network (SRN) scheme to improve mobile coverage in rural areas and bring 4G connectivity to all parts of the country, 30 government-funded mast upgrades have been activated in rural towns and villages throughout Wales. Announced in 2019, the £1.3bn SRN programme was designed to…

Network and infrastructure management technology provider NetBox Labs has received a significant boost by raising $35m in Series B funding. NetBox Labs is the commercial owner of NetBox, the open source network and infrastructure management stack used by tens of thousands of enterprises, including dozens of Fortune 500 companies, hyper-scalers, artificial intelligence (AI) scale-ups and…