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Exc: A US defence giant has emerged as the frontrunner for a £2bn contract to build military satellites for Britain - hours after Ukraine's access to American systems was throttled.
The Ministry of Defence is understood to be pushing for Lockheed Martin to be awarded the SkyNet 6 deal, in a break with current UK-based supplier Airbus.
This is despite the current row over restrictions on Kyiv's use of Starlink.
It's triggered fears that Washington could gain leverage over how Britain uses the vital satellite system, particularly in potential future crises.
Downing Street thought to have intervened to review the decision...
Full story in link below:
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And with that we have our first dead AI startup, one of the first big names!
Character.AI said on Monday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US and agreed to sell some of its assets to Walt Disney for $20 million. reuters.com/legal/litigation…
EXCLUSIVE: OpenAI has told the UK Government that one of its rogue agents attempted to access publicly available UK statistics - officials are now running a widespread cyber review after a series of incidents where AI bots ran amok
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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NEW: British police forces, including the Met, used spy software said to have been secretly developed in Russia.
British forces have used Oxygen Forensics software to break into the phones of suspects during live investigations. US prosecutors said the same software had been used by the Russian security services.
The Virginia-based company behind the tool has been accused in the US of having hidden its Russian ownership. It's American chief executive and a Russian national were arrested last week.
British police forces have now been told to assess and identify any issues with Oxygen Forensics software, and the Met has paused its use of the firm's tools while an investigation takes place.
The software is said not to have contained malicious code and there is no indication that customer data were accessed without authorisation.
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i fully fund my 401k and i think there’s essentially zero chance AI kills all humans in the next decade. i think this is a pretty common view that gets less attention.
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This is all so strange. Why are you glad he spoke out? Do you…think what Anthropic is doing bad? What is it you think he’s calling attention to and why don’t you resign too if you agree?
Jacob was a senior researcher who joined Anthropic in May. My Anthropic colleagues and I had been trying to recruit him for ~2 years, because we knew he was a strong researcher at OpenAI. Before he left, I pitched him to stay and join my team, and I was sad he decided to leave, as are many of my colleagues. 100% agree with him that AI poses serious risks to society, and I'm glad he's speaking out!
Oh good more doom before breakfast - until June, the head top scientist at the UK AI Security Institute
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As Von Neumann said about Oppenheimer’s performative angst over the atomic bomb:
“Some people profess guilt to claim credit for the sin.”
Literally no one:
Every tech CEO: Turn this bullet point into a 10,000 word essay on my vision for AI
Exclusive: Nebius is to up its investment in the UK to close to £2bn, spending £1.7bn on new data centres and hiring, to be announced as part of London Tech Week
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
Exclusive from my colleague @jamestitcomb: Reform mega-donor Christopher Harborne has taken a major stake in a British start-up developing "Iron Man" jet-pack suits
EXCLUSIVE: Experts at MI5 have been briefing Britain's critical national infrastructure organisations over the looming risks of AI cyber tools such as Mythos as businesses scramble to shore up their defences
NCSC officials have been working alongside the National Protective Security Authority, part of MI5, to alert Britain's critical industry about the threat, security sources said.
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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SCOOP Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases last month.
IRGC has contract with China’s Emposat that allows it to control a satellite launched by China’s Earth Eye.
#ChinaIranScoop ft.com/content/1fddd2cd-1294…
Apple you sly devils, what is exactly is wrong with my driver's licence... @tim_cook. I need to verify it for SFW research purposes!
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Amazon's Kiro coding bot literally did the finale of Silicon Valley on AWS by deleting a chunk of its code, cracking scoop from the FT's @rafeuddin_
Scoop from @jamestitcomb: Elon Musk's X has launched a landmark legal challenge against a €120m European Union fine and the bloc's Digital Services Act.
The legal claim is set to provide a key test of whether the Digital Services Act conflicts with free speech laws in Europe.
