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Deployed twice to Afghanistan, the Green Beret searched the AI platform for information on explosives and ammoThe soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said on Tuesday.A laptop, cellphone and watch are still under review nearly a week after 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger fatally shot himself just before the truck blew up. Continue reading...

Autonomous systems, particularly fleets of drones and other unmanned vehicles, face increasing risks as their complexity grows. Despite advancements, existing testing frameworks fall short in addressing end-to-end security, resilience, and safety in zero-trust environments. The Secure Systems Research Center (SSRC) at TII has developed a rigorous, holistic testing framework to systematically evaluate the performance and security of these systems at each stage of development. This approach ensure

First real-world test finds approach has higher detection rate without having a higher rate of false positivesThe use of artificial intelligence in breast cancer screening increases the chance of the disease being detected, researchers have found, in what they say is the first real-world test of the approach.Numerous studies have suggested AI could help medical professionals spot cancer, whether it is identifying abnormal growths in CT scans or signs of breast cancer in mammograms. Continue read

One alert claimed BBC story said Luigi Mangione, alleged murderer of US healthcare CEO, had killed himselfApple has said it will update an artificial intelligence feature that has issued inaccurate news alerts on its latest iPhones, including that a man accused of killing a US insurance boss had shot himself and that the tennis star Rafael Nadal had come out as gay.The tech company said it was developing a software update that would “further clarify” when news notifications were actu

It was chilling to hear ‘my voice’ repeating lies – and to discover that deepfake audio is a growing threat to democracyGeorgina Findlay is a writer and presenter at the YouTube channel TLDR NewsMy brother held his phone up to my ear. “You’re gonna find this creepy,” he warned. An Instagram reel showing a teenage boy at a rally featured a voiceover in the style of a news broadcast. A calm, female voice, with an almost imperceptible Mancunian accent, said: &ldq

Exclusive: Concerns raised over role of Faculty AI, which has worked with NHS and government safety bodyA company that has worked closely with the UK government on artificial intelligence safety, the NHS and education is also developing AI for military drones.The consultancy Faculty AI has “experience developing and deploying AI models on to UAVs”, or unmanned aerial vehicles, according to a defence industry partner company. Continue reading...