King Charles III has called on some of the world’s biggest artificial intelligence companies to give reassurance that humanity will not lose control of the technology as its capabilities continue to advance. The King is hosting senior representatives from Nvidia, Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic at Dumfries House in Scotland on Thursday for a private…
The United Nations has called for urgent global action to control the risks posed by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems, warning that the world could be approaching an “irreversible change” that affects generations to come. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk made the warning in a letter to governments and leading AI companies,…
A researcher has resigned from artificial intelligence company Anthropic, warning that the race to build increasingly powerful AI systems could put humanity at serious risk before the end of the decade. Jacob Coxon, who spent the past three years working on pretraining research at both Anthropic and OpenAI, said he left because he believes the…
Uber and British autonomous-driving company Wayve have launched London’s first public robotaxi service, marking a major step in the UK’s move towards self-driving transport. The service began on September 3, allowing selected passengers to book autonomous rides through the Uber app. But the biggest surprise is that London’s first robotaxi is not completely driverless. The…
The race to increase AI data center capacity is becoming just as important as the race to develop better AI models. Major technology figures, including Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk, are calling for a rapid expansion of computing infrastructure as demand for AI services continues to grow. The message from the tech industry is becoming…
INTERPOL Operation Jackal IV has delivered 58 arrests and identified 263 suspects across 22 countries in an eight-month crackdown targeting West African organised crime groups, including Black Axe. The operation ran from November 2025 to June 2026 and focused on cyber-enabled financial crime, money laundering and the people helping criminal networks move and hide their…
Artificial intelligence is becoming part of everyday life, but a recent Omaha bank robbery shows just how far that reality now extends. A 23-year-old Nebraska man, Deron Lewis-Payne, has been sentenced to 121 months in federal prison after investigators found that he used ChatGPT to plan an armed bank robbery. The case is unusual because…
Apple and OpenAI are now fighting over something potentially bigger than trade secrets: who gets to define the hardware that will sit between people and the next generation of AI. Apple sued OpenAI in July, alleging that the ChatGPT maker encouraged former Apple employees to bring confidential information, including product designs and other proprietary material,…
Lagos State Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat has announced a crackdown on car spotters, saying the activity will no longer be tolerated on Lagos roads, particularly around the Lekki-Epe corridor. Speaking during a live interview on Nigeria Info FM, Hamzat described car spotting as a menace and said surveillance cameras are already being used to identify…
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez are officially married, but their wedding has already become a perfect example of how difficult it is to separate a real celebrity moment from AI-generated fiction. The couple held a private civil ceremony in Cascais, Portugal, on August 11, surrounded by their five children. Ronaldo and Rodríguez confirmed the milestone…
