To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Nikon disqualified the winning video (shown left). The winner of a prestigious scientific photography competition has been disqualified following concerns raised by other scientists that it was fake. Nikon said the use of generative AI in the composition of the video broke the rules of its Small World In Motion contest, which accepts photos and video taken using powerful microscopes. The firm said the video did not comply with the competition rules regarding generative AI, but added it was not a judgement of the entrant's professional reputation or scientific contributions.

A building society cashier who stole thousands of pounds from customers to pay for lavish holidays has been ordered to repay more than £12,000. Kelly Kershaw, 54, stole £13,333 including from vulnerable and elderly customers at Nationwide in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, even forging the signature of a man with learning disabilities. Kershaw admitted five counts of fraud after colleagues spotted Facebook posts of her on safari in Africa, and on trips to Paris, Tuscany and Dubai. She was jailed for 16 months in May but returned to Caernarfon Crown Court for a Proceeds of Crime Act, external hearing, and told to pay back £12,630 - the amount of money she had in assets. Judge Jones ordered Kershaw to repay the sum within three months or face a further five months in prison.

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Is the war entering a new phase? Ukraine takes aim at Russia's AI data infrastructure Share Ukraine takes aim at Russia's AI data infrastructure on social media Ukrainian drone strikes have partly disabled an AI data centre operated by Russian digital giant Yandex. The strike on Friday followed an attack on another of the company's data hubs the previous day, appearing to signal that Ukraine's military campaign is widening its scope to target Russia's technology infrastructure. Moscow has previously targeted data hubs inside Ukraine. A day earlier, a Ukrainian attack shut down a major data hub in Sasovo in the Ryazan region, where two of the three supercomputers used to develop the company's AI models are housed.

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Anthropic bans users from being'cruel' to its AI systems Anthropic has raised eyebrows by announcing it will ban users from sustained and needless abusive behaviour towards its AI. The Claude-maker said on Thursday it was updating its usage policy to let its tools end interactions where people are cruel - something it said it had done in rare cases prior. It will now be included on a list of forbidden conduct which also contains bullying others, promoting self-harm and creating non-consensual intimate imagery. While Anthropic said the policy would only apply in extreme cases of repeated abuse, it has reignited debate over how we should communicate with AI tools. The company said it would not apply to common versions of user frustration, pushback, dark creative themes, or model testing and research - suggesting it would only apply in clearly deliberate instances.

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Which Mac Desktop Should You Buy? Apple's Mac desktops have become some of the most sought-after computers this year, driven by surging interest in agentic AI. Here's which model to buy depending on your use case. MacBooks have taken most of the spotlight away from Mac desktops in recent years. Now that mobile performance and battery life have improved so much, there's less of a reason to buy a desktop that chains you to your office. But Mac desktops are getting a resurgence.

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