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Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns that AI systems can be hacked to remove safety guardrails, comparing the technology to nuclear weapons needing global controls.

Chi Onwurah, the committee chair, has said she was disappointed in the government's response on AI and digital advertising in particular. Chi Onwurah, the committee chair, has said she was disappointed in the government's response on AI and digital advertising in particular. Failures to properly tackle online misinformation mean it is "only a matter of time" before viral content triggers a repeat of the 2024 summer riots, MPs have warned. Chi Onwurah, the chair of the Commons science and technology select committee, said ministers seemed complacent about the threat and this was putting the public at risk. The committee said it was disappointed in the government's response to its recent report warning social media companies' business models contributed to disturbances after the Southport murders .

The dangerous encounters are on the rise. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Japan is experiencing an unprecedented bear problem . According to the nation's Ministry of the Environment, the furry predators are confirmed to have killed seven people since March--the highest number on record since the government first started monitoring deaths in 2006. Given the country's ongoing ecological and demographic issues, however, it may be more accurate to say that the bears are facing an unprecedented human problem . Conservationists explained to the AFP that there are multiple factors contributing to the multiplying encounters between the wild animals and humans.

Lead and supporting actors, stunt performers and dancers have told the Guardian about being scanned on set. Lead and supporting actors, stunt performers and dancers have told the Guardian about being scanned on set. 'Have we done ourselves out of a job?': concerns in film and TV industry over on-set body scanning Olivia Williams says actors need'nudity rider'-type controls for AI body scans F or performers on TV or movie sets, it is not unusual to receive a request to enter a booth filled with scores of cameras ready to capture their likeness from every possible angle. Yet with the cast and crew of productions already fretting over the coming role of AI in the industry, it is an increasingly troubling undertaking . "It happens without warning," says Olivia Williams, who adds she has been scanned more times than she cares to remember during a career that has spanned from The Sixth Sense to Dune: Prophecy .

'Something special is happening on Madagascar.' Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Lemurs first arrived on the island of Madagascar 53.2 million years ago, probably hitching a ride on a vegetation raft from mainland Africa. The island was predator free, and the lemurs evolved into an abundance of species to thrive in its various habitats--an expansion that hasn't stopped since. Scientists typically expect such rapid species growth to eventually slow down. However, in a study recently published in the journal a team of researchers presents evidence that lemurs defy this evolutionary principle.

Musk posted nonstop at the beginning of the year about British politics until his focus was consumed by DOGE. Elon Musk loves responding to posts on X with heart emojis. He's sent dozens this year alone, often in response to people praising his cars or directly to his mother's posts . But this week, Musk sent a heart emoji to Tommy Robinson, the far-right Islamophobic activist from the United Kingdom. Though Musk largely ignored UK politics this year while working in the US government at his so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), he appears to be back across the pond, spending his money and using his platform to elevate far-right extremists.

Scarecrows do a much better job scaring humans than they do scaring birds. Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. For most Americans, scarecrows are synonymous with autumn. They pop up in corn mazes and crop fields at harvest festivals, on hay bales in grocery store displays, and as set dressing or (increasingly) as villains in fall-flavored horror films . But for all their ubiquity, agricultural scientist Rebecca Brown reflects, "I don't think I've ever seen a commercial farm that used a scarecrow with the intent of scaring birds. If they've got one, it's as seasonal decoration."