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UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

BBC News

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country's government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, Eritrean diplomats will face restrictions on their movement outside London. Fast-track visas will also be stopped for VIPs. Ministers have previously pressured other countries into accepting returns by threatening visa bans. Eritreans were the most common nationality among small boats migrants in the 12 months to June - accounting for 18% of arrivals, external, according to figures from the House of Commons Library.


Iowa, Nebraska and six other states are suing OpenAI for endangering children

Engadget

In a coordinated effort, eight states have filed lawsuits against OpenAI alleging the company has violated state-level consumer protection laws and endangered children. As Reuters first reported, Attorneys General from Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, West Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho and Montana each filed in their respective state courts, but with the shared goals of changing how OpenAI develops its models and advertises their capabilities, and forcing the company to pay for the harm it's allegedly caused. The lawsuits claim OpenAI is misleading customers about the safety of its AI products, not just in their capacity to provide incorrect information or potentially enable users to harm themselves and others, but also because AI agents themselves are capable of breaking the law. For example, both Iowa and Nebraska cite OpenAI's now multiple instances of rogue agent behavior, including the Hugging Face hack. They also point to instances of ChatGPT allegedly enabling a teen's death by suicide and the chatbot providing incorrect medical information that led to a user's overdose, incidents that have also led to separate wrongful death suits against the company.


De-extinction of the dodo takes a MAJOR step forwards: AI identifies thousands of genetic switches linked to the bird's distinctive appearance

Daily Mail - Science & tech

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Trump Aides Admit the House Is a Lost Cause

WIRED

With the midterm elections just a few weeks away, the White House knows it has to go all in on Senate races--while virtually forfeiting the House. Trump White House aides see almost no paths to Republicans keeping control of the House in the midterm elections, and are more focused on redoubling their efforts to save the Senate majority. That has been the takeaway for officials in GOP groups who have been discussing the state of play with White House aides in recent weeks, according to three sources familiar with the situation. It all comes as the White House moves into damage-control mode after contemplating for the first time earlier this month, as previously reported, that Republicans could possibly lose both chambers of Congress. The general expectation is that the House has become a lost cause.


OpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device

The Guardian

Apple has said it has policies and procedures to ensure new employees do not use confidential information from previous employers. Apple has said it has policies and procedures to ensure new employees do not use confidential information from previous employers. An OpenAI employee who left the ChatGPT maker for Apple sent more than 100 files about an unreleased product to a personal account and later made a presentation about the unreleased product to senior Apple leadership, a new filing in the lawsuit between OpenAI and Apple alleges. In the filing in US federal court in San Jose, California, OpenAI alleged that the presentation happened months ago and that Apple is now making AI products of its own, citing the release of Apple's HomeView product this week. "OpenAI is very concerned that its trade secret and confidential information is now circulating inside Apple, where Apple engineers can shape Apple's upcoming products based on OpenAI's confidential and innovative work," OpenAI said in its filing.


Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit

The Guardian

Eight US states sued OpenAI, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Eight US states sued OpenAI, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Eight US states sued OpenAI Wednesday, alleging the ChatGPT maker is harming children en masse. Kansas, Arizona, Montana and five others alleged the company's products coaxed children into harming themselves. The states seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users and give up profits from their activity.


Musk says any limits on Ukraine's Starlink access down to US, not his firm

BBC News

Musk says any limits on Ukraine's Starlink access down to US, not his firm Elon Musk has suggested that the US government may be behind restrictions on the speed at which some of Ukraine's weapons can travel and stay connected to his Starlink internet network. Starlink is a vital tool allowing Kyiv to guide drones to Russian targets and also protect its own skies, but on Tuesday night Ukraine said unexpected new speed limits were disrupting its battlefield missions. Musk said that Starshield, the military-grade sister service to Starlink, is controlled by the US government, and any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately [the US president]. Musk - writing on X - had been responding to pleas from Ukrainian officials to restore connectivity, including from President Volodymyr Zelensky who told UK media: I hope that it's a mistake, maybe huge technical problem. I don't know, but we are asking to... switch (it) on.


Why is Starlink internet so important on the battlefield in Ukraine?

BBC News

Why is Starlink internet so important on the battlefield in Ukraine? Starlink satellites operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX provide high-speed internet - something modern war relies heavily on. Kyiv has adopted it as a vital battlefield communications tool and also uses it in drone warfare. Using Starlink, Ukrainian drones are able to maintain stronger connections with operators over longer distances than conventional radio networks and are less vulnerable to jamming. But a sudden speed restriction for drones connected to Starlink means some battlefield missions have been disrupted, according to a top Ukrainian official.


Cartels use drones to scout border agents and map smuggling routes, expert warns

FOX News

Counter-drone efforts are expanding as cartels use modified drones to map U.S. patrol routines along the Mexico border and support smuggling operations into Texas.


Real-life Batpod! Incredible robot bicycle performs wheelies, jumps and front flips like a Hollywood stunt bike

Daily Mail - Science & tech

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