China slams US claims of'industrial-scale' AI theft Share China slams US claims of'industrial-scale' AI theft on social media China has issued a forceful reply against claims by the United States that top Chinese artificial intelligence companies have engaged in "industrial scale" theft of their US counterparts' AI models. The response on Wednesday comes after three US federal agencies - the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Security Agency (NSA) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) - accused Chinese AI companies of exploiting American AI models to benefit their own systems. Tokens are the smallest units of text that AI models read, or generate. On Wednesday, China's Commerce Ministry dismissed the allegations and accused the US of seeking a "monopoly of the AI industry". "If the U.S. suppresses Chinese AI companies under the pretext of targeting distillation, China will take resolute countermeasures," the ministry said in a statement to the Associated Press.

The company's September event introduced Apple's first ever foldable iPhone, along with new iPhone 18 Pro models, updates to the Apple Watch, some AirPods, and more advances to Siri AI. The company is turning over leadership for the first time in 15 years, with former CEO Tim Cook handing off the reins last week to the new CEO, former Apple VP of hardware John Ternus. At the first Apple product soiree hosted by Ternus, the company made an even bigger change: it announced its first ever folding device, the iPhone Duo . The company also announced its new line of iPhone 18 Pro phones, some updates to its Apple Watch line, new AirPods, and new software capabilities powered by Siri AI. As expected, there were no base-model iPhone 18 announcements; those are likely coming early next year.

The new Apple Watch includes several "intelligent" listening features that have privacy and security baked in. But the protections can't change the facts of what the tools do. The new Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 come not just with better fitness tracking and upgraded noise reduction, but a whole new way to listen. Apple announced on Wednesday that the two smartwatches come with four opt-in "audio intelligence" tools that are powered by audio gathered by the watches' microphones. They include sound and music recognition, a conversation recap feature, and "Live Rewind" so a user can see a transcription of anything that was said in their environment in the previous 15 seconds.

UK Lawmakers Are Freaking Out Over AI's Summer of Chaos As AI agents go rogue and fears of superintelligence grow, politicians are raising the alarm over its potential harm to human existence. A leading British politician has urged the United Nations to intervene in "the unsafe development of super intelligence" after an Anthropic team leader posted: "We really do earnestly believe AI could kill all humans!" Whether "marketing hype" or signposting of a genuine extinction threat, "governments must step in," Labour MP Darren Jones wrote in an open letter also addressed to the UK prime minister and international Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Jones is the latest lawmaker scrambling to find ways to protect the British public from AI threats to safety. Just one day earlier, Labour MP Alex Sobel had introduced a parliamentary bill proposing to ban the "development, deployment, and operation of artificial superintelligence"--systems which can fully replace and outmatch humans at any task.

Researchers say LG TV's behavior'parallels malware' - with user data logged even when TVs are on standby. Charlie Osborne is a cybersecurity journalist and photographer who writes for ZDNET and CNET from London. The side of the TV required a good bit of zooming in to capture its full thickness. A jailbroken LG TV demonstrates how our devices can become spying tools. The TV recorded user data and audio, even on standby.

Why you can trust ZDNET: ZDNET independently tests and researches products to bring you our best recommendations and advice. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. T-Mobile will give you the iPhone 18 Pro for free - here's how to preorder The iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max offer an impressive battery and professional-quality camera system - and you can get one on T-Mobile. Taylor Clemons is a tech writer and reviewer based near Cleveland, OH. Kerry Wan/ZDNET The latest Apple devices are here, including the new iPhone Duo -- the brand's first foldable smartphone.

The Apple event revealed much more than a new lineup of iPhones. Maria Diaz is a staff writer with a passion for home automation, smart home devices, and tablets. The iOS 27 general release is almost here. It features many upgrades like recomposing photos. It also optimizes app launches and improves performance.

I Let an AI Agent Hack All My Gadgets--and I'd Do It Again After I removed the safety guardrails from a powerful open-source model, it found vulnerabilities in my household devices and hacked into a PC. But it also told me how to make everything a lot more secure. As the author of a newsletter about artificial intelligence, I consider it my duty to experience the bleeding edge of this technology firsthand. This week, that meant embracing some agentic mayhem. You're probably aware that frontier AI models have attained advanced cybersecurity capabilities in recent months.

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The next version of iOS will arrive on Monday, September 14, Apple announced today at its fall iPhone event. That same day, the company will also release iPadOS 27 and watchOS 27 to the public. The operating systems mark the public debut of Siri AI, the company's long-awaited (and oft delayed) overhaul of its digital assistant. Apple partnered with Google to use the company's Gemini models in the training of the algorithms that power Siri AI. In Engadget's early testing of Siri AI, we found the assistant was actually capable of answering complex questions and carrying out multi-step prompts.