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Meta Introduces AI Agents to Simplify WhatsApp Business Setup

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Alongside the launch of its new AI-focused subscription plans, Meta announced on Tuesday that businesses can now use AI agents of their choice to set up and manage WhatsApp Business messaging. The service enables companies to communicate with customers through conversations on WhatsApp. Meta said the setup process was previously more complicated because developers had to switch between several tools...

Amazon Seeks to Expand Drone Deliveries Across the UK

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Retail giant Amazon has applied to expand its drone delivery service across the whole of Darlington, where it has been testing the technology since earlier this year. The US company announced in January that Darlington would become its UK test centre, marking the first time its Prime Air service had operated outside the United States. Amazon began a "limited" number of...

UK Needs New AI Laws for Healthcare, Watchdog Says

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The UK needs new regulations for AI products used in the NHS and other healthcare settings, according to the country’s industry watchdog. The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), which oversees medical devices and licenses medicines in the UK, has published 44 recommendations for updating its regulatory framework as the use of AI across healthcare continues to grow. The technology...

Google Issues Emergency Chrome Update After Unknown Bug Detected

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Google has issued an emergency update for its Chrome browser after discovering a highly serious cyber-security vulnerability that has already been exploited by hackers. The flaw was identified by researcher Salvatore Gulizia, who reported the issue to Google. Chrome is one of the world’s most widely used web browsers, with approximately 3.6 billion users globally. Google classified the issue as a...

OpenAI Unveils Astra, Its Latest AI Model

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OpenAI released Astra on Thursday, describing its latest AI model as the company’s most powerful and capable system to date. OpenAI said Astra represents “a new frontier on computer and browser use” and is designed to handle tasks with unmatched “speed, accuracy, and safety.” The model is initially being made available to OpenAI customers using Daybreak, the company’s cybersecurity programme. Over...

Nvidia Confirms $12.9bn Acquisition of Hugging Face

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After weeks of speculation, Nvidia has confirmed the acquisition of Hugging Face for $12.93 billion. The AI platform currently hosts three million models, one million applications and 500,000 datasets, with its services used by more than 18 million developers. In a blog post, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Hugging Face would continue supporting open-source and open-weight AI models while expanding...

UK Lords Call for AI ‘Kill Switch’ Powers

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A group of peers is urging the British government to gain powers to deactivate advanced AI systems and shut down the country’s data centres if the technology is judged to pose a serious national security threat. The proposal is being led by Liberal Democrat peer Lord Tim Clement-Jones, who has put forward the measure as an amendment to the Cyber...

Instagram Tightens Rules on Undisclosed AI Profiles

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Instagram is changing how it labels AI-generated profiles and will begin limiting the reach of accounts that feature AI-generated people without clearly disclosing it. The platform announced the changes on Monday as part of an update to its approach to AI-generated profiles. Instagram will rename its existing “AI creator” label to “AI-generated profile”. The company said the new name should make...

OpenAI to Show Ads on ChatGPT Free and Go Tiers in India

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OpenAI will start showing ads on ChatGPT’s Free and Go subscription tiers in India, bringing advertising to one of the company’s largest user markets. The move was announced on Thursday and follows a recent change to OpenAI’s terms of service indicating that ads could be shown to users while they interact with the AI assistant. OpenAI said in February that ChatGPT...

UK Expects Meta to Match US Child Safety Measures

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The UK government expects Meta to introduce the same child safety protections in Britain as those agreed in the US, following a court settlement that could cost the company up to $18 billion (£13 billion). Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said on Thursday that he did not want young people in the US to have “a higher rate of...