Online safety rules don’t go far enough, grieving parents say

A group of relatives has warned that the Online Safety Act does not go far enough to protect children on social media. Relatives for Online Safety have sent a joint letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labor leader Sir Keir Starmer, urging both to pledge to do more for children’s online safety ahead of … Read more

I tried to survive 24 hours without using the Big Five technology – and my life became impossible

Great technology I always get my five a day. Not vegetables and fruit. I mean the “Big Five” technology companies – Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Microsoft, Meta (Facebook) and Apple – that have their fingerprints on almost every aspect of my daily life. And probably yours too, since their digital infrastructure powers a significant portion of … Read more

Ethical AI isn’t to blame for Google’s Gemini debacle

In this photo illustration, the Google Gemini logo is seen in the background of a silhouette of a person using a notebook. (Photo illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) Credit – Rafael Henrique-SOPA Images/LightRocket EEarlier this month, Google released its highly anticipated system ‘Gemini’, giving users access to AI image generation technology for … Read more

Tech companies sign an agreement to combat AI-generated election fraud

Major tech companies signed a pact on Friday to voluntarily take “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world. Executives from Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok gathered at the Munich Security Conference to announce a new framework for how they respond to … Read more