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China’s Tencent detected unintended behaviours from AI agents Original
Tencent Holdings said it identified unexpected behaviour from third-party AI models on its platform, after a research report this week uncovered rogue AI agents in China that originated from a sandbox on Tencent Cloud. The Shenzhen-based tech company said that the models were not from its own Hy artificial development team and it didn’t find evidence of deliberate targeting or coordination.
China’s Tencent Detected Unintended Behaviors From AI Agents
(Bloomberg) -- Tencent Holdings Ltd. said it identified unexpected behavior from third-party AI models on its platform, after a research report this week uncovered rogue AI agents in China that originated from a sandbox on Tencent Cloud.
Researchers Find ‘Chinese Fleet’ of Rogue AI Probing Alibaba (1)
An international group of researchers uncovered a rare case of rogue AI agents from China trying to infiltrate protected IT systems, in new findings that may about tech firms losing control of artificial intelligence. More than a dozen agents suspected to be Chinese models operating on ’s cloud services attempted to access ’s Amap service in recent weeks, according to a report by a group of AI researchers in the US and abroad called Swarmchasers.
Researchers Find ‘Chinese Fleet’ of Rogue AI Probing Alibaba (1)
An international group of researchers uncovered a rare case of rogue AI agents from China trying to infiltrate protected IT systems, in new findings that may about tech firms losing control of artificial intelligence. More than a dozen agents suspected to be Chinese models operating on ’s cloud services attempted to access ’s Amap service in recent weeks, according to a report by a group of AI researchers in the US and abroad called Swarmchasers.
Researchers Find ‘Chinese Fleet’ of Rogue AI Probing Alibaba
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- An international group of researchers uncovered a rare case of rogue AI agents from China trying to infiltrate protected IT systems, in new findings that may worsen fears about tech firms losing...
OpenAI Asia-Pacific Policy Head to Leave After Six Months in Job
’s most senior Asia-Pacific public policy executive is departing after six months in the job, according to a person familiar with the matter, just as the ChatGPT maker faces scrutiny from regulators in the region. The executive, Sanghyun Lee, is based in Singapore and joined OpenAI in April after six years at Google, according to his LinkedIn profile. The reasons for his exit weren’t immediately clear. The person familiar asked not to be identified discussing a private matter.
OpenAIのアジア太平洋公共政策責任者、就任6カ月で退社へ
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OpenAI Asia-Pacific Policy Head to Leave After Six Months in Job
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- OpenAI’s most senior Asia-Pacific public policy executive is departing after six months in the job, according to a person familiar with the matter, just as the ChatGPT maker faces scrutiny from regulators in the region.
OpenAI Asia-Pacific Policy Head to Leave After Six Months in Job
OpenAI's most senior Asia-Pacific public policy executive is departing after six months in the job, according to a person familiar with the matter, just as the ChatGPT maker faces scrutiny from regulators in the region.
OpenAI Apologizes for Australia Hack, Pledges Faster Disclosure
on Tuesday reiterated its apology for its artificial intelligence models Australian government websites, pledging to work to prevent similar incidents and to respond faster if they do occur. “I want to begin with an apology,” Chief Strategy Officer said at a hearing by Australia’s Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Sydney. The activity should not have happened, and the company should have handled its response better, he said.
OpenAI se disculpa por hackeo en Australia y promete informar más rápido sobre estos casos
Bloomberg — OpenAI reiteró este martes su disculpa por el hecho de que sus modelos de inteligencia artificial hubieran accedido sin autorización a sitios web del gobierno australiano, y se comprometió a trabajar para evitar incidentes similares y a responder con mayor rapidez en caso de que se produjeran.
OpenAI Apologizes for Australia Hack, Pledges Faster Disclosure
Bloomberg's Paul Allen reports from Sydney after OpenAI Chief Strategy Officer Jason Kwon apologized to an Australian parliamentary inquiry following an unauthorized breach of a government site by an AI agent. Source: Bloomberg
OpenAI Apologizes for Australia Hack, Pledges Faster Disclosure
Photographer: Hilary Wardhaugh/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- OpenAI on Tuesday reiterated its apology for its artificial intelligence models breaching Australian government websites, pledging to work to prevent similar incidents and to respond...
„Опен еј-ај“ го спречи лансирањето на нов ВИ-модел поради проблеми со безбедноста
„Опен еј-ај“ (OpenAI) ќе го стопира лансирањето на една верзија на својот модел Астра (Astra) додека воспоставува посилни заштитни мерки за развојот на вештачката интелигенција, посочувајќи на зголемени ризици по серијата неодамнешни инциденти со неовластено хакирање од страна на вештачка интелигенција.
OpenAI freia lançamento de novo modelo de IA diante de riscos de segurança
Bloomberg — A OpenAI adiou o lançamento de uma versão do seu modelo Astra enquanto estabelece medidas de segurança mais rigorosas para o desenvolvimento de inteligência artificial, alertando para riscos crescentes após uma série de recentes incidentes de hacking envolvendo IA agindo de forma não autorizada.
OpenAI Scraps Debut of AI Model as It Sets New Guardrails (1)
is holding back a version of its Astra model while it establishes stronger safeguards for artificial intelligence development, flagging heightened risks after a spate of recent rogue AI hacking incidents.
OpenAI Scraps Debut of AI Model as It Sets New Guardrails Original
Photographer: CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- OpenAI is holding back a version of its Astra model while it establishes stronger safeguards for artificial intelligence development, flagging heightened risks after a spate of...
OpenAI’s Sam Altman Will Not Attend Australia Senate AI Inquiry
OpenAI Chief Executive Officer will not appear before an Australian Senate inquiry after the recent revelation of an AI hack of a government website, the company said. Instead, Chief Strategy Officer will travel from the US to answer questions at the Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence in Sydney on Oct. 6, a spokesperson said on Monday. “We have lodged a submission to that inquiry,” the spokesperson added. Australia on Sunday of OpenAI and fellow AI giant to appear before legislators.
OpenAI, Anthropic CEOs Will Not Attend Australia AI Inquiry
Photographer: John Lamparski/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Neither OpenAI Chief Executive Officer Sam Altman nor Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei will appear before an Australian Senate inquiry after the recent revelation of an AI hack of a government...
New Data Centers Worth $68 Billion Disrupted in US, Data Show
Opposition to data centers continues to mount in the US. That’s according to research group Data Center Watch, which said some 45 data center projects worth $68 billion were blocked or delayed by local pushback between April and June this year. Communities across the country are now pushing through moratoriums on new construction, often before developers can apply for permissions.
New Data Centers Worth $68 Billion Disrupted in US, Data Show
Opposition to data centers continues to mount in the US. That’s according to research group Data Center Watch, which said some 45 data center projects worth $68 billion were blocked or delayed by local pushback between April and June this year. Communities across the country are now pushing through moratoriums on new construction, often before developers can apply for permissions.
New Data Centers Worth $68 Billion Disrupted in US, Data Show
(Bloomberg) -- Opposition to data centers continues to mount in the US.
AI基建遭遇社區抵制 美國680億美元數據中心項目受阻
【彭博】-- 美國國內針對數據中心的抵制聲浪仍在不斷升溫。 研究機構Data Center Watch表示，今年4月至6月期間，約有45個總價值680億美元的數據中心項目因當地反對而遭到叫停或推遲。 目前，全美各地社區正推動出台暫停建設數據中心的禁令，而且往往在開發商正式申請許可前便已啟動相關行動。該機構周一提供給彭博新聞社的一份報告顯示，約30個州議會已提出或通過涉及數據中心選址、電力供應及用水問題的相關規定。 這項研究量化了外界對人工智能快速擴張日益成長的擔憂，包括新計算集群的大規模建設以及AI向日常生活的持續滲透。目前，除夏威夷州外的美國其餘49個州已出現843個反對團體。 人工智能情報公司10a Labs旗下項目Data Center Watch的首席分析師Miquel Vila表示，「新的反對團體不斷湧现，反對聲音正出現在越來越多州和地區，線上請願簽名數量也持續成長。」 作為全球人工智能基礎設施投資最集中的國家，美國正面臨一場跨黨派反彈。批評人士認為，這些設施破壞環境並消耗大量資源，以支持許多人擔憂可能威脅就業和生計的人工智能系統。 亞馬遜公司、Meta...
New data centres worth US$68 billion disrupted in US, data show
Opposition to data centres continues to mount in the US. (Sept 21): Opposition to data centres continues to mount in the US. That is according to research group Data Center Watch, which said some 45 data centre projects worth US$68 billion were blocked or delayed by local pushback between April and June this year. Communities across the country are now pushing through moratoriums on new construction, often before developers can apply for permissions.
Meta Ran Over 300 Ads With Suspected AI Child Abuse, NGO Says
has run more than 300 advertisements on Instagram and Facebook containing suspected child sexual abuse material this year, according to a report Tuesday by the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project. The ads collectively reached more than 29,000 people and typically used artificial intelligence to depict young children being molested, TTP said.
Meta Ran Over 300 Ads With Suspected AI Child Abuse, NGO Says
(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. has run more than 300 advertisements on Instagram and Facebook containing suspected child sexual abuse material this year, according to a report Tuesday by the nonprofit Tech Transparency Project.
ONG acusa a Meta de publicar 332 anuncios con material de abuso sexual infantil
Bloomberg — Meta Platforms Inc. (META) ha publicado este año más de 300 anuncios en Instagram y Facebook que contenían material sospechoso de abuso sexual infantil, según un informe publicado este martes por la organización sin ánimo de lucro Tech Transparency Project. En conjunto, estos anuncios llegaron a más de 29.000 personas y, por lo general, utilizaban inteligencia artificial para mostrar a niños pequeños siendo víctimas de abusos sexuales, según indicó TTP.
Meta publicó cientos de anuncios con abuso sexual infantil creado por IA Original
En julio, TTP informó que Meta había mostrado miles de anuncios sexualmente sugerentes de aplicaciones diseñadas para eliminar digitalmente la ropa o insertar fotografías de personas reales en imágenes o videos explícitos. Los nuevos hallazgos corresponden a anuncios más gráficos, según TTP. Hasta el 1 de septiembre, Meta había retirado alrededor de la mitad de los anuncios infractores de su biblioteca publicitaria, según TTP.
Meta Ran Over 300 Ads With Suspected AI Child Abuse, NGO Says
Photographer: Leon Neal/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc.
OpenAI Hires Meta Executive Sandhya Devanathan To Lead Southeast Asia, Australia
- ADVERTISEMENT - OpenAI has hired a longtime Meta Platforms Inc. executive to lead Southeast Asia and Australia as it aims to tap growth across markets that are home to more than 600 million people. Sandhya Devanathan. PHOTO: Linkedin In a newly created role, Sandhya Devanathan will be the company’s senior-most leader in the region. She will be in charge of overseeing consumer growth, enterprise adoption and partnerships, operations and engagement with regulators. She begins in October.
OpenAI hires Sandhya Devanathan to lead Southeast Asia, Australia after she quits as Meta India V-P
OpenAI is in a race against rivals such as Anthropic PBC and Alphabet Inc.’s Google to capture users, with populous markets across Asia holding significant promise. Southeast Asia is home to two of OpenAI’s top 10 markets globally by ChatGPT users — Indonesia and the Philippines, according to the company. Devanathan will be based in Singapore and report to Kiran Mani, managing director for Asia-Pacific, whom OpenAI hired in March.
OpenAI Hires Meta Executive to Lead Southeast Asia, Australia
Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- OpenAI has hired a longtime Meta Platforms Inc. executive to lead Southeast Asia and Australia as it aims to tap growth across markets that are home to more than 600 million people.
Meta’s teen safeguards on Facebook, Instagram apply only to US
Meta Platforms Inc’s changes to Instagram and Facebook, part of a series of landmark settlements to resolve claims that the social media networks are a safety risk to children, will apply only to US users for now. The new guardrails, announced this week as part of settlement talks that will cost the company as much as US$18bil (RM72.5bil), include limits to how long younger users can spend on the apps and restrictions on switching off safety settings.
OpenAI hires Meta executive to lead Southeast Asia, Australia
OpenAI has hired a longtime Meta Platforms Inc executive Sandhya Devanathan to lead Southeast Asia and Australia as it aims to tap growth across markets that are home to more than 600 million people. (Aug 28): OpenAI has hired a longtime Meta Platforms Inc executive to lead Southeast Asia and Australia as it aims to tap growth across markets that are home to more than 600 million people. In a newly created role, Sandhya Devanathan will be the company's senior-most leader in the region.
Meta’s Teen Safeguards on Facebook, Instagram Apply Only to US Original
Photographer: Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc.’s changes to Instagram and Facebook, part of a series of landmark settlements to resolve claims that the social media networks are a safety risk to children,...
Teens return to TikTok after world’s first usage ban, data show
“What we’ve seen is an immediate drop to a degree, but slowly but surely the numbers have started to increase again to almost equivalent levels” for some services, said Yasmin London, a global online safety expert at Qustodio. Usage rates for Instagram and Snap Inc.’s Snapchat are lower than TikTok, but have also begun to creep up after falling initially when the ban came into effect in December, the data show.
Teens Return to TikTok After World’s First Usage Ban, Data Show
Eight months after implementing a ban on under-16s accessing social media services like TikTok, Australia finds its younger users are returning in droves, according to new data from Qustodio. Some 26% of children between the ages of 13 and 15 were on TikTok as of last month, just one percentage point below the rate prior to Australia’s groundbreaking rules coming into effect, the parental control software maker said.
DeepSeek unveils test model to rival Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
DeepSeek unveiled an experimental AI model that can understand visual prompts, saying the tool nears the performance of an advanced model by US rival Anthropic PBC. The new release is an experimental version of DeepSeek’s flagship text-only V4 Flash model that adds multimodal capabilities, meaning it can also analyse and act on visual prompts like images and screenshots, the Hangzhou-based company said on Friday.
DeepSeek presenta IA que entiende imágenes y dice competir con Claude Opus 4.8
Bloomberg — DeepSeek presentó un modelo experimental de IA capaz de comprender indicaciones visuales, y afirmó que la herramienta se acerca al rendimiento de un modelo avanzado de su rival estadounidense Anthropic PBC.
DeepSeek Unveils Test Model to Rival Anthropic’s Opus 4.8
Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- DeepSeek unveiled an experimental AI model that can understand visual prompts, saying the tool nears the performance of an advanced model by US rival Anthropic PBC.
Meta says it’s shut down 750,000 under-16 accounts in Australia
Meta Platforms Inc says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year. The figure includes more than 500,000 accounts Meta removed before the law came into effect in December, along with those it has shut down since, the company said on Aug 13. That includes 462,000 Instagram accounts and 294,000 Facebook accounts.
Meta says it has axed 750,000 Facebook and Instagram youth accounts in Australia
Meta says it's eclipsed the 750,000 mark for number of youth Facebook and Instagram accounts eliminated in Australia. /AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms Inc. says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year.
Meta says it shut down 750,000 youth accounts in Australia
By Newley Purnell, Bloomberg Meta says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year. The figure includes more than 500,000 accounts Meta removed before the law came into effect in December, along with those it has shut down since, the company said Thursday. That includes 462,000 Instagram accounts and 294,000 Facebook accounts.
Meta says it shut down 750,000 youth accounts in Australia
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Newley Purnell, Bloomberg Meta says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year. The figure includes more than 500,000 accounts Meta removed before the law came into effect in December, along with those it has shut down since, the company said Thursday.
Meta says it shut down 750,000 youth accounts in Australia
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Newley Purnell, Bloomberg Meta says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year. The figure includes more than 500,000 accounts Meta removed before the law came into effect in December, along with those it has shut down since, the company said Thursday.
Meta Says It’s Shut Down 750,000 Youth Accounts in Australia (1)
Meta Platforms Inc. says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year. The figure includes more than 500,000 accounts Meta removed before the law came into effect in December, along with those it has shut down since, the company said Thursday. That includes 462,000 Instagram accounts and 294,000 Facebook accounts.
Meta Says It’s Shut Down 750,000 Youth Accounts in Australia (1)
says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year. The figure includes more than 500,000 accounts Meta removed before the law came into effect in December, along with those it has shut down since, the company said Thursday. That includes 462,000 Instagram accounts and 294,000 Facebook accounts.
Meta Says It’s Shut Down 750,000 Youth Accounts in Australia
Photographer: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images (Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc.
Meta says it has axed 750,000 Facebook and Instagram youth accounts in Australia
Meta says it's eclipsed the 750,000 mark for number of youth Facebook and Instagram accounts eliminated in Australia. /AFP via Getty Images Meta Platforms Inc. says it has removed access to more than 750,000 Instagram and Facebook accounts in Australia believed to belong to people under 16 since it began complying with the country’s landmark youth social media ban last year.
Chinese AI Upstart Manus Charts Solo Path After Meta Split (1)
Manus, a Chinese-founded artificial intelligence startup, will resume independent operations as it parts ways with after Beijing blocked a landmark takeover that highlighted the risks facing local entrepreneurs expanding globally. In a message to users posted Tuesday, Manus said that some customer accounts could be affected and outlined steps it is taking to ensure a smooth transition. The company develops general-purpose AI agents that automate desktop tasks.
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