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Is AI scheming against humanity? Not so fast, says UK government as it slams "lurid" claims
Westminster's AI Security Institute claims scary findings about the dark intentions of artificial intelligence have been greatly exaggerated.
Jasper Hamill
UK
Bureaucracy and the bomb: Britain's nuclear weapons manufacturer has an ESG programme
From planting orchards at nuclear bases to supporting pollinators, find out about the Atomic Weapons Establishment's slightly incongruous ESG drive.
UK
UK building autonomous AI spy network to tackle small boats crisis
New "Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance" system will monitor the British Channel to identify illegal migrant vessels.
Existential Risk
OpenAI reveals bid to mitigate "catastrophic" chemical, biological and nuclear risk
AI firm expands Safety Systems team with engineers responsible for "identifying, tracking, and preparing for risks related to frontier AI models."
Security
Four people arrested over M&S, Co-op and Harrods cyberattacks
National Crime Agency seizes three male suspects as well as a 20-year-old woman during operations in London and the West Midlands.
Google Gemini "Evil Twin" update lets Android AI interact with sensitive apps
Controversial and ever-so-slightly creepy new Android feature is enabled by default and gives Google's AI access to apps including WhatsApp.
UK
Model citizens: How political beliefs shape people's attitude to AI
Leftists and right-wingers have predictably diverging outlooks on the social impact of artificial intelligence, study finds.
LLMs
LLMs can be hypnotized to generate poisoned responses, IBM and MIT researchers warn
Large language models are vulnerable to relatively simple tricks which fool them into producing nonsensical or even harmful outputs.
Cybercrime
Large language models could cause a huge phishing crimewave, researchers warn
LLMs have a troubling tendency to serve up fake links, creating a major new fraud opportunity for enterprising threat actors.
Dark Web
Have cops seized Abacus Market? Rumours swirl as dark web drugs bazaar shuts down
Mysterious outage feared to be an $500,000 exit scam or yet another sensational seizure from international law enforcement agencies.
Cybercrime
Search engine criminalisation: SEO poisoning campaign exposed
Scammers are buying up dodgy websites on underground marketplaces to manipulate search rankings and lure victims onto malicious pages.
Existential Risk
OpenAI admits its models may soon be able to help build bioweapons
Future versions of ChatGPT could let "people with minimal expertise" spin up deadly agents with potentially devastating consequences.