EU AI Act: First Requirements Become Legally Binding

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Certain AI use cases are now banned, and staff at companies that either provide or use the technology must have “a sufficient level of AI literacy.”

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Chinese AI app DeepSeek was downloaded by millions. Deleting it might come next

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Should millions of Americans be downloading Chinese AI app DeepSeek and giving their personal data to it? For reasons of privacy and cybersecurity, maybe not.

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Google’s X spins out Heritable Agriculture, a startup using AI to improve crop yield

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Google’s X “moonshot factory” this week announced its latest graduate. Heritable Agriculture is a data- and machine learning-driven startup aiming to improve how crops are grown.  As the firm noted in an announcement post published Tuesday, plants are incredibly efficient and impressive systems. “Plants are solar powered, carbon negative, self-assembling machines that feed on sunlight […]
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AI systems with ‘unacceptable risk’ are now banned in the EU

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

As of Sunday in the European Union, the bloc’s regulators can ban the use of AI systems they deem to pose “unacceptable risk” or harm. February 2 is the first compliance deadline for the EU’s AI Act, the comprehensive AI regulatory framework that the European Parliament finally approved last March after years of development. The […]
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Barclays says payment issues resolved after tech outage

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

The bank says a technical issue, which began on Friday and impacted the its app, online banking and payments, has been resolved.

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Why Dynasty Warriors makers scrapped sequel to reinvent series

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Tomohiko Sho says the unreleased game was something fans were ‘starting to get a bit bored of’.

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AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Yvette Cooper says the UK will make it illegal to own AI tools to make images of child sexual abuse.

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Shein app returns to India via Reliance deal

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

Chinese fast-fashion retailer Shein has relaunched in India through a partnership with Reliance Retail, nearly five years after it was banned amid diplomatic tensions between New Delhi and Beijing. The new Shein India Fast Fashion app, developed and launched by billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Retail, marks the firm’s significant return to one of Asia’s largest […]
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Senator warns of national security risks after Elon Musk’s DOGE granted ‘full access’ to sensitive Treasury systems

Posted on February 2, 2025 by Techme101

U.S. senator says Musk’s access to Treasury systems represents a “national security risk.”
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X expands lawsuit over advertiser ‘boycott’ to include Lego, Nestlé, Pinterest, and others

Posted on February 1, 2025 by Techme101

X is now suing more advertisers in an antitrust lawsuit focusing on what the company’s CEO Linda Yaccarino has claimed is a “systematic illegal boycott.” The company formerly known as Twitter first filed the lawsuit against the World Federation of Advertisers and its brand safety initiative known as the Global Alliance of Responsible Media in […]
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