Regulators in the UK and the European Union have compelled Meta to halt its plans to train AI on user data. The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) have opposed Meta’s decision to use public content shared by users on Facebook and Instagram for training large language models (LLMs)….
The Escalating Threat to democratic elections
According to Microsoft’s threat intelligence team, state-backed Chinese cyber groups, with the help of North Korean actors, and Russian actors, are expected to increase their use of sophisticated AI-generated disinformation campaigns to influence high-profile elections in 2024 in the US, UK, South Korea and India including both presidential and legislative elections. Social Media will be…
UK alarm over too-slow AI legislative Steps
Just months after Rishi Sunak, the UK prime minister told the house of Commons that the UK would promote a safe legislative environment but promised that he would “not to rush” to set up rules for the fast-growing AI technology industry, there has been an abrupt about face in Government thinking. The UK government has…



