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Two US congressmen have introduced a bill to give Washington the power to pull the plug on rogue AI models in an emergency

Two US congressmen have introduced a bill to give Washington the power to pull the plug on rogue AI models in an emergency.

Following stepping down as science minister, Vallance’s return marks a rethink on AI, taking best practices from the UK’s Covid-19 Taskforce

Tech sovereignty needs to be a part of the UK government’s reindustrialisation plans, and this requires an open source focus

Government department prosecuted around 100 subpostmasters in relation to benefits fraud, with support from the Post Office, and has made no advancement in the 18 months since its independent review of prosecutions was announced

A newly identified Russian state threat actor is using a novel zero-click phishing technique, likely developed with the help of an AI, to target Western users of Zimbra software products

The Security Service, MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been ordered to pay damages to former BBC journalist Vincent Kearney following multiple attempts to identify his confidential sources

Every technology innovation and every IT project is, at its heart, a human-interest story - and those delivering the IT should always remember that, says IT services veteran Sam Kingston

The Security Service, MI5 and the Police Service of Northern Ireland have been ordered to pay damages to a former BBC journalist, Vincent Kearney, following multiple attempts to identify his confidential sources

Many adults are unable to access digital government services in the UK, leading the digital divide to widen

The parent company of Google and YouTube has increased its debt portfolio from $16bn to $100bn to pay for AI infrastructure

We speak to Peter Byford, chair of the LEO Computer Society about the world’s first business computer and his experiences programming it

A hacker who broke into Hugging Face’s systems last week has been exposed as a pair of advanced OpenAI frontier models that were trying to cheat on an exam

An urgent question relating to the disbandment of DSIT has put the new administration under pressure to clarify funding and strategy for AI and science

Hubs outside London have made some headway in the UK fintech sector, but overall funding has dropped

How can journalists protect confidential data and sources on their phones when crossing borders?

Academic IT services network Jisc re-signs a collaborative MoU with partners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US

Geopolitical tensions, stolen credentials and increasingly rapid attacker movement are reshaping the Middle East’s cyber threat landscape, putting pressure on organisations to look beyond traditional, alert-driven security models

Julian David, CEO of the influential tech trade association TechUK, looks at what’s changed in tech across his career – and perhaps more importantly, what hasn’t

Academic IT and network services network Jisc resigns a collaborative MoU with partners from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US.