UK networks are not ready for AI traffic, say mobile operators

VodafoneThree’s networks director says UK mobile quality is not ready for AI traffic and that planning rules, not money, are the obstacle, with more than half of its upgrades to existing masts requi [...]

Google Maps relabels Lake Ontario as Lake America for US users

Google Maps now labels Lake Ontario as Lake America for users in the United States, following an update to the US Geographic Names Information System, while Canadian users see the old name and everyon [...]

MIT report says AI can complete almost any undergraduate assignment it sets

An MIT committee report says AI can produce credible responses to almost any written assignment in its undergraduate curriculum and has driven measurable shifts in campus culture in under three years. [...]

The Justice Department rewrote its own hacking announcement two days later

The US Justice Department has quietly rewritten a press release that said Chinese hackers had claimed victims across the Senate, the Federal Reserve, NASA and half a dozen other federal bodies. The re [...]

SB Energy gave OpenAI $5.5bn in warrants to sign a 20-year lease

SB Energy has handed OpenAI warrants now worth about $5.5bn, and it did so to keep OpenAI as a tenant. The Wall Street Journal reported the arrangement on Monday. The direction matters and is easy to [...]

AI-driven cyber attacks are now the top risk to the financial system, the FSB says

The chair of the Financial Stability Board has told G20 finance ministers that what artificial intelligence does to cyber risk is now the most immediate threat to the global financial system. Andrew B [...]

OpenAI has started letting some customers pay only when the AI works

OpenAI has begun letting some of its largest customers pay only when its AI actually completes the job. Kevin McLaughlin and Amir Efrati reported the change to The Information, giving the example of [...]

AI scribes are getting drug names and diagnoses wrong in NHS records

A patient in England was told they had demyelination, the nerve damage that underlies conditions including multiple sclerosis. The test result had actually read “null demyelination”, and an AI scr [...]

Meta projected spending up to $10bn a year on Anthropic’s AI models

Meta has become one of Anthropic’s largest customers, at the same time as Mark Zuckerberg has been attacking the company in public. At one point this year Meta internally projected that it could spe [...]