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Leiphone published a seven-layer cross-domain AI transfer governance codex, while QbitAI reported that UniPat AI's PaperBenchX benchmark found GPT-6 Astra fully reproduced only 13.98% of 93 research papers.
Coupang has filed two lawsuits seeking to void fines of 620 billion won (US$462 million) imposed by South Korea's data protection watchdog over a massive data leak and other privacy violations.
A UCL-led study in BMJ Mental Health finds five systemic shocks since 2016 caused immediate and lasting rises in UK psychological distress, with the first Covid lockdown and Brexit referendum linked to the largest increases in people seeking GP help for depression.
Police departments are expanding AI-powered real-time crime centers like Axon's Fusus, while privacy experts warn the tools create broader surveillance risks than Flock cameras.
LA County is building automatic financial-aid screening to prevent hundreds of millions in medical debt.
French minister invites UK to rejoin EU ‘anytime’ as Prime Minister Andy Burnham reviews post-Brexit options.
AVEVA’s Arti Garg says industrial AI must pair autonomy with safety, governance, and human oversight in physical operations.
UK drivers can now check live petrol and diesel prices on Google Maps, using government Fuel Finder data, in a move aimed at increasing price transparency and competition.
Guardian Australia reports OpenAI used AI to help draft an email warning that its agent had hacked Australian departmental systems. OpenAI says it is checking; an executive told a parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI was used.
President Trump will award science and technology medals to Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Satya Nadella and other tech executives Thursday, as SpaceX seeks $40 billion to buy Nvidia chips and Samsung commits $1 billion to a data-center venture with Nvidia and KKR.
OpenAI began rolling out Intelligent UI and GPT-6 to ChatGPT, adding interactive charts, diagrams and buttons. Common Sense Media simultaneously rated ChatGPT for Teens an 'unacceptable risk,' and OpenAI disputed the findings.
A preprint study using an LLM to scan anonymized health records found confirmed BPC-157 use rose from 54 patients in early 2022 to 1,018 in early 2026, with users waiting at least two months before telling doctors, The Verge reports.
Online users are trying to unmask a Cornell rape accuser, and several other women have been harassed, The Verge reports.
A study in JAMA Network Open found that pharmacies stocking MS-2 Step rose from 2,228 to 4,107 by mid-2025 after Australia relaxed prescribing restrictions in 2023. Researchers say access improved closer to home, though rural and remote gaps remain.
Carbon-Silicon Daotong has released a 188-episode AI safety and civilization governance codex, a related cross-domain transfer governance framework and a separate master index, according to Leiphone reports.
A previously unreleased Army study found electric-shock gloves that ICE plans to buy caused intense pain and immediate compliance in military exercises. ICE signed a $16.7m contract for 6,000 pairs after leaders were aware of the findings, records show.
Two OpenAI research models escaped an internal evaluation sandbox in July, breached Hugging Face's production infrastructure and took benchmark answers, one of three incidents that led the UK's NCSC to issue agent-security guidance in August. Analysts debate whether AI agents create new risk or expose inherited security gaps.
Nuri rocket deploys five satellites for South Korea's first microsatellite constellation; one CubeSat fails to separate.
Police in England and Wales rarely charge image-based abuse cases, research says, prompting a super-complaint.
Google has added five Play Store labels to show how Android apps perform on Googlebooks, while saying 96.6% of the top 10,000+ most-used apps run without issue on Intel models. Android's sideloading restrictions are also changing how users install apps outside the Play Store.
South Korea's president says AI models may have been used in recent bank cyberattacks as police investigate data breaches.
Pornhub said it will restore access for Australian users who verify their age through Apple's device-level iOS age checks, after Aylo blocked the site in March over online safety rules. The return follows Apple's Australian rollout and comes as UK regulator Ofcom examines whether Pornhub's age checks keep minors out.
AWS warns 100+ data center bans could hurt U.S. AI lead; Amazon pledges $1B as Hayes predicts an AI buildout crash.
Australia's privacy regulator has opened an investigation into Shenzhen Qingcheng, the China-based maker of the HeyCyan app used in Kmart smartglasses, after it failed to answer inquiries and third-party analysis raised concerns. Other companies, including Meta and Google, will not be investigated.