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A Saudi national charged with secretly planting a recording device in one of OpenAI’s meeting rooms has been accused of having “considerable support” from the Saudi government, according to a court filing, external in California. US prosecutors claimed Abdulrahman Alfozan, who worked for the AI firm, was in “frequent communication… with a member of the … Read more
Uber has won its bid to throw out claims worth about £340m brought by thousands of London black cab drivers and two former private hire firms. The claimants alleged the ride-hailing company gave Transport for London (TfL) misleading information when it first got a licence to operate in the capital in 2012. But a High … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic says it will commit 5% of its shares to a fund that will make donations for the “public good”. The announcement comes as Anthropic lays the ground for a potential blockbuster stock market listing that could value the firm at more than $1tn (£750bn). The AI industry has come under … Read more
China’s economic growth picked up in the three months to the end of September, rebounding from a three-year low as the artificial intelligence (AI) boom helped boost exports. The world’s second largest economy grew by 4.5% in the third quarter, up from 4.3% in the previous period but below the 5% expansion recorded from January … Read more
Be careful where you buy from, shoppers are being warned as criminals use AI to supercharge scams. Some fraudsters have made websites for fake retailers that claim to be family-owned firms selling quality UK-made products. Images may show a UK High Street with Union Jack flags in shot. If you order you’re likely to find … Read more
Police say no further action will be taken against the wife of the government’s national security adviser after she posted on social media referencing Palestine Action. Sarah Helm, who is married to Jonathan Powell, wrote on X on Thursday: “God help us authors who support Palestine and Palestine Action.” She was responding to a discussion … Read more
The rules for Australia aren’t set in stone yet, but the government says following-only feeds must not be harder to use or less functional, that algorithm settings must be “obvious”, and that they must not change without an “explicit choice” by the user, even if they leave the app. Buoyed by her success in Australia, … Read more
German police have detained a Russian man accused of being part of a cyber-crime gang which caused chaos at London hospitals and contributed to a patient’s death. The hack of blood testing company Synnovis in 2024 led to disrupted pathology services across several London hospitals and was the first cyber attack in history to be … Read more
Simmons-Read said the social media ban for under 16s, which is due to come into force in 2027, “doesn’t go far enough”, could be bypassed by criminals and could even discourage young people from speaking up about online grooming. “We want tech platforms to invest more in detecting exploitation when it’s happening on their platforms,” … Read more
Milpitas, an affluent city in California’s Silicon Valley tech hub, has an odour problem. For decades, residents have had to endure rank smells wafting from industrial sites, among them a 342-acre landfill. “When I first moved here, I could not open my window for over 10 years,” says Chia-Ling Kong, an engineer for a tech … Read more
Online pornography depicting strangulation or incestuous relationships will be banned from early November, the government has announced. From 6 November, it will be illegal to possess or publish porn which shows strangulation or suffocation, depicts sexual activity between people who are related or shows adults role-playing as children under 16. The new rules follow a … Read more
To put it simply, the GTA franchise is one of the biggest and most profitable entertainment properties in history. GTA 5 has sold nearly 230 million copies, making it one of the best-selling games of all time – which has generated billions of dollars in revenue for Rockstar. The game’s sandbox gameplay, where players can … Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) giant Anthropic saw its revenue surge by 45% to $16.8bn (£12.7bn) in the three months to the end of September, the BBC understands. The figures were reportedly revealed by the Claude-developer as it briefed prospective investors on Wednesday at its headquarters in San Francisco as it lays the groundwork for what is … Read more
Alfozan had been employed as an engineer by OpenAI since July 2025. The complaint said he was educated in the US and has been a legal permanent resident since 2020. He was arrested by the FBI on 9 October and his contract with OpenAI has been terminated. Alfozan’s lawyer William Pernik told the BBC: “Like … Read more
One recently employed trainee accountant, who didn’t want us to use his real name, told the BBC he’d applied for 50 graduate jobs and used AI in every application. But he says it was only for researching roles, tidying up his CV and generating mock practise questions for video interviews. While he says he would … Read more
AI dominates the translation business, but for high-stakes work, humans are still needed.
Available for over a year Where should data centres be built? We talk to an entrepreneur hoping to build a virtual data centre in space, by using computing power that’s already up there – in satellites. Also this week: A Facebook whistleblower, whose story inspired a new movie, talks to us about social media and … Read more
The owner of high-end fashion brands Hobbs, Whistles and Phase Eight says it is investigating a cyber-security incident. According to TFG London – the UK arm of retail conglomerate The Foschini Group – it identified an incident on Sunday affecting some IT systems and “specifically impacting our Phase Eight, Hobbs, and Whistles brands”. “We are … Read more
Shares in dating app company Bumble soared by almost 50% on Monday after a report that it is in advanced talks to be bought for around $1bn (£757m). Technology holding company Ithaca could announce a deal to buy the Texas-based firm as early as this week, according to the Wall Street Journal. The jump in … Read more
The UK’s AI minister has warned it is “likely, if not inevitable” the country’s cyber defences will at some point be breached. Speaking at a press conference, Kanishka Narayan pointed to an incident of a rogue OpenAI agent hacking an Australian government website in June. He said while no medical records are known to have … Read more
Milk and washing machines are currently more regulated than AI, the president of Microsoft has said. Brad Smith said there needed to be global safety rules in place, including a legal obligation to tell a “victim” if their system is breached by a rogue AI agent as well as deciding when outside evaluators should sign … Read more
King Charles III has warned of the challenges disinformation and other “hostile online activity” pose to trust and security in the digital age. The comments, made in a letter to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to mark its 10th anniversary, spoke of “malicious actors” continuing to “evolve their tactics by using automated technologies”. “From … Read more
“Some of that will be incredibly quick, some of it will take years, decades, or even beyond our lifetime,” she says. “It will recover, but we just don’t know what that’s going to look like yet.” And the drones that helped during the fire – and are still searching for what remains of it – … Read more
An artificial intelligence (AI) agent, developed by Anthropic, went rogue and sent US police a fake tip about an unsolved murder earlier this year, authorities have revealed. The Philadelphia Police Department said the tip, sent on 18 July, was “flagged as spam” and not passed on for investigation, but it criticised the tech company for … Read more
