Topic: public trust
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Major study: AI chatbots struggle with news accuracy
A major international study found that popular AI chatbots frequently distort news content, with 45% of responses containing significant flaws such as factual inaccuracies and sourcing deficiencies across platforms like ChatGPT and Google's Gemini. Researchers from 22 public service media organiz...
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Waymo Co-CEO Reveals Autonomous Vehicle Truths at Disrupt 2025
The journey to fully autonomous vehicles is complex, with Waymo's co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana set to discuss real-world challenges like safety, public trust, and regulations at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Mawakana will provide an honest assessment of progress and hurdles in scaling autonomous technology...
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Abu Dhabi Summit 2025: Global Leaders to Shape the Future of Autonomous Mobility
The Abu Dhabi Autonomous Summit 2025, held under the patronage of Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, aims to position Abu Dhabi as a global leader in smart and autonomous transport systems. Key summit discussions will focus on integrating air, land, and sea mobility, establishing glob...
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AI Assistants Fail in 45% of News Queries
Major AI assistants frequently misrepresent news content, with 45% of evaluated responses containing significant errors, according to a study by the European Broadcasting Union and BBC across multiple languages and regions. The most common issue was improper sourcing, affecting 31% of responses, ...
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Australian Clinical Labs Fined for Medlab Pathology Data Breach
Australian Clinical Labs was fined $5.8 million for a 2022 data breach affecting over 223,000 people, marking the first civil penalties issued under the Privacy Act 1988. The penalties were imposed for failing to protect personal information, assess the breach promptly, and report it to the Commi...
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UAE AI Adoption Soars to 97%, Setting Global Benchmark
The UAE leads in AI adoption with 97% of residents using AI across various aspects of life, and two-thirds of organizations have implemented specific AI policies, reflecting strong institutional acceptance. Public confidence in AI is high, with 65% willing to rely on AI information and 89% experi...
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Europol Warns of AI-Powered Crime Waves by 2035
Europol's report envisions a future where AI and robotics are dual-use tools, offering both essential support for law enforcement and powerful new weapons for organized crime and terrorists by 2035. The analysis warns of significant criminal exploitation, such as hijacking care robots for spying ...
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Tesla's FSD Safety Data: Progress Made, But Questions Remain
Tesla has launched a new online safety hub to provide transparent, verifiable data on Autopilot and FSD, reporting that FSD Supervised enables significantly fewer collisions per mile than the average U.S. driver. Independent experts express skepticism, noting the data lacks independent verificati...
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xAmplify Acquires Green Cloud to Bridge Australia's ERP Skills Gap
Australia faces a severe digital skills shortage that threatens its digital transformation, productivity, and service delivery, potentially undermining national competitiveness and economic resilience. The skills gap, highlighted in the 2025 Digital Pulse report, affects half of Australian worker...
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The Middle East's eVTOL Revolution: Leading the Future of Flight
The Middle East is leading the adoption of eVTOL aircraft due to strong government support, infrastructure investment, and a focus on innovation, with services expected to launch as early as 2026. eVTOLs offer a sustainable and efficient alternative to traditional transport, with potential for ec...
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OpenAI's Prism: Free Research Workspace for Scientists
OpenAI has launched **Prism**, a free, collaborative AI workspace for researchers that integrates GPT-5.2 into a LaTeX-native environment to streamline writing and compiling scientific papers. The platform consolidates fragmented research tools into a single workspace, using AI agents to assist w...
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ManageEngine Log360 Update Cuts SOC Alert Fatigue
Security operations centers are overwhelmed by excessive data and false alerts, which often obscure critical threats. ManageEngine's Log360 update introduces smarter threat detection, filtering out irrelevant alerts and reducing false positives by up to 90%. The platform includes a centralized de...
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Who is Nick Shirley?
The article traces a federal crackdown in Minneapolis to a baseless online video by digital creator Nick Shirley, who represents a new type of "slop" content creator—producing sensational, low-quality material designed to exploit algorithms for maximum engagement. This "slop" or "news slop" is co...
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Trump's Draft Order Challenges State AI Regulations
The Trump administration is preparing an executive order to centralize AI governance by legally challenging state AI regulations that conflict with federal statutes, particularly those protecting free speech and interstate commerce. An "AI Litigation Task Force" would be established to sue states...
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Sri Lanka Launches Next-Gen Government Cloud Infrastructure
Sri Lanka has completed the acquisition of its next-generation Lanka Government Cloud (LGC 2.5), marking a key step in digital transformation and enabling migration from the existing system to enhance government services. The new platform offers a resilient, high-capacity infrastructure with adva...
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Rethink Network Visibility for Australia's Critical Infrastructure
Government agencies in Australia and the Asia Pacific face escalating cybersecurity threats due to the deep integration of digital and physical infrastructure, making public services like transportation and healthcare prime targets for sophisticated attacks. The convergence of IT and OT systems, ...
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Google Uncovers 'Staggering' Scam Text Operation Platform
Google has uncovered and taken legal action against the massive "Lighthouse" text message scam operation, which has targeted individuals in over 120 countries and generated billions in illicit profits. The criminal group, based in China, impersonated legitimate organizations like the USPS and use...
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How Sequoia-Backed Ethos Succeeded Where Rivals Failed
Ethos Technologies successfully raised approximately $200 million in its Nasdaq IPO, marking a significant public debut for the insurtech sector through its platform connecting consumers, agents, and insurers. The company achieved profitability in 2023 by prioritizing financial discipline over ra...
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Waymo Co-CEO Demands Robotaxi Companies Prove Safety
Waymo's co-CEO called for greater transparency from autonomous vehicle companies, stressing they must publicly demonstrate their safety records before claiming to improve road safety. Waymo shared its own data showing its vehicles are five times safer than human drivers and twelve times safer in ...
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Capita Hit With £14m Fine Over 6.6 Million Data Breach
Capita has been fined £14 million by the UK's Information Commissioner's Office for a data breach that exposed the personal information of approximately 6.6 million individuals, with the penalty reduced from an initial £45 million due to the company's cooperation and security improvements. The br...
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Prebunking: A New Way to Restore Public Trust
A "prebunking" approach, which prepares the public to resist conspiracy theories before they spread, is proposed as a psychological vaccine to restore trust in election results. The study involved over 5,500 participants from the U.S. and Brazil, testing interventions like election security facts...
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Deloitte to Repay Australia for AI-Flawed Report
Deloitte Australia will partially refund the government after a taxpayer-funded report contained fabricated citations and references, costing around $440,000 AUD. The report's inaccuracies included references to non-existent academic works, with a professor confirming misattribution, and it was r...
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The Sun Rises on a New Era: Albania Appoints "Diella" the World's First AI Minister
Albania makes history by appointing Diella, the world's first AI minister, to oversee public procurement and fight corruption. PM Edi Rama hails it as a bold step for transparency, though concerns about AI bias and accountability persist. This unprecedented move marks a new era for technology in governance.
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The Push for Mobile Voting: A Multimillion-Dollar Mission
Security specialist Joe Kiniry initially cautioned against internet voting due to its complexity but later collaborated with Bradley Tusk, leading to the creation of VoteSecure, an open-source cryptographic protocol for mobile voting. Bradley Tusk has invested heavily in mobile voting, believing ...
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