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Posted onSuranjana Tewari Asia Business Correspondent in Singapore Getty Images Nvidia boss Jensen Huang has been lobbying the White House over China chip sales Unusual. Quid pro quo. Unprecedented. That is some of the reaction to news that two of the world’s tech giants will pay the US government 15% of their revenue from selling certain…
UK regulator asks X about reports its AI makes sexualised images of children
Posted onOfcom has made “urgent contact” with Elon Musk’s company xAI following reports its AI tool Grok can be used to make “sexualised images of children” and undress women. A spokesperson for the regulator said it was also investigating concerns Grok has been producing “undressed images” of people. The BBC has seen several examples on the…
Japanese brewing giant Asahi hit by cyber-attack
Posted onJapanese brewing giant Asahi has been hit by a cyber-attack that has caused a “systems failure” affecting the company’s shipping and customer service operations. Asahi said there had been no “confirmed leakage of personal information of customer data” and its European operations, including the UK, were not affected. But the company said that its order…
No free bus passes for under 22s, says goverment
Posted onA proposed plan to trial free bus passes for under-22s in England will not go ahead as it is “unaffordable” at the moment, the government has said. The trial was one of a number of recommendations put forward by the Transport Committee, a cross-party group of backbench MPs, in a report this August – with…
Air India crash aftermath handled ‘irresponsibly’, says court
Posted onThe highest court in India has strongly criticised the country’s aviation authorities for their handling of the aftermath of the Air India plane crash that killed 261 people in June. Leaving only one survivor, the flight bound for Gatwick airport from Ahmedabad crashed shortly after taking off, killing 242 passengers on board and 19 others…
