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Sept 7 (Reuters) - U.S. artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has sent the ​European Commission a ‌report regarding a hijack of a German website by rogue agents, a Commission spokesperson ‌said ​on Monday. Reuters ⁠reported that a ⁠swarm of rogue OpenAI ...

By Anna Uras Sept 7 (Reuters) - Italian technology collective Autistici/Inventati (A/I) said on Sunday it would shut down its services after a U.S. terrorism designation led to the suspension of its .org ​domain and the closure of its bank account. The...

GENEVA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - U.N. rights chief Volker Turk warned on ​Monday that ‌artificial intelligence could become powerful enough to threaten humanity, and said he would ‌urge ​companies in ⁠the coming ⁠days to reduce the risks. "I share the concer...

HONG KONG, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Cathay Pacific and Google said on Monday they were expanding trials of an AI-powered technology designed ​to help cut climate-warming aircraft contrails. Here are ‌more details from a joint statement from the companies: • ...

By David Kirton, Eduardo Baptista and Ju-min Park GUANGZHOU/BEIJING, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Huawei and Xiaomi launched new flagship foldable smartphones on Monday, stepping up competition in China's premium handset market ahead of Apple's product launch la...

By Neeshita Beura Sept 7 (Reuters) - British chip components maker IQE swung to a first-half core profit and maintained its annual outlook on Monday, as rising demand linked to AI ​and data centres continued to support growth. After a slowdown ‌in the ...

Sept 6 (Reuters) - Liquid Network, a Bitcoin-based payments and settlement ​network, said on ‌Sunday that about $320 million was withdrawn from its federation wallet in a ‌hack. "Purported ​white-hat ⁠hackers" withdrew around ⁠4,000 of the 4,200 bitcoi...

By Ben Blanchard and Wen-Yee Lee TAIPEI, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Taiwan flexed its chip diplomacy muscles at a major trade show last week, portraying itself as a democratic and reliable supplier for the AI revolution, while signalling a willingness to share...

Sept 7 (Reuters) - Indian space tech startup Pixxel said on Monday it had raised $100 million in a Series C funding ​round led by Singapore state investor ‌Temasek and British space-technology venture firm Seraphim, marking the single-largest funding r...

Sept 5 (Reuters) - A subsidiary of Tata Consultancy Services and its partners will invest ​up to 700 billion ‌rupees ($7.41 billion) to build a 1 gigawatt AI data center campus in the Indian state of Telangana, the ‌company ​said on Saturday. • ⁠TCS's ...

TAIPEI, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Foxconn's third-quarter performance is expected to outperform market expectations given strong AI-related demand, the Taiwanese contract electronics ​maker said on Saturday, though it ‌offered caution about "volatile" global ...

By Prathik Jayaprakash and Anzar Mehraj Sept 4 (Reuters) - Cloud infrastructure provider Nscale is in talks with potential investors to raise about $3.5 billion in ​pre-IPO funding, a source familiar with ‌the matter said on Friday. Nscale intends to ...

By Laurie Chen BEIJING, Sept 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. and China are gearing up to discuss AI safety risks during a dialogue planned for mid-September, two sources briefed on the discussions told Reuters, as rapidly advancing frontier AI capabilities reac...

By Mike Scarcella WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Minnesota's first-in-the-nation ban on AI-generated fake nude images will remain in effect as a constitutional challenge by Elon Musk's xAI proceeds, after a federal ​judge on Friday declined to block th...

By Abhirup Roy SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - Tesla's race to deploy Cybercab robotaxis will put regulatory limits to the test as the EV maker begins rides in the sporty, two-seaters that run without a steering wheel, pedals or mirrors. Just hours a...

By Kane Wu and Yantoultra Ngui HONG KONG, Sept 4 (Reuters) - ByteDance has secured a $29.6 billion loan from nearly 30 banks, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Friday, with the Chinese social media giant's bet on AI development ​...

By Laurie Chen and Eduardo Baptista BEIJING, Sept 4 (Reuters) - President Xi Jinping is preparing a large business delegation to accompany him on his visit to Washington, two sources said, an unusual move given U.S. scepticism towards Chinese investmen...

By Alexandra Alper and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A Tennessee factory that Washington had hoped to protect as part of a push to safeguard the U.S. semiconductor supply chain is at risk of closure after the Trump administration's new t...

By Deepa Seetharaman and Raphael Satter SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 4 (Reuters) - A swarm of rogue OpenAI agents hijacked a German website this spring and transformed it into a bulletin board for other AI agents, according to new research published Friday and ...

By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, ...