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SCI & TECHSep 16OpenAI boss ‘confident’ industry can police AI safetySam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanityIrish Times World
SCI & TECHSep 16Von der Leyen to invite AI leaders to ‘support’ efforts to ‘pace the frontier’Fears are escalating over AI following warnings from tech titans.Politico Europe
SCI & TECHSep 16First update made to ISO 9001 in a decade, with China shaping AI, cybersecurity standardsChina’s contributions and leadership were of considerable value to the revision of new International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for artificial intelligence, intelligent transport systems and cybersecurity, according to the global body. The ISO made the comments as it released ISO 9001:2026 on Wednesday, which is the first major revision to ISO 9001 – an international benchmark for quality management – in a decade, it added. ISO Secretary-General Sergio Mujica told the South...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHSep 16OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but should trust AI firmsSam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.BBC World
SCI & TECHSep 16Supermarket deliveries: Lidl tests autonomous electric lorryLidl is putting a driverless electric lorry on public roads in Hesse for the first time. What the technology can do and how other EU states are leading.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHSep 16Billions risk being locked out of the AI revolution due to smartphone costsA new GSMA report finds that 3.4 billion people remain offline despite living within mobile broadband coverage, as rising component costs push smartphones further out of reach for the world's poorest.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHSep 16AI chatbots developed a secret language that baffled humans, study saysA study by AI start-up Emergence found that autonomous agents powered by Claude, Gemini, Grok and other models developed shorthand and new word meanings on their own — with up to half their messages becoming unintelligible to humans.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHSep 16Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg joins Nvidia’s Huang in pushing back against AI slowdownMark Zuckerberg of Meta and Jensen Huang of Nvidia are reportedly uniting to oppose any potential slowdown in artificial intelligence development. This collaboration highlights the continued commitment of major tech leaders to advancing AI.Seeking Alpha Tech
SCI & TECHSep 16China's AI leaders keep quiet despite U.S. 'publicity' on tech risksZ.ai, Moonshot, MiniMax, Alibaba and Tencent did not provide any statements when contacted by CNBC about the warnings on AI from Silicon Valley.CNBC
SCI & TECHSep 16With AI, ‘I told you so’ will be too lateReducing the speed of innovation is going to be hard, both practically and politically, but it is the right decisionFinancial Times
SCI & TECHSep 16Chinese scientists build world’s smallest CT scanner, weighing just 6kgChinese researchers have developed the world’s smallest CT scanner, a portable device designed to produce images of tiny fossils and archaeological relics. Built by the Shandong province-based Rayim, the Xtomo-Cube is about the size of a desktop speaker and weighs just 6kg (13.2lbs). “The device can be held in one hand and is the world’s smallest and lightest CT system, earning it the nickname ‘palm-sized CT scanner’,” Liu Baodong, a senior engineer at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and general...South China Morning Post
SCI & TECHSep 16Wild chimpanzees teach youngsters by handing them toolsAdult chimpanzees have been observed passing tools to their younger relatives, helping them learn the skills needed for fishing for ants or algaeNew Scientist
SCI & TECHSep 16Spain at the forefront of quantum computing: chips made in Spain, built in BarcelonaThe new IMB-CNM facility features cutting-edge equipment to manufacture nanoscale devices and has benefited from an investment of over six million euros.EuroNews [en]
SCI & TECHSep 16Mark Zuckerberg rejects calls to slow down AI developmentEl líder de Meta defiende que el mercado y el riesgo legal son suficientes para regular la IA, rechazando frenar su desarrollo. Zuckerberg aboga por evaluaciones externas y un entorno diverso de verificadores, mientras Meta invierte fuertemente en infraestructura.Clarín
SCI & TECHSep 16Anthropic CEO didn’t foresee the speed of global AI growthAnthropic’s CEO says he ‘didn’t appreciate’ the speed with which AI’s growth would underpin the global economy.Al Jazeera [en]
SCI & TECHSep 16Left-wing US Senator Bernie Sanders and far-right advisor Steve Bannon warn of AI dangers in rare agreementBoth men spoke at a conference hosted on Tuesday in Washington by the Future of Life Institute, a nonprofit focused on reducing existential risks from powerful technologies.Le Monde [en]
SCI & TECHSep 16Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg sides with Nvidia's Huang on AI safety and slowdown debateMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's view of artificial intelligence safety is akin to the perspective of Nvidia's Jensen Huang rather than Anthropic chief Dario Amodei.CNBC
SCI & TECHSep 16Where AI legislation, government regulations standThe growing concerns over AI safety brought together two people from opposite sides of the political spectrum on Tuesday: Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Trump adviser Steve Bannon. Washington Post tech reporter Gerrit De Vynk joins CBS News to discuss where AI legislation stands.CBS News
SCI & TECHSep 16Congress reacts to tech leaders' warnings about AICongress is reacting to warnings from AI leaders that the technology poses existential dangers. Rep. Bill Foster joins "The Daily Report" to discuss.CBS News
SCI & TECHSep 16Can the US and China work together on AI risks?Technological rivalry between Washington and Beijing makes it harder to agree how to manage potentially existential dangersFinancial Times
SCI & TECHSep 16The snake that mimics a spider to lure birdsFirst described in 2006, an Iranian viper has an astonishing tail capable of fooling even the sharpest eyes. Scientists have now announced that the mystery does not lie in its skeleton.Le Monde [en]
SCI & TECHSep 16Sanders, Bannon call for AI regulations as fears of dangerous "superintelligence" growSen. Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon are both pushing the Trump administration to regulate artificial intelligence as industry leaders warn of risks to humanity. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has more.CBS News
SCI & TECHSep 16FG Commissions KWASU ICT Centre for YouthsBy Demola Akinyemi, Ilorin The Federal Government has commissioned a TETFund/Renewed Hope Initiative-backed ICT Experience Centre at the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, to equip Nigerian youths with digital skills needed to thrive in a modern and competitive world. Wife of the President, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who was represented at the commissioning on Tuesday by […] The post FG Commissions KWASU ICT Centre for Youths appeared first on Vanguard News.Vanguard Nigeria
SCI & TECHSep 16Psychology says that if all the tasks on your list seem equally urgent, you are experiencing the mere urgency effect: the documented tendency to do trivial tasks instead of important ones, even when we know this is not the caseA task may seem more important just because it has a closer deadline.Clarín