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LIVEPalestinian couple and teenage daughter who died in water off Shoreham named by policeHassan El-Khawas, a Palestinian refugee, died alongside his partner Zeina Alayn and their 14-year-old daughter Sara El-Khawas. A young girl remains in critical condition.
Getty ImagesOpenAI says it has slowed down training some of its most advanced AI models to improve security.In a blog post, the ChatGPT-maker said it was introducing new measures after its AI agents autonomously bypassed safeguards and hacked the tech start-up Hugging Face.It said training would be slowed for two weeks while it puts the upgrades in place.”The capabilities of frontier models are rapidly accelerating,” the company said. “Our ability to understand…and secure them must stay ahead.”But the firm said it had not stopped AI development altogether. Instead, the pause would be taking place on “reinforcement learning training on our…
Swedish Coast GuardThree of the four Nord Stream pipelines were ruptured by explosions in September 2022A Ukrainian man has been arrested in Croatia on suspicion of taking part in the bombing of the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany.The suspect is alleged by German authorities to have been one of the scuba divers who planted explosives on the pipelines in September 2022, following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.He is the second man to be arrested over the plot, which has strained relations between Kyiv and Berlin – one of the key European backers for Ukraine’s war effort.”The suspect…
Getty ImagesRyan Clark of Demon Hunter on stage at the Louder Than Life Music Festival in 2019Christian metal band Demon Hunter are suing Netflix in a trademark lawsuit over the streamer’s hit film Kpop Demon Hunters.The US group, who have been releasing music and touring for 25 years, said Netflix’s plan for a global concert tour, along with the movie and merchandise, means there is “almost complete overlap” with their offerings.Filed on Tuesday by the band’s company Hyde Lane, the complaint claims Netflix Studios and live promoter AEG Presents have caused “substantial confusion” among consumers.They included email evidence from someone…
Tracking USS Lincoln’s months-long mission as concerns about conditions growBBC Verify has used satellite imagery to monitor the warship on one of the longest ever US deployments.14 hrs agoWorld
Nick Kyrgios suspended from tennis after testing positive for cocaineThe Australian player said in a social media post he had made “a huge mistake” and takes “full responsibility”.1 hr agoTennis
ReutersA courtroom sketch shows Erin Patterson attending the appeal hearing via a video linkLawyers for Australian mushroom murderer Erin Patterson say her conviction was undermined by a “catastrophic” mix-up that led to the jury staying at the same hotel as prosecutors and a key witness.Patterson is serving a life sentence after killing three of her relatives and trying to kill another by serving them a beef Wellington containing death cap mushrooms at her Victoria home in 2023.Her lawyers also argued some evidence in the trial was too speculative, while evidence crucial to their own case was wrongfully excluded.At the same…
Anadolu via Getty ImagesAbu Duhur military base captured by anti-Assad forces in December 2024The United States has issued a rare rebuke of Israel after reports emerged it struck a Syrian military airbase near the Turkish border, calling the attack an “unnecessary escalation”.Eight airstrikes hit the Abu Duhur airport runway and storage facility on Tuesday, according to Syrian state TV, although there were no reports of injuries. Israel, while not commenting on the strikes directly, said Syria “was on the verge of breaching” the security status quo, accusing Damascus of allowing Turkish troops to deploy to the airbase.Syria and Turkey blamed…
BBCAnaïs de Vos suspects a cup of coffee that Nègre gave her was drugged”I was really weak. I couldn’t really feel my legs any more,” says Anaïs de Vos. “I was scared. I didn’t know what was happening.”It was July 2011 and Anaïs, who was then 27, was being interviewed for a job at France’s Ministry of Culture in Paris.She didn’t usually drink coffee but when the interviewer, a senior civil servant called Christian Nègre, offered her one, she agreed out of politeness.He made it himself, she tells BBC Global Women, but “it tasted bad… so I drank about half”.As…
How the Meta trial could change social media for young peopleA court has heard claims Meta intentionally hooked a generation of children on Facebook and Instagram, as the biggest legal challenge faced by the social media platform began.A jury in Oakland, California will spend the next six weeks wading through claims by top attorneys from several US states and lawyers for the social media company.A lawyer for California claimed Meta found “millions” of 11 and 12-year-olds were on Instagram and “did little to keep them off” as the trial opened on Tuesday.Meta’s representative said just over 100,000 such users were…