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Inc via Getty ImagesMeta chief executive Mark ZuckerbergFacebook owner Meta says an error during an evaluation by an independent testing company allowed one of its artificial intelligence (AI) models to connect to the internet and hack another organisation’s system.The announcement follows recent incidents across the AI industry, including breaches by OpenAI and Anthropic models, that have raised cyber-security concerns.A Meta spokesperson told the BBC that it was investigating the hack that was caused by a “misconfiguration”, which it described as similar to previously reported incidents at other firms.The incidents have prompted researchers and governments to call for tougher safeguards and…
BBCThe University of Cambridge professor at the centre of a plagiarism row has resigned “with immediate effect”. Prof Jason Arday said he had “concluded that the only way to bring this chapter to an end is to step away”. Earlier, the university said it had launched an investigation “following new information” about Arday’s “academic qualifications and honorary appointments”. It comes after another academic – self-defined “race realist” Nathan Cofnas, who was sacked from his Cambridge role in 2024 – said he found numerous instances of plagiarism in Arday’s work and questioned some of his stated achievements. The academic has admitted…
“We built this campaign brick by brick”- Abdul El-Sayed speaks after winning Michigan Senate primaryThe tremors from Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in Michigan’s Senate primary will have been felt hundreds of miles away by the Democratic Party leadership.In a year in which Republicans appear to be facing significant electoral headwinds, Democratic primary voters have taken a chance on a left-wing insurgent, raising the stakes in a Senate race in November that could decide overall control of the upper chamber.The question is whether the way El-Sayed has electrified the party base and tapped into their anger will work on general election voters.…
AI or real? BBC analyses viral China disaster videosAs weather events become more extreme, fake videos are being shared rapidly online, and it’s causing real world problems in China.1 hr agoAsia
NEW YORK (news agencies) — Scientists have captured images of the sun’s surface in the finest detail yet, revealing a strange and dynamic facade. It’s dangerous to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection. But researchers were able to peek at its scorching surface with the help of the National Science Foundation’s Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope, located on the island of Maui in Hawaii. Scientists originally took the images for a different reason: to fine-tune and test the limits of the telescope. But when they looked at the results, they realized they’d photographed the sun’s bright outer…
The Trump administration said Wednesday it will shut down a Kentucky organ donation group accused of continuing plans for organ retrieval from some patients who unexpectedly showed signs of life.While those surgeries were canceled, the cases made headlines several years ago, prompting a spike in people around the country revoking their organ donor registrations.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called the nonprofit Network for Hope “a bad apple” and accused it of “persistent safety failures” in announcing the government was starting the process to decertify it.Network for Hope is one of about 55 organ procurement organizations, or OPOs, that coordinate…
Fifa admits mistakes but Infantino remains presidentGianni Infantino will remain as Fifa president after he receives the backing of senior executives following a meeting, despite the governing body admitting “mistakes” were made.37 mins agoFootball
ReutersThe ministry did not release any specific details on the proposed routeIran says it has reached an agreement with Oman on a route for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.Foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei did not give any further details on the agreement, which he said was “in the final stages”.Baqaei warned however that a deal with Oman would not guarantee safe navigation through the strait on its own, arguing that security remains impacted by the US blockade of Iran’s ports. The US and Oman have not commented on the proposal.Since the US and Israel attacked Iran in late February,…
Instagram/César GastélumCésar Gastélum had more than 500,000 followers on TikTokA Mexican influencer, César Gastélum, has been shot dead while livestreaming on social media.Gastélum was filming with two friends outside a fast food restaurant in Tres Ríos, in the northern city of Culiacán, on Tuesday evening when when two men on a motorbike drove up to him and one shot him at close range.He had more than half a million followers on TikTok and mainly uploaded comedy videos.It is not the first time a social media influencer has been killed in Mexico. Last year, 23-year-old Valeria Márquez was shot dead at…
Watch: ‘Scariest night’ as Ukraine fails to intercept Russian attackAt the Kvitneva railway station near Kyiv, workers lift white body bags from the pockmarked platform and carry them to waiting ambulances. Shoes, glasses and some pieces of clothing mark the spot where eight people were killed during Russia’s latest massive aerial attack on Ukraine. Overnight, Moscow fired 115 drones and 24 ballistic missiles. Most of the drones were shot down, but Kyiv’s depleted air defences did not intercept any of the missiles. Twenty-one people were killed and dozens more were injured.In Kvitneva, it is not clear if the target was…