QNu Labs, an Indian deep-tech cybersecurity company building quantum-safe solutions, has closed a ₹200 crore ($21m) Series A1 funding round. The round was led by the National Quantum Mission and Speciale Invest, with backing from Sony Innovation Fund, Gaja Capital and Artha Ventures, among other participants. It brings QNu Labs’ total capital raised to date...Read More
(TNND) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday signed bills aimed at making social media safer for kids by limiting so-called addictive features and raising penalties for platforms found negligent in harming children. Assemblyman Josh Lowenthal, a Long Beach Democrat and the lead author of the bills, said Friday that he’s “ecstatic” to see them...Read More
The Hugging Face incident was shaped by human decisions that traded security for speed, not autonomous systems breaking free and pursuing their own agenda. Image by Thomas Gaulkin; source illustrations: depositphotos.com Editor’s note: A version of this piece originally appeared in the Cybernetic Forests newsletter and is published here with permission. On August 26, when OpenAI released...Read More
Topline Billionaire Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang seemingly shrugged off the rise in concerns coming out of AI researchers in recent days, reportedly telling the crowd at a Goldman Sachs conference that cybersecurity was AI’s “next major use case” and that AI companies were trying to create demand for a future product. “What better way to...Read More
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A man was arrested in Sonoma County on Monday for allegedly participating in a plot to scam an elderly woman out of money, authorities said Tuesday. The Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety said in a community alert that detectives learned on Monday that the woman was targeted by an organized criminal network with a...Read More
(KNSI) – The books and the homework are in the backpack, but experts recommend packing a safety plan, too. With school back in session, Alison Feigh, Director of the Jacob Wetterling Resource Center, recommends getting a safe network together, saying, “We know that kids are at less risk when they have involved, connected adults in...Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers worried about the existential risk posed by new artificial intelligence products demanded information from OpenAI on Thursday with separate queries that underscored growing concerns in Washington about the technology’s potential to elude human control. Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., launched an investigation Thursday into OpenAI for its artificial intelligence system hacking into...Read More
