Pope will attend G7 summit to discuss AI, Italy says
Rome, Italy Reuters Pope Francis will attend this year’s Group of Seven leaders’ summit to discuss the challenges posed by artificial intelligence, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Friday. The Pope this year warned against the “perverse” dangers of AI and renewed a call for worldwide regulations to harness it for the common good. […]
South Korea’s Yoon warns of tech threat to democracy at summit
Seoul, South Korea Reuters South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday called fake news and disinformation based on AI and digital technology threats to democracy, as his country hosted a gathering of senior global officials including from Britain, the EU and the United States. Speaking at the opening of the Summit for Democracy, Yoon […]
Essay: AI’s new generation of criminals
Writing from London, MAL FLETCHER looks at the growing threat artificial intelligence technologies pose in the hands of criminals – and what we can do about it…
Essay: Cybersecurity for satellites is a growing challenge, as threats to space-based infrastructure grow
SYLVESTER KACZMAREK, chief technology officer at Imperial College London, looks at the increasingly threats to satellite security…
Indonesia: Generative AI faces major test as Indonesia holds largest election since boom
KATE LAMB, FANNY POTKIN and ANADA TERESIA, of Reuters, report ahead of next week’s vote…
Taiwan President tells Pope Francis she supports his AI concerns
Taipei, Taiwan Reuters Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen has written to Pope Francis offering support for his concerns over the use of artificial intelligence and pledging deeper cooperation with the island’s sole European ally. Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen speaks during a campaign rally of the ruling Democratic Progressive Party ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections […]
Essay: Reining in AI means figuring out which regulation options are feasible, both technically and economically
SAURABH BAGCHI, of Purdue University in the US, outlines, in an article first published on The Conversation, key considerations when it comes to regulating AI…
Pope says Holocaust Remembrance Day reminds world that war can never be justified
Rome, Italy AP/Reuters Pope Francis recalled the extermination of millions of Jews in calling Wednesday for the upcoming Holocaust Day of Remembrance to reaffirm that war can never be justified and only benefits weapons makers. At the end of his weekly general audience, Francis referred to Saturday’s commemoration, which has become fraught this year given Israel’s […]
AI rise will lead to increase in cyberattacks, GCHQ warns
London, UK Reuters The rapid development of novel artificial intelligence tools will lead to an increase in cyberattacks and lower the barrier of entry for less sophisticated hackers to do digital harm, Britain’s GCHQ spy agency warned on Wednesday. That lower entry barrier will also likely contribute to the global rise in ransomware attacks, whereby […]
A Franciscan friar has the Pope’s ear on AI and how it can help – or hurt – humanity
Rome, Italy AP Friar Paolo Benanti wears the plain brown robes of his medieval Franciscan order as he pursues one of the most pressing issues in contemporary times: how to govern artificial intelligence so that it enriches – and doesn’t exploit – people’s lives. Benanti is the Vatican’s go-to person on the technology and he […]