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  • in Health care

    Drug regulators cancel licences of drug manufacturing units over quality concerns

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    New Delhi: The central and state drug regulatory bodies have banned the licences of numerous production facilities and revoked the product approvals of a few others, all on the grounds of quality concerns. Regulators investigated dozens of medication manufacturing plants in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra in response to allegations of the […] More

  • TikTok Usage Banned on Irish Government Devices Amid Cybersecurity Concerns

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    The state body responsible for advising the Irish government on cyber security recommended on Friday that staff at government departments and state agencies not use Chinese-owned video app TikTok on official devices. A number of Western countries including Britain, the US and other European Union member states have barred TikTok over security concerns. The EU’s […] More

  • Google to Allow UK Developers to Offer Google Play Billing Alternatives to Satisfy Regulator’s Concerns

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    Britain’s competition regulator said proposals from Alphabet‘s Google to give app developers the freedom to break away from Google Play’s billing system looked to be sufficient to address its concerns about in-app payments. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said in June that Google’s complete control over in-app payments unfairly restricted developers by forcing them […] More

  • US House to Vote on Bill to Crack Down on Huawei, ZTE Amid Security Concerns

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    The House of Representatives is set to vote next week on a bill to crack down on Chinese telecommunications companies Huawei and ZTE Corp that have been deemed security threats by the US government. The House said on Tuesday it will take up a bipartisan bill called the Countering Untrusted Telecommunications Abroad Act that would require […] More

  • US Government Seeks Public Comments on Ways to Regulate ChatGPT-Like AI Amid Privacy, Security Concerns

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    The Biden administration said Tuesday it is seeking public comments on potential accountability measures for artificial intelligence (AI) systems as questions loom about its impact on national security and education. ChatGPT, an AI program that recently grabbed the public’s attention for its ability to write answers quickly to a wide range of queries, in particular, […] More

  • Japan Considers Government Adoption of ChatGPT-Like AI Technology, Wants Privacy Concerns Resolved

    Japan Considers Government Adoption of ChatGPT-Like AI Technology, Wants Privacy Concerns Resolved

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    Japan will consider government adoption of artificial intelligence technology such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot if privacy and cybersecurity concerns are resolved, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said on Monday. The remarks from Matsuno, the top government spokesperson, came shortly before Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, met Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida during a visit […] More

  • ChatGPT Maker OpenAI Plans Measures to Address Concerns in Italy Ban

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    ChatGPT producer OpenAI plans to present measures on Thursday to remedy concerns that led to an Italian ban on the chatbot last week, Italy’s data protection agency Garante said. Microsoft-backed OpenAI took ChatGPT offline in Italy after Garante last week temporarily restricted it and began a probe into a suspected breach of privacy rules. The […] More

  • TikTok Banned on Government Devices in Australia Over Security Concerns

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    Australia banned TikTok on Tuesday from all federal government-owned devices over security concerns, becoming the latest US-allied country to take action against the Chinese-owned video app. The ban underscores growing worries that China could use the Beijing-based company, owned by ByteDance, to harvest users’ data to advance its political agenda, undermining Western security interests. It […] More

  • in Technology

    AI Experts Express Concerns With Elon Musk-Backed Letter Citing Their Research

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    Four artificial intelligence experts have expressed concern after their work was cited in an open letter – co-signed by Elon Musk – demanding an urgent pause in research. The letter, dated March 22 and with more than 1,800 signatures by Friday, called for a six-month circuit-breaker in the development of systems “more powerful” than Microsoft-backed […] More

  • AI Experts Express Concerns With Elon Musk-Backed Letter Citing Their Research

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    Four artificial intelligence experts have expressed concern after their work was cited in an open letter – co-signed by Elon Musk – demanding an urgent pause in research. The letter, dated March 22 and with more than 1,800 signatures by Friday, called for a six-month circuit-breaker in the development of systems “more powerful” than Microsoft-backed […] More

  • in Technology

    TikTok CEO Grilled Over Security Concerns in Hearing With US Lawmakers

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    US lawmakers at a congressional hearing on Thursday accused TikTok of serving harmful content and inflicting “emotional distress” on young users, grilling the Chinese-owned app’s CEO on the company’s outsized influence on teens. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a Republican from Washington, kicked off the hearing with TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew saying that within minutes of […] More