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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 4h

“Last year, China installed .. 300,000 robots in its factories, more than the rest of the world combined .. >1/2 were made domestically. The United States installed only 34,000 robots, with most of these imported from Japan and Europe.” www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202... @washingtonpost.com

Opinion | The Chinese robots are coming

China is miles ahead in the race to dominate a technology that could define the 21st century.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 6h

“Those bets are all part of a trend loosely called ‘sovereign AI’, in which governments around the world, from the UK to India to Canada, are developing their own AI technologies and attempting to define their place in the emerging ecosystem.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Governments are spending billions on their own ‘sovereign’ AI technologies – is it a big waste of money?

Many US-built AI systems fall short but competing against tech giants neither easy nor cheap

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 6h

“A technology expert says banning AI is the wrong approach and universities should teach students how to use it properly.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

University caught out using AI to wrongly accuse students of cheating with AI

An Australian university has accused thousands of its students of cheating with artificial intelligence. The problem? Many have done nothing wrong.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 6h

“Australian Clinical Labs has been fined $5.8M over a 2022 data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 223,000 people and saw the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner exercise its enforcement powers for the first time.” www.innovationaus.com/clinical-lab...

Clinical Labs fined $5.8m in Privacy Act first

Australian Clinical Labs has been fined $5.8 million over a 2022 data breach that exposed the personal information of more than 223,000 people almost two years after Office of the Australian Informati...

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 8h

“ .. help state residents better exercise .. right to opt out of the sale of their browsing data by requiring companies that develop or maintain a web browser to create an opt-out preference signal within their browser so consumers can opt out ..” iapp.org/news/a/calif... @iapp.bsky.social

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 8h

“In an escalating cat-and-mouse game, job hunters are trying to fool A.I. into moving their applications to the top of the pile with embedded instructions.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/b... @nytimes.com

Recruiters Use A.I. to Scan Résumés. Applicants Are Trying to Trick It.

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Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

Morning Bid: Stocks pause as bubble warnings mount reut.rs/4h6k7ZB

Morning Bid: Stocks pause as bubble warnings mount

What matters in U.S. and global markets today

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 20h

“Discord, a messaging platform popular with gamers, says official ID photos of around 70,000 users have potentially been leaked after a cyber-attack.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

ID photos of 70,000 users may have been leaked, Discord says

The platform says hackers targeted a firm that helped to verify the ages of its users.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 20h

“News Corp Australasia .. warned .. devastating impact artificial intelligence has & will have on the creator industry .. call to arms .. media companies to stand together & demand the government rule out any changes to copyright laws.” www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10... @abcnewsbot.bsky.social

News Corp executive warns AI firms attempting 'Grand Theft Australia'

News Corp Australasia executive chairman Michael Miller issues a call to arms for all media companies to stand together and demand the government rule out any changes to copyright laws.

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European Commission @ec.europa.eu · 22h

It’s time for Europe to open the door wider to AI, allowing it to tackle big challenges faster and smarter, while staying mindful of the risks.

Learn more 👉🏽 link.europa.eu/3RMjjm

Commission launches two strategies to speed up AI uptake in European industry and science*

Today, the European Commission set out two strategies to ensure Europe stays ahead, driving adoption in key industries and putting Europe at the forefront of AI-driven science. The Apply AI Strategy s...

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi.risky.biz · 22h

The hack against software giant Red Hat is part of a larger campaign that is targeting AWS cloud accounts.

A group named the Crimson Collective is using compromised IAM accounts to access and pilfer corporate AWS environments.

www.rapid7.com/blog/post/tr...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 22h

Federal officials arrested a man they said started a small fire in January that later grew into the into the inferno that leveled much of Pacific Palisades, killing 12 people. Here's what we know.

Who is Jonathan Rinderknecht? What We Know About The Palisades Fire Arrest

Federal officials arrested a man they said started a small blaze in January that later rekindled and grew into the fire that devastated Pacific Palisades.

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Techmeme @techmeme.com · 1d

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs a bill that will require web browsers to add settings that allow residents to opt out of third-party data collection (Suzanne Smalley/The Record)

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Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 1d

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Megan Gray @megangray.bsky.social · 1d

Police arrest man based on his ChatGPT prompts. Did they issue a warrant to OpenAI, did company give notice to the accused? How was the prompt “found?”

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

“The company has updated the program’s scope and has combined the rewards for abuse and security issues into a single table.” www.securityweek.com/google-offer...

Google Offers Up to $20,000 in New AI Bug Bounty Program

Google launches new dedicated AI Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) with rewards of up to $20,000 for critical flaws.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

“The law, which says commercials cannot be louder than the primary video content being watched, builds on a federal one that sets the volume of ads on broadcast TV and cable stations to include streaming platforms.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

California bans loud ads on streaming platforms

The state, home to Netflix and Hulu, has declared volume on commercials cannot be louder than the video content people are watching.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

“Jamie Dimon, who leads America's largest bank, said he was ‘far more worried than others’ about a serious market correction, which he said could come in the next six months to two years.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

JP Morgan boss Jamie Dimon sounds warning on US stock market fall

Dimon said he was "far more worried than others" about the potential for a stock market correction.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

“Evidence collected from Jonathan Rinderknecht's digital devices included an image he generated on ChatGPT depicting a burning city, justice department officials said.” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Pacific Palisades fire suspect snared by ChatGPT image, say investigators

Investigators say evidence collected from the 29-year-old's devices showed an AI image of a burning city.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

“New survey data finds that nearly 1 in 5 high schoolers say they or someone they know has had a romantic relationship with artificial intelligence. And 42% of students surveyed say they or someone they know have used AI for companionship.”
www.npr.org/2025/10/08/n...

1 in 5 high schoolers has had a romantic AI relationship, or knows someone who has

A national survey of students, teachers and parents shines a light on how the AI revolution is playing out in schools – including when it comes to bullying and a community's trust in schools.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

"P200 chip .. will compete against rival offerings from Broadcom .. will sit at the heart of a new routing device .. rolled out on Wednesday .. designed to connect the sprawling data centers .. located over vast distances and which train AI systems." www.reuters.com/world/china/...

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

"California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed a bill which requires web browsers to make it easier for Californians to opt-out of allowing third parties to sell their data." therecord.media/california-s...

California enacts law giving consumers ability to universally opt out of data sharing

The California Consumer Privacy Act, signed in 2018, gave Californians the right to send opt-out signals, but major browsers have not had to make opt-outs simple to use.

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

"Qantas is one of almost 40 global companies that have until Friday to begin ransom negotiations with hackers who are threatening to leak up to 1bn personal data records." www.theguardian.com/business/202... @theguardian.com

Qantas among nearly 40 companies facing ransom demand from hacker group

Hacker collective Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters reportedly threatening to leak stolen personal data from dozens of firms in major extortion attempt

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

"team at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory .. developed a framework for standardizing alerts generated by cybersecurity systems defending critical infrastructure, dramatically improving the efficiency w/ which they respond to potential attacks." www.jhuapl.edu/news/news-re...

Standardizing Cyber Analytics to Secure Critical Infrastructure

A Johns Hopkins APL team has developed a framework for standardizing alerts transmitted by cybersecurity systems defending critical infrastructure, dramatically improving the efficiency with which the...

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Christina Ayiotis @christinaayiotis.bsky.social · 1d

"Hackers were said to have stolen the photographs, names and addresses of about 8,000 children from the Kido chain. The force said it received a referral from the Action Fraud cyber crime reporting service on 25 September detailing a ransomware attack." www.bbc.com/news/article...

Two teenagers arrested over cyber-attack on nursery chain

Hackers were said to have stolen the photographs, names and addresses of about 8,000 children.

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