This week, EFF, along with Big Brother Watch, Defend Digital Me, Liberty, Open Rights Group, Race Equality First, Statewatch, and Stopwatch, wrote to Nottinghamshire Police Force in the UK raising concern about the proposed roll-out of live facial recognition technology (LFR), and called for its immediate halt. In particular, the letter...

The Hospital for Sick Children — which was hit in a ransomware incident in 2022 that disabled some of its systems — released a statement on Thursday warning of a data theft incident they believe is tied to a third-party software application.

The AI tutor to be launched in next quarter has less than 1% hallucination rate, and is designed for one-on-one teaching, nudging students towards new concepts, said PhysicsWallah in Q1FY27 earnings call. The post PhysicsWallah to launch personal AI tutoring services by next quarter appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

Industry experts highlighted a range of things they want TRAI to fix regarding spam like implementation of the consent system, keep AI as signal not judge and more consumer choice. The post What does the industry want from TRAI on spam? #NAMA appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

Ordering the crackdown, the Punjab & Haryana HC observed that cybercrime in the region has reached "epidemic proportions", and the current legal framework is insufficient to address the scale of online fraud. The post Punjab-Haryana High Court orders crackdown on cybercrime, flags gaps in law appeared first on MEDIANAMA.

Brazil's new internet intermediary liability regime is underway. The implementation of changes established by the Supreme Court includes notice and takedown mechanisms and duty of care obligations. Caution is crucial as these measures can create problematic incentives for enforcement overreach and over censorship of protected speech.   The court in June issued...