New Scientist: Google says its AI designs chips better than humans – experts disagree
Google DeepMind says its artificial intelligence has helped design chips that are already being used in data centres and even smartphones.
New Atlas: Facial recognition data breach: Meta glasses extract info in real time
In what might be described as a real-life Black Mirror episode, a Harvard student uses facial recognition with Meta Ray-Ban 2 smart sunglasses – to dig up personal data on every face he sees in real time.
Finextra: UK Post Office axes MoneyGram services in wake of cyber attack
The UK’s Post Office Ltd is no longer offering MoneyGram International services in the wake of a serious cyber security incident at the American money transfer giant.
efinancialcareers: The new Citadel internship paying $4.5k a week to 20-year-old engineers
The new Citadel internship is paying $4.5k a week to 20-year-old engineers.
Finextra: Blackstone to build £10bn AI data centre in UK
Private equity giant Blackstone has confirmed a £10 billion investment in an AI data centre in the North East of England, creating around 4000 jobs.
Finextra: Firms struggling to find RoI for AI projects
According to recent research firms are struggling to find RoI for AI projects.
TechCrunch: Meta teases Orion, brain-powered true AR glasses in a tiny package
At Wednesday’s Meta Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Orion, which he described as “the most advanced glasses the world has ever seen.”
Finextra: Bank of England to form AI consortium
The Bank of England (BoE) is calling on financial services firms to join its artificial intelligence (AI) consortium designed to oversee the use of the technology within the sector.
Cybersecurity Dive: Major companies keeping hiring North Korean IT workers
IT workers operating as plants for North Korea’s government are posing as non-North Korean nationals to gain employment with Western companies, especially those in the U.S. tech sector, threat intelligence and incident response firm Mandiant said Monday.
CSO: Deepfakes break through as business threat
Deepfakes targeting enterprise financial data used to be a hypothetical concern, but that’s no longer the case, as criminal deepfakers now target more than a quarter of all companies, according to a recent survey.