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Also in weekly #170: France braces for cyberattacks as the Olympics start. The USA, EU, and UK pledge fairness in generative AI. Sam Altman pushes for a USA-led coalition to support democratic AI.
The agenda aims to establish a comprehensive governance and oversight framework to harness AI's potential while mitigating risks, developed in collaboration with a global panel of AI experts, athletes, and technology representatives convened by the IOC.
Google's new AI systems, AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2, solved four out of six questions at the 2024 International Math Olympiad, demonstrating advanced reasoning capabilities in abstract mathematics.
The German IT giant has secured a €770 million contract with the government of Germany to supply up to 300,000 iPhones and iPads with Apple security software by 2027. This partnership comes amid Germany’s new IT security regulations and recent legal issues with Apple.
CrowdStrike has successfully fixed more than 97% of its Windows sensors after a global outage as a consequence of a malfunctioning update.
CEO Jamie Dimon highlighted AI's potential to both eliminate and create job roles, thereby altering workforce composition.
As a key Nvidia supplier, this is a strategic investment of SK Hynix in response to the surge in demand for AI semiconductors
Legal frameworks in Russia and China are adapting to facilitate digital payments.
The hackers also infiltrated NASA’s systems, extracting over 17 gigabytes of data.
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