Government and policy

Auto Added by WPeMatico

Amazon Leo will launch in South Africa in 2027, beating Starlink in Musk’s homeland

Africa, Amazon, Business, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Space, Technology /

Amazon Leo will launch satellite internet in South Africa in 2027, seemingly beating Elon Musk’s Starlink in his home country. Musk has refused the Black-ownership rules Amazon appears willing to meet. Jeff Bezos is about to beat Elon Musk in Musk’s own back yard. Amazon said on Wednesday it will bring its Amazon Leo satellite […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Amazon Leo will launch in South Africa in 2027, beating Starlink in Musk’s homeland Read More »

South Korea will give all 52 million citizens free AI access, becoming the first G20 nation to do so

Artificial Intelligence, Asia, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Technology /

South Korea’s Ministry of Science and ICT opened bidding on July 13 for a free, unlimited AI chatbot and public-service agent available to all 52 million residents. The programme, called “AI for Everyone,” would make South Korea the first G20 nation to offer AI to its entire population as a public service. Two or three […]

This story continues at The Next Web

South Korea will give all 52 million citizens free AI access, becoming the first G20 nation to do so Read More »

CXMT prices a record $8.5bn Shanghai IPO, valuing China’s memory champion at $85bn

Artificial Intelligence, Business, China, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

China’s biggest memory chipmaker is about to test the public markets. ChangXin Memory Technologies, known as CXMT, has priced its Shanghai IPO at 8.66 yuan ($1.28) a share, the South China Morning Post reported. The sale will raise about 57.9 billion yuan, or $8.5bn. That would make it the largest listing by a Chinese semiconductor […]

This story continues at The Next Web

CXMT prices a record $8.5bn Shanghai IPO, valuing China’s memory champion at $85bn Read More »

India pledges $20 billion to boost chips and smartphones as Modi pushes for an Indian mobile brand

Deep tech, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, India, SEO Tips, Technology /

India pledged 1.9 trillion rupees ($19.7 billion) in combined incentives for domestic chip and smartphone production on Wednesday. The cabinet approved 1.28 trillion rupees ($13.3 billion) for semiconductors, covering chip design, machine fabrication, research and development, and talent creation, and a separate 625 billion rupees ($6.5 billion) for mobile phone manufacturing. “The Prime Minister has […]

This story continues at The Next Web

India pledges $20 billion to boost chips and smartphones as Modi pushes for an Indian mobile brand Read More »

Anthropic’s job ads read like a threat assessment

Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, Security, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

A look at Anthropic safety hiring shows exactly what it fears: analysts brought in to stop its models teaching anyone how to build nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. Most job ads sell a mission. Anthropic’s read like a threat assessment. The company has posted a run of openings for enforcement analysts whose job is to […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Anthropic’s job ads read like a threat assessment Read More »

The White House’s Gold Eagle wants to patch cyber flaws at machine speed

Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, Security, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

The White House wants frontier AI on cyber defence, and it wants it fast. Gold Eagle, a new AI-backed clearinghouse, will pool software vulnerability findings from government and industry. It ranks the worst, then coordinates fixes across US critical infrastructure. The pitch for AI-written malware is that it moves at machine speed. Washington has now […]

This story continues at The Next Web

The White House’s Gold Eagle wants to patch cyber flaws at machine speed Read More »

Delaware wants to give AI agents their own legal identity

Artificial Intelligence, Business, Digital Marketing, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Startups and technology, Technology, United States /

Delaware wants to give AI agents something no one has offered them before: a legal identity of their own. The proposed Delaware AIC would let an autonomous system run a company, sign contracts, and face lawsuits in its own name, all inside a supervised sandbox. For a century, Delaware has been the place where American […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Delaware wants to give AI agents their own legal identity Read More »

Paramount says it will take the Warner Bros merger to the Supreme Court if states block the deal

Digital Marketing, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Startups and technology, Technology /

Paramount Skydance is still aiming to close its roughly $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery by the end of September despite a lawsuit filed by 12 state attorneys general seeking to block the deal on antitrust grounds. Jeffrey Kessler, Paramount’s lead trial counsel, told CNBC on Tuesday that the company is prepared to take […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Paramount says it will take the Warner Bros merger to the Supreme Court if states block the deal Read More »

Nintendo is pulling a console from Europe over battery rules. Meta’s glasses just got exempted from them.

Battery, Digital Marketing, Europe, Government and policy, Next Featured, SEO Tips, Technology /

The European Commission has exempted wearable technology from rules requiring batteries that users can remove and replace. The change clears the biggest obstacle to Meta’s latest smart glasses reaching the EU, Politico reports. The delegated act, adopted on Tuesday, adds six product categories to the exemption list. It covers wearable devices such as smartwatches and fitness […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Nintendo is pulling a console from Europe over battery rules. Meta’s glasses just got exempted from them. Read More »

Demis Hassabis wants a Wall Street-style referee for AI, with the power to hit pause

Anthropic, Artificial Intelligence, Digital Marketing, Google, Government and policy, SEO Tips, Technology, United States /

The man behind Google’s AI thinks the world needs a referee. And he has drafted the rules. Demis Hassabis wants a US-led watchdog that vets frontier models before release. It is modelled on Wall Street’s policeman, and it could slow the whole industry down. Demis Hassabis does not usually sound the alarm. On Tuesday he […]

This story continues at The Next Web

Demis Hassabis wants a Wall Street-style referee for AI, with the power to hit pause Read More »

Shopping Cart