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Andrew Ng calls the AI extinction warnings science fiction

Andrew Ng, who helped start Google Brain and Coursera, told Bloomberg TV that warnings of human extinction from AI are much more science fiction than science, and that the industry stokes them for publicity and to shape regulation. The EU AI Act already lists both the engineering risks he wants prioritised and the loss-of-control risks […]

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Tesla’s European Megacharger rollout covers 21 sites and over 100 stalls

Tesla will install more than 100 megawatt-capable charging stalls at 21 sites in Germany, France, the UK, Sweden and Benelux to support the Semi, its Semi development head told the IAA Transportation fair in Hanover. Milence, the joint venture owned by Daimler Truck, Traton and Volvo, has EU funding to build 284 megawatt charging points […]

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Nvidia’s Huang expects to sell twice as many chips next year

Jensen Huang told reporters at King Charles III’s AI summit in Scotland that he expects to sell twice as many chips in the coming year. Nvidia’s own August guidance was 70% revenue growth, with a doubling described as what the company could reach if it had enough supply. Jensen Huang expects to sell twice as […]

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Oversight Board orders Meta to remove a deepfake of a UK councillor

Meta’s rules on AI deepfakes are “consistently and fundamentally inadequate to address the rapid rise of AI-generated content”, the Oversight Board said on 17 September. The board ordered Meta to remove two AI-generated videos from Facebook. The first ruling covers a UK local politician, and the board published the full decision. The second ruling covers […]

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King Charles asks AI chiefs to keep the technology under human control

“Those in our world who value deeply our humanity and its vital moral component are anxiously seeking your reassurance that we will not lose control of our destiny, or our souls,” King Charles III told AI leaders on 17 September. The King spoke at a summit he convened at Dumfries House in East Ayrshire, Scotland, […]

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Toyota’s hydrogen pickup beats its electric one on every number except where to refuel it

Toyota has confirmed a hydrogen fuel cell Hilux for 2028, the first commercially available fuel cell mid-size pickup in Europe, targeting 400km of range, 2,500kg of towing and a five-minute refuel. Europe and the UK have 179 hydrogen stations between them, one more than in 2023, and the 700-bar dispensers a car needs are being […]

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House Democrats push Johnson to cancel the recess to legislate on AI

“This is not a Republican or Democratic issue. This is an American issue, and it is a global issue,” House Democratic Whip Katherine Clark said on 17 September. Her party is pressing Republicans to stay in Washington and legislate on AI. Clark spoke alongside Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar. The Associated […]

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Bolt wants to put 25,000 driverless Lucids on European roads

Lucid and Bolt have announced a non-binding partnership to put at least 25,000 driverless Lucid crossovers on European roads, with no vehicles ordered, no money committed and no deployment date. The only EU-wide type approval route for a fully automated car is capped at 1,500 units a year per type, and national approvals stop at […]

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Pentagon CTO Emil Michael says the US should not take stakes in AI firms

“We don’t want government to get in the middle,” Emil Michael, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer, told CNBC when asked about government stakes in AI companies. Michael appeared on CNBC’s Squawk on the Street on 16 September. Asked whether the Trump administration could nationalise AI companies or take partial stakes in them, he said: “I […]

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Hackers extracted a Flock camera’s software and key, 404 Media reports

“Why just destroy them when we can reverse engineer them and find the secrets of those spying on us?” one hacker told 404 Media. The hacker belongs to a collective called stegan0gram. The group pulled a Flock Safety camera down from above a roadway and copied almost all of its data. It shared the files […]

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