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Apple explains how the iPhone 18 Pro will prove a photo is real

“An image appearing photorealistic is no longer sufficient to establish its veracity,” Apple’s security engineers wrote as they set out how the iPhone 18 Pro will prove a photo is real. Apple published the design of Apple Reference Image on its Security Research blog on 15 September. The post comes from its Security Engineering and […]

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Spain’s data watchdog reports its first breach carried out by an AI agent

“The arrival of AI agents in offensive activity must drive an immediate review of security and data protection models,” wrote Francisco Pérez Bes of Spain’s data protection agency, the AEPD. The AEPD has received its first notification of a personal data breach carried out with an AI agent. Pérez Bes announced it in an agency […]

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OpenAI backs binding UK AI rules as MPs call for a regulator

A cross-party committee of MPs and peers wants a dedicated UK AI law and a single regulator with enforcement powers. On the same day, OpenAI said it would back binding UK rules for the few companies building the most powerful AI. That includes OpenAI itself. Tom Duff Gordon is OpenAI’s head of policy for Europe, […]

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The robot that sweeps the car park is also watching it. Viabot’s $24m round calls that soft security.

Viabot has raised a $24m Series A led by Walden International, bringing total funding to $43m for its autonomous outdoor sweeping robot. The same machine runs what the company calls soft security, using its navigation sensors to detect loitering and trespassing across retail, campus, healthcare and office sites, with staff monitoring alerts around the clock. […]

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Lawyers in 4 states say the new Apple Watch may break eavesdropping law

Apple announced Siri Recap and Live Rewind for its new watches on 9 September. The first summarises the conversations a wearer has during the day. The second puts the last 15 seconds of speech on screen as text. Lawyers in four US states now say the features may test state eavesdropping law. Those laws require […]

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What happens after a town de-Flocks

From Florida to Washington state, local governments across the country are canceling their contracts with Flock, the company behind the controversial AI-enabled license plate readers, in response to public outcry. But ending the contracts doesn’t necessarily mean the cameras will come down immediately – or that the information they’ve gathered will be deleted anytime soon. […]

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Your car is selling your data

This is The Stepback, a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on cars, data privacy, and autonomous vehicles, follow Andrew J. Hawkins. The Stepback arrives in our subscribers’ inboxes at 8AM ET. Opt in for The Stepback here. How it started Earlier this year, the Federal Trade Commission […]

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LG responds to TV spying allegations

Earlier this week, Gamers Nexus, Level1Techs, and independent security researchers detailed some alarming findings about how LG’s TVs are logging and uploading data on its users. Now the company is pushing back against those allegations, saying that “Some recent media coverage may have contributed to misconceptions about how LG smart TVs work.” LG released a […]

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Florida sues Netflix, alleging it built its ad business on families’ data

Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, has sued Netflix. He alleges that the company collected detailed data on subscribers and their children, then used it to build the advertising business it had said it would never run. The 66-page complaint was filed on 9 September in the circuit court for St. Johns County. “Netflix told Florida […]

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Zuckerberg tells Sources labs holding back AI models is ‘quite dangerous’

“I personally am much more worried about a small number of labs or people having control of something that is so capable.” That was Mark Zuckerberg, speaking to Alex Heath on the Sources podcast, published on Wednesday. Heath recorded the interview at Meta’s headquarters the previous Friday, days before Meta launched Muse, its personal AI […]

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