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1. AI regulation must be crafted carefully, as the technology is rapidly evolving and its applications are varied and complex.
2. Regulations should focus on protecting people’s rights, preventing discrimination and abuse, and promoting safety and security.
3. AI regulation should be designed to be flexible,

Boffins based in China and the UK have devised a telecom network attack that can expose call metadata during VoLTE/VoNR conversations.Voice over LTE (VoLTE) is a packet-based telephony service that's part of the LTE standard and is widely used by major telecom providers.It's similar to Voice over New Radio (VoNR), a 5G flavor of the technology.

Mukesh Ambani has an estimated net worth of $90.7 billion, because his company controls many facets of Indian daily life:

Ambani's wealth comes from the enormous Reliance Industries conglomerate.Since taking over from his father, Ambani has turned Reliance - once known for textiles and petrochemicals - into a digital powerhouse.

US Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Peter Welch (D-VT) proposed legislation on Thursday to create a federal agency to oversee social media platforms and the development and use of AI systems.Under the Digital Platform Commission Act [PDF], a Federal Digital Platform Commission would coordinate with existing agencies to conduct investigations, protect folks, uphold existing antitrust laws, and even levy fines.

We have officially reached the Black Mirror era of personhood and companionship, and it is not going well.Lensa AI recently went viral for its warrior-like caricatures that often sexualized women who used the app (many interpretations of mixed race individuals leaned in the racist direction, too); users have created chatbot companions for the purpose of sexually harassing and abusing them; and now, Replika, billed as an "AI companion who cares," has begun aggressively flirting with-and in some cases, sexually harassing-users who never wanted a sexual companion to begin with.

The ability for data to be transferred across borders is fundamental to how the global open internet works.From finance and telecommunications to critical public services like healthcare or education, the free flow of data supports many of the services that we have come to rely on.Thousands of businesses and other organisations rely on the ability to transfer data between the EU and the US in order to operate and provide services that people use every day.

Three male teenagers have been charged in connection with offensive flyers targeting two young girls that were found posted around the Ajax area, Durham Regional Police say.In a statement, the Durham District School Board (DDSB) described the incidents as "extremely upsetting and unsettling incidents of anti-Black racism."

Meet the coach champ!Dave Bishop Queen's Gambit?More like Bishop's Gambit! (That joke will make sense when you learn his name is Dave Bishop.)Who is he?A generally cool dude, and lifelong chess lover.Dave Bishop is a part-time chess coach at George B. Weatherbee School in Hampton, Me. as well as their custodian.

The agreements were signed in Damascus to bolster economic ties between war-torn Syria and longtime ally Iran.The presidents of Iran and Syria have signed a series of long-term cooperation agreements on oil and other sectors to bolster economic ties between the two longtime allies.Iran's Ebrahim Raisi, leading a large economic and political delegation, met his Syrian counterpart, Bashar al-Assad, after landing in the war-torn country for a two-day visit an Iranian president's first visit to Damascus since 2010.

The UK's economy grew by 0.1 per cent between October and November despite recession predictions.The Office for National Statistics (ONS) recorded a slowdown in growth after a 0.5 per cent increase in the previous month.Analysts had predicted the economy would shrink by 0.3 per cent for November.ONS director of economic statistics, Darren Morgan, said pubs and bars were among the strong performers as people flocked to watch football World Cup games.

'Seinfeld' episode inspired new telemarketing law in New Jersey



The cast of Seinfeld is seen in a 1997 photo.From left: Jason Alexander, Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Michael Richards.Photo from Shutterstock
Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill last week that that requires telemarketers to provide a callback number and to identify themselves and whom they represent within 30 seconds.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has tried to boost Russian morale by driving across a bridge to Crimea that a truck bomb damaged in October.e took the wheel of a Mercedes to drive across the bridge linking Russia's mainland with the peninsula, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014.Like other western car makers, Mercedes halted sales of vehicles to Russia and stopped production at its assembly factory near Moscow after the start of Russia's military operation in Ukraine.

"Hawk" spent 33 years as the team's play-by-play broadcaster.Former broadcaster Ken "Hawk" Harrelson retired from his duties in Chicago after the 2018 MLB season, but the 81-year-old indicates there's more to his departure than what was originally revealed.During an interview on the Foul Territory podcast with Scott Braun and former White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski, Harrelson alleged that while he publicly retired, it was the organization pulling the strings.

Coinbase, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, was recently targeted in a sophisticated cyberattack that appears to have been conducted by the same threat group that targeted Twilio, Cloudflare and many others last year.Coinbase revealed on Friday that its employees were targeted in an SMS phishing campaign on Sunday, February 5.

This shows a Chinese Dahua brand security camera in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023.Mark Baker/AP CANBERRA, Australia Australia's Defense Department will remove surveillance cameras made by Chinese Communist Party-linked companies from its buildings, the government said Thursday after the U.S. and Britain made similar moves.

A Norwegian maritime risk management business is getting a lesson in that very area, after a ransomware attack forced its ShipManager software offline and left 1,000 ships without a connection to on-shore servers.DNV said the attack happened on January 7, and updated its report yesterday to say it involved ransomware - but affected vessels are not in any danger and can still operate normally, it added.