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Exc: A US defence giant has emerged as the frontrunner for a £2bn contract to build military satellites for Britain - hours after Ukraine's access to American systems was throttled.
The Ministry of Defence is understood to be pushing for Lockheed Martin to be awarded the SkyNet 6 deal, in a break with current UK-based supplier Airbus.
This is despite the current row over restrictions on Kyiv's use of Starlink.
It's triggered fears that Washington could gain leverage over how Britain uses the vital satellite system, particularly in potential future crises.
Downing Street thought to have intervened to review the decision...
Full story in link below:
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And with that we have our first dead AI startup, one of the first big names!
Character.AI said on Monday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US and agreed to sell some of its assets to Walt Disney for $20 million. reuters.com/legal/litigation…
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NEW: British police forces, including the Met, used spy software said to have been secretly developed in Russia.
British forces have used Oxygen Forensics software to break into the phones of suspects during live investigations. US prosecutors said the same software had been used by the Russian security services.
The Virginia-based company behind the tool has been accused in the US of having hidden its Russian ownership. It's American chief executive and a Russian national were arrested last week.
British police forces have now been told to assess and identify any issues with Oxygen Forensics software, and the Met has paused its use of the firm's tools while an investigation takes place.
The software is said not to have contained malicious code and there is no indication that customer data were accessed without authorisation.
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i fully fund my 401k and i think there’s essentially zero chance AI kills all humans in the next decade. i think this is a pretty common view that gets less attention.
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This is all so strange. Why are you glad he spoke out? Do you…think what Anthropic is doing bad? What is it you think he’s calling attention to and why don’t you resign too if you agree?
Jacob was a senior researcher who joined Anthropic in May. My Anthropic colleagues and I had been trying to recruit him for ~2 years, because we knew he was a strong researcher at OpenAI. Before he left, I pitched him to stay and join my team, and I was sad he decided to leave, as are many of my colleagues. 100% agree with him that AI poses serious risks to society, and I'm glad he's speaking out!
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As Von Neumann said about Oppenheimer’s performative angst over the atomic bomb:
“Some people profess guilt to claim credit for the sin.”
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SCOOP Iran used Chinese spy satellite to target US bases last month.
IRGC has contract with China’s Emposat that allows it to control a satellite launched by China’s Earth Eye.
#ChinaIranScoop ft.com/content/1fddd2cd-1294…
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Let it guide every professional, personal, and financial decision you make from morning till night for 365 days. Every breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks. If it says get a divorce, get a divorce. If it says quit your job and wear a tinfoil hat, do that.
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A secretive British fixer acted as Jeffrey Epstein’s connection to Westminster and Silicon Valley elites, visiting his island and working to disguise his paedophile history.
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Top reported stories from the files. Jaw dropping detail @jamestitcomb SUBSCRIBE
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The Telegraph has uncovered yet more about the UK government's 'AI skills hub' that suggests the entire thing was a rushed, vibe-coded hack job (which cost £4.1 million of taxpayers' money).
Their investigation reveals it includes:
- courses that seem to be AI-generated scams
- courses that are more than 20 years old
- 'degrees' that cost thousands of pounds yet offer no meaningful qualifications
- courses that don't exist at all
And so much more. This bit killed me: "One course on 'digital agriculture fundamentals' is provided by a Canadian education company and requires applicants to live in the rural provinces of Alberta, Manitoba or Saskatchewan."
Yet the government is digging in, saying the hub is meant to provide "deep and specialist expertise in AI", and that it intentionally includes "some hybrid international options".
To be clear, if one of the AI companies the government so admires had released this product, the person responsible would have been fired within a day.
telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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🚨SCOOP🚨
w/@Barnes_Joe
The United States will control parts of Greenland by designating them as sovereign base areas under the terms of a proposed deal agreed in Davos.
In a proposal mimicking Britain’s agreement with Cyprus, American bases would be considered US territory.
It would allow the US to perform military operations, intelligence, and training without seeking permission from Denmark.
The framework is seen as a creative workaround to Trump's demands for ownership of the island while maintaining Greenland's independence.
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The owner of the company that built Mike Lynch's Bayesian superyacht is suing his wife for £400m, saying sales collapsed after the yacht sank telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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🚨 WATCH: Keir Starmer says he's been informed that X is acting in "full compliance" with the law over Grok
"If so, that is welcome - but we're not going to back down... Ofcom will continue its independent investigation"
#PMQs
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📱 Elon Musk’s X stops bikini bot undressing women
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Grok now won’t undress women even for paid users.
Protest works. Big tech is not invincible.
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Grok appears to have stopped generating images of women in bikinis in the last few hours, even from verified accounts telegraph.co.uk/business/202…
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Seeking more cool people who live in Dubai to hang out with and invest in :)
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OpenAI has sent a legal request to the family of Adam Raine, the 16yo who died by suicide following lengthy chats with ChatGPT, asking for a full attendee list to his memorial, as well as photos taken or eulogies given.
His lawyers told the FT this was "intentional harassment"
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Another great article on Sora, this time in the Telegraph.
“The superintelligence dream has descended into a mountain of AI ‘slop’.”
yep 🎯
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