Descrease article font size Increase article font size The world’s first jet suit race took place on Wednesday in Dubai, creating a scene that looked more like something out of Marvel’s Iron Man than reality. The competition featured eight racers each wearing a jet suit. The suit uses engines located on the back as well … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, among others, saying they had abandoned the company’s original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity not profit. The lawsuit filed late on Thursday said Altman and OpenAI’s co-founder Greg Brockman originally approached Musk to make an open source, non-profit … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 29, 2024 12:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size MPs have voted unanimously to summon the chief executives of Canada’s three largest telecommunications companies to testify at a federal committee as it studies the accessibility and affordability of wireless and broadband services. … Read more
Canada’s privacy watchdog says the operator of Pornhub and other pornographic websites broke the law by allowing intimate images and video of a woman to be shared on its platforms without obtaining the woman’s consent. The privacy commissioner’s final report on its years-long investigation into Montreal-based Aylo, formerly known as MindGeek, released Thursday found “significant” … Read more
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted February 26, 2024 7:32 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government is expected to introduce legislation against online harms on Monday, which the Liberals have promised will tackle issues such as online child endangerment and non-consensual sharing of intimate images. Prime … Read more
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The RCMP is dealing with which it is calling a “cyber event” targeting its network. RCMP has also launched a criminal investigation into the breach, a spokesperson told Global News. “The situation is evolving quickly but, at this time there is no impact on RCMP operations and … Read more
Chinese police are investigating an unauthorized and highly unusual online dump of documents from a private security contractor linked to the nation’s top policing agency and other parts of its government — a trove that catalogs apparent hacking activity and tools to spy on both Chinese and foreigners. Among the apparent targets of tools provided … Read more
Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives, including one of the technology’s trailblazers Yoshua Bengio, have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing potential risks to society. “Today, deepfakes often involve sexual imagery, fraud, or political disinformation. Since AI is progressing rapidly and making deepfakes much easier to create, … Read more
The federal government’s evolving plan to help protect Canadians from harm online could include a new ombudsperson to field public concerns and a regulator that would oversee the conduct of internet platforms. The new positions would be established as a part of the forthcoming online-harms legislation, which the government is currently hoping to announce by … Read more
As American regulators and state legislatures quickly implement new rules governing the use of artificial intelligence tools in this presidential election year, Canadian legislators and election authorities are taking a more cautious approach in a year in which three provinces will hold general elections. And while campaign operatives in the United States increasingly explore the … Read more
