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Updated Aug 28

AI voice-cloning scams have hit 28% of UK adults, celebrities warn
Actors including Hugh Bonneville, Nicola Coughlan, and Matt Lucas are backing a UK campaign for legal ownership of people's own voices, after a survey found more than a quarter of UK adults say they've been targeted by an AI voice-cloning scam. The group sent an open letter to the Prime Minister and launched a government petition for a new law.
Meta is closing the loophole that let people record with their AI glasses' light hidden
Meta is rolling out a fix for its Ray-Ban smart glasses so covering the camera's recording LED will now stop the camera from recording entirely, instead of just hiding the light. The change follows repeated reports of people using the glasses to secretly film others without them knowing.
OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft and 100+ other companies warn of a coming wave of AI cyberattacks
More than 100 tech companies signed an open letter warning that AI is about to make hacking attacks faster and more effective, and are calling on governments to help coordinate a shared defense rather than leaving each company to fight AI-powered attacks alone. It's one of the largest joint safety statements yet from rival AI companies.
Apple's new M6 chip is its first built on 2-nanometer technology, with a big AI boost
Apple unveiled the M6 chip, its first made with 2nm manufacturing, debuting in a new Mac mini. Apple says it delivers roughly 30% more AI-focused GPU compute than last year's M5, so on-device AI tasks like photo editing and writing help should run noticeably faster on the newest Macs.
Waymo says Tesla's camera-only self-driving is a 'false summit'
Waymo's leadership argued that truly driverless (Level 4) cars need lidar and radar sensors in addition to cameras, pushing back on Tesla's camera-only approach to self-driving. The comments reignite a long-running industry debate over which sensor strategy is actually safe enough to remove the human driver.
Hugging Face is selling a $399 robot duck that learns new tasks by watching you
AI company Hugging Face's robotics arm, Pollen Robotics, launched 'Microduck,' a small open-source two-legged robot that uses reinforcement learning to pick up simple tasks. It's aimed at hobbyists and students rather than industry, a rare case of advanced robot-learning research sold as an affordable, buildable toy.