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Australia passed legislation on Thursday that will force tech giants to pay millions of dollars in levies if they fail to strike commercial deals with local media outlets for news on their platforms. The News Bargaining Incentive taxes the companies 2.5% on their advertising revenues unless they strike agreements. Proceeds from the scheme would be directed to local Australian news ...

OpenAI announced on Friday that it had surpassed the symbolic milestone of 1 billion active users, less than four years after the launch of its popular chatbot ChatGPT. “Our models now reach more than one billion active users and more than two million businesses. As people gain confidence in the technology, they use it more deeply,” the company said in ...

WhatsApp has announced a series of updates to its calling experience, introducing web calling alongside new features such as call transfer, waiting room, QuickHD and noise suppression. The features are designed to make audio and video calls more seamless across devices while giving users greater flexibility and control. With the update, users can now make and receive one-on-one as well ...

Bangladesh is working to establish a modern, safe and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) governance system based on human rights, ethics and inclusive development under the leadership of Prime Minister Tarique Rahman, said ICT Minister Faqir Mahbub Anam. He made the remarks while speaking on behalf of Bangladesh at the “High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance”, organised as part of the ...

OpenAI and Anthropic have limited access to their latest artificial intelligence models following cybersecurity reviews by the administration of US President Donald Trump, reflecting increased government scrutiny of advanced AI systems. OpenAI said on Friday that its new model, GPT-5.6 Sol, will initially be available only to a small group of customers approved by the Trump administration. The company described ...

Britain’s competition watchdog introduced new rules Wednesday requiring Google to be more fair and transparent in how it ranks search results, as part of moves tackling the technology giant’s dominance. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) designated Google with “strategic market status” last year, subjecting it to special requirements under new targeted measures focused on technology giants. Under new requirements ...

People often make irrational decisions, and while artificial intelligence can help predict and overcome these mistakes, it should not be trusted blindly because it has vulnerabilities of its own, Anton Suvorov, rector of the Russian Economic School and a specialist in behavioral economics, told Sputnik at SPIEF. According to Suvorov, one of the most common cognitive biases is overconfidence. “For ...

A Bangladesh team secured third place in the Senior BottleSumo category at the Robofest 2026 World Championship, held at Lawrence Technological University (LTU) in Southfield, Michigan, United States. The 27th edition of the international robotics competition took place from 14 to 16 May, bringing together student teams from around the world to compete in a range of robotics challenges. One ...

Australian researchers have trained lab-grown brain cells on a silicon computer chip to play the nineties shooter “Doom” and say they are just scratching the surface of what the neurons could be capable of doing. It’s the science-fiction work of biotech boffins at Cortical Labs, who researched and developed the technology that harnesses the workings of the brain’s networking system. ...

Russia has significantly increased its efforts to acquire Western technology and defense-related information as international sanctions continue to strain its war-driven economy, according to senior European intelligence officials. Officials from Sweden, Finland and Estonia told The Associated Press that Russian intelligence services are using a range of methods, including front companies, intermediaries and cyber operations, to obtain restricted technologies and ...