This island is getting the world’s first AI government, but I’ve read this story before – and it doesn’t end well

Sensay, a creator of AI-powered digital replicas of people, has established an AI-powered government on a real island it purchased off the coast of the Philippines. Previously known as Cheron Island, it’s been renamed Sensay Island. The Head of State (effectively, the President) of Sensay Island is Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, one of The Five…

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millions of Iranians refuse to leave Tehran

Israel’s bombing of Iran came so close to the home of Mahin, 80, that a massive explosion filled the air with smoke in her affluent neighbourhood of Tehran. Yet Mahin has remained among the millions of residents of the Iranian capital refusing to evacuate. “Where shall I go? I feel more comfortable at home,” she…

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Meeting summarization and action item extraction with Amazon Nova

Meetings play a crucial role in decision-making, project coordination, and collaboration, and remote meetings are common across many organizations. However, capturing and structuring key takeaways from these conversations is often inefficient and inconsistent. Manually summarizing meetings or extracting action items requires significant effort and is prone to omissions or misinterpretations. Large language models (LLMs) offer…

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Public database exposed 184 million credentials including Microsoft, Facebook, Snapchat, and government account logins

CISA flags security issue affecting multiple TP-Link models It allows threat actors to execute arbitrary system-level commands Affected models have all reached end of life, so should be replaced anyway Multiple TP-Link routers, which have long reached end-of-life (EoL) status, are being abused in real-life attacks, the US government is warning. The US Cybersecurity and…

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