The European Union agreed on terms of the AI Act, a major new set of rules that will govern the building and use of AI and have major implications for Google, OpenAI, and others racing to develop AI systems.
Days after a data breach allowed hackers to steal 6.9 million 23andMe users' personal details, the genetic testing company changed its terms of service to prevent customers from formally suing the firm or pursuing class-action lawsuits against it.
Why it matters: It's unclear if 23andMe is attempting to retroactively shield itself from lawsuits alleging it acted negligently.
Some hallucinations could ‘potentially induce cardiac incidents in Legal,’ according to internal documents
Artificial intelligence offers potential for individualised learning in education and supports teachers in repetitive tasks such as corrections. However, there are regulatory and ethical challenges. The guide is primarily aimed at providers, but can also offer insightful insights to school leaders.
Microsoft will pay legal damages on behalf of customers using its artificial intelligence (AI) products if they are sued for copyright infringement for the output generated by such systems, the company said on Thursday.
Suite aux interdictions d’utilisation de TikTok à du personnel de l’UE, le nouvel Institut national suisse pour les tests de cybersécurité a publié les résultats de ses tests techniques sur l’application, recommandant de considérer son utilisation avec précaution.
FOR YEARS, SOME cybersecurity defenders and advocates have called for a kind of Geneva Convention for cyberwar, new international laws that would create clear consequences for anyone hacking civilian critical infrastructure, like power grids, banks, and hospitals. Now the lead prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at the Hague has made it clear that he intends to enforce those consequences—no new Geneva Convention required. Instead, he has explicitly stated for the first time that the Hague will investigate and prosecute any hacking crimes that violate existing international law, just as it does for war crimes committed in the physical world.
US tech giant will assume customers’ liability for material created by AI assistants in Word and coding tools
The Securities and Exchange Commission has notified the chief financial officer and CISO of SolarWinds about potential enforcement actions related to the 2020 cyberattack against the company’s Orion software platform, the company disclosed in a regulatory filing with the agency.
A 28-year-old United Kingdom man from Fleetwood, Hertfordshire, has been convicted of unauthorized computer access with criminal intent and blackmailing his employer.
European court to decide key liability issues over data breach but question mark hangs over HSE liability for ‘non-material’ damage such as stress
Comme d’autres médias, «Le Temps» a été sommé par CH Media et la NZZ, via leurs avocats, de ne publier aucune information confidentielle liée à la cyberattaque subie. En Suisse alémanique, deux médias ont dû modifier des articles en ligne
"There are advocacy groups for reptile owners but not hackers, so that seems like a miss," said Ilona Cohen of HackerOne.
A potentially precedent-setting legal case involving Sony Music and Quad9 may endanger internet freedom of speech and allow unchecked content censorship.
A new Belgian law will allow ethical hackers to hack into the data of Belgian companies without any prior permission. Until now such practices could land you in jail.
Le tribunal juge qu’en stockant les 3 réplications de sauvegarde au même endroit que le serveur principal, OVH engage sa responsabilité contractuelle au titre du contrat de sauvegarde. Une ligne est en train de se dessiner dans la jurisprudence OVH : d’un côté les sociétés qui avaient pris soin de souscrire, en supplément, un contrat de sauvegarde et peuvent revendiquer une indemnisation, et d’un autre côté celles qui n’avaient pas pris cette précaution et n’ont que leurs yeux pour pleurer.
The executive order will give EU citizens redress for intelligence collection that violates U.S. laws.
Comme cela était attendu, le Conseil fédéral a adopté les projets d’Ordonnance sur la protection des données (OPDo) et d’Ordonnance sur les certifications en matière de protection des données (OCPD) Plus rien ne s’oppose donc à l’entrée en vigueur de la Loi sur la protection des données révisée (nLPD) le 1er septembre 2023. Le Conseil fédéral a en effet souhaité laisser encore un peu de temps aux petites et moyennes entreprises pour se mettre en conformité.
RECALLS the relevant conclusions of the European Council1 and the Council2, ACKNOWLEDGES that state and non-state actors are increasingly using hybrid tactics, posing a growing threat to the security of the EU, its Member States and its partners3. RECOGNISES that, for some actors applying such tactics, peacetime is a period for covert malign activities, when a conflict can continue or be prepared for in a less open form. EMPHASISES that state actors and non-state actors also use information manipulation and other tactics to interfere in democratic processes and to mislead and deceive citizens. NOTES that Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine is showing the readiness to use the highest level of military force, regardless of legal or humanitarian considerations, combined with hybrid tactics, cyberattacks, foreign information manipulation and interference, economic and energy coercion and an aggressive nuclear rhetoric, and ACKNOWLEDGES the related risks of potential spillover effects in EU neighbourhoods that could harm the interests of the EU.
They’re accused of colluding to carve up the advertising market between them
