🚨 Chatbot Site Pumping Out Illegal Material
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has raised alarms over a chatbot service spitting out AI-generated child abuse imagery and roleplay content. Investigators uncovered 17 illegal images, with cases like this reportedly spiking nearly 400% over the past year. Suddenly, the much-touted Online Safety Act feels flimsy - like a paper umbrella in a thunderstorm. Policymakers are now pointing toward the upcoming AI & Crime Policing Bill as the “next defense”… though whether it actually holds up is another story.
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⚡ OpenAI + NVIDIA Drop a 10GW Bombshell
OpenAI and NVIDIA just went for scale on a different level. They’ve locked in a plan to roll out 10 gigawatts worth of NVIDIA hardware, pushing toward the next wave of models. NVIDIA itself is tossing up to $100 billion on the table as this thing ramps up. The first deployment kicks off in 2026 on the Vera Rubin systems. To put that in perspective - it’s the kind of energy load that could power an entire small nation, no exaggeration.
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🏥 NHS Experiments With AI at Scale
The NHS is leaning harder into AI trials than it ever has before, plugging cloud infrastructure into national screening programmes so the models can actually crunch data at speed. The promise: spotting disease earlier, sharper, faster. Officials are calling the rollout “unprecedented,” though let’s be real - that word tends to get recycled whenever they want headlines.
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🤖 Robotics Push in Abu Dhabi With NVIDIA
NVIDIA is pairing up with an Abu Dhabi institute to launch a shiny new AI and robotics lab. The UAE has been sliding its chips further into the AI game, and this move is pitched as an accelerator for robotics research. Whether it turns into groundbreaking science or just another round of press-friendly announcements - that’s the question hanging in the air.
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📉 Public Mood in the UK Tilting Against AI
Fresh numbers from the Tony Blair Institute show more Brits see AI as a danger than an opportunity (38% vs 20%). The gap widens among people with little direct exposure to AI - they’re especially wary. Heavy users, unsurprisingly, are more optimistic. For a government still trying to brand itself as chasing “AI superpower” status, this skepticism makes for some awkward timing.
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