Microsoft Hires Influential AI Figure Mustafa Suleyman to Head up Consumer AI Business

Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman to head up its new AI business, adding an influential figure to its pool of talent leading the charge to build a technology that Suleyman views as both as a boon and threat to humanity.
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UnitedHealth Says It Has Made Progress on Recovering From Massive Cyberattack

UnitedHealth is testing the last major system it must restore from last month’s Change Healthcare cyberattack, but it has no date yet for finishing the recovery.
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Bill That Could Ban TikTok Passed in the House. Here’s What to Know

The House passed legislation that would ban TikTok if its China-based owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stakes in the popular social media platform within six months of the bill’s enactment.
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Europe’s World-First AI Rules Get Final Approval From Lawmakers. Here’s What Happens Next

Lawmakers in the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the Artificial Intelligence Act, five years after regulations were first proposed.
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Justice Department Beefs up Focus on Artificial Intelligence Enforcement, Warns of Harsher Sentences

Officials are set to warn that companies and people who deliberately misuse AI technology to advance a white-collar crime like price fixing and market manipulation will be at risk for a harsher sentence
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The French Government Says It’s Being Targeted by Unusual Intense Cyberattacks

A group of hackers called Anonymous Sudan, considered by cybersecurity experts as pro-Russia, claimed responsibility for the attacks in online posts.
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State AGs Send Letter to Meta Asking It to Take ‘Immediate Action’ on User Account Takeovers

A group of 40 state attorneys general have sent a letter to Meta expressing concern over Facebook and Instagram account takeovers.
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Apple is Making Big App Store Changes in Europe Over New Rules. Could it Mean More iPhone Hacking?

Apple is opening small cracks in the iPhone’s digital fortress as part of a regulatory clampdown in Europe— at the risk of creating new avenues for hackers to steal personal and financial information stored on the devices.
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US Sanctions Spyware Company and Executives Who Targeted American Journalists, Government Officials

The Treasury Department sanctioned individuals associated with Intellexa Consortium, maker of the powerful Predator Spyware.
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