Anthropic warns of AI models spreading across internet
A new warning about artificial intelligence from Anthropic caused a stir in cybersecurity circles on Tuesday, a day after the company warned that AI models could be months away from ...
Banking regulators step up scrutiny of AI risks
Banking regulators are stepping up efforts to contain growing AI risks, six people familiar with the matter said, with some pointing to the potential for cyberattacks on banks or rogue ...
AI boom bolstered growth in global trade, benefiting China and India, IMF says
The strong demand for AI has bolstered growth in China, India and other Asian countries and outpaced the overall growth in global trade, the IMF’s new chief economist Silvana ...
Direct Democracy MPs condemned for mocking human rights committee
House human rights committee chairman and Akel MP Christos Christofides on Monday condemned a video in which two Direct Democracy MPs said “no one understood anything” during a committee discussion ...
Man City and playing by the rules
The world of football marvelled at Manchester City’s extraordinary decade.
It was not only the gathering of numerous trophies. It was the level of football they played that made ...
AI-assisted cyberattacks target South Korean megachurches
Two South Korean megachurches are investigating suspected cyberattacks that may have exposed the personal data of hundreds of thousands of congregants, with evidence suggesting AI tools may have been used ...
Our View: The soul of Cyprus is lost in the algorithm
This week, AI entered the tourism conversation in a more prominent way than the more generic “use of technology” – never mind that some in the tech industry are warning that ...
Fight AI with AI, Thales CEO tells cybersecurity gathering
The head of Europe’s largest defence technology firm, France’s Thales TCFP.PA, called for greater investment in AI-powered defences to keep pace with a “frightening” increase in cyberattacks ...
Trump, tech giants agree voluntary AI safety standards
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said tech executives agreed to establish voluntary standards for AI and reiterated his support for rapid expansion of data centers, as concerns mount over ...
12 AI Infrastructure stocks to watch in 2026: from energy to cloud computing
When people use AI search, generate images, or ask an AI assistant to handle a task, they usually see only the result on a screen. Behind those services is a ...
OpenAI scraps GPT-6.1 Astra release over safety concerns
OpenAI has scrapped the release of GPT-6.1 Astra, a next-generation AI model planned for an October debut, after internal testing found the system did not meet the company’s safety ...
Six big takeaways from a turbulent week of UN diplomacy
Limousines whisked world leaders away from the United Nations on Friday after a week of speeches, meetings and hallway diplomacy.
While they reached no breakthroughs on the world’s most ...
For Pope Leo, the risk of an AI apocalypse is a major concern
The Vatican warned about the risk of an apocalypse spurred by artificial intelligence years before major American firms sounded the alarm at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday – a ...
Google safety pioneer urges AI slowdown over risks to children
The founder of the trust and safety team at Alphabet’s Google this week called for a slowdown in AI development, warning that the tech industry was repeating the same ...
OpenAI agent hacks Australian government health portal
Australia said on Thursday an OpenAI agent breached a government health data portal in June, gaining unauthorised access to files, in what could be the first known instance of an ...
DeepSeek to brief UN Security Council on AI this week, sources say
Chinese AI startup DeepSeek will be among the companies briefing the United Nations Security Council this week on the risks posed by artificial intelligence, two sources familiar with the matter ...
‘I cannot destroy humanity,’ AI tells the Cyprus Mail
There has been much doomsday talk recently following a claim by AI experts that unless its progress is curtailed there is a 10 per cent possibility it could destroy humanity in ...
Former Google DeepMind researcher warns AI could ‘kill all humans’
A former Google DeepMind employee on Monday became the latest AI researcher to warn that the technology could “kill all humans”, saying time could be running out to avoid the ...
‘Very negative forces’ raising concerns over AI, says Trump
US President Donald Trump said on Sunday a lot of “very negative forces” are bringing things up about AI that won’t happen and said that he wanted to make ...
US newspapers sue OpenAI, Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement
The Seattle Times and Newsday sued OpenAI and Microsoft on Friday, alleging in federal court that the tech companies copied the newspapers’ journalism without permission to train their AI systems.
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Why the next decade of AI will be a physics problem
By Alexey Gubarev
I started a hosting company in Cyprus in 2005, at a time when “the cloud” was not a market but a promise most businesses did not trust. We ...
Call for investment in AI
An association representing IT companies in Cyprus on Tuesday called for at least €1 billion in investment in artificial technology (AI) over the next five years.
“If we truly wish for ...
AI and Spock’s ultimate sacrifice
Recently, we went out to dinner with a large group of cousins at one of Nicosia’s tavernas. The deserted August streets made the journey there almost a pleasure, rather ...
Patients warned against relying on AI for medical diagnoses
Patients should exercise caution when using artificial intelligence to diagnose symptoms or make decisions about treatment, the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (Osak) warned on Tuesday, as doctors also begin ...