2026-08-20
Two senators give TikTok until 1 September to explain its safety test
Two US senators have written to TikTok about an experiment that switched off a safety feature for roughly 15 million American users. Their letter runs to four pages and sets out 13 questions. It gives the company until 1 September to reply. The senators call the decision to run the test “depraved”. Republican Marsha Blackburn […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-20
AI can recommend a deal. Governed execution decides whether it should happen
Every revenue leader now has AI somewhere in the deal cycle. It drafts the proposal, suggests the discount, recommends the next move, and does it all in seconds. The speed is real. But a recommendation is not a decision. When AI proposes a price or a deal structure, something still has to answer the harder […]<br /> This story continues at The Next Web [...]
2026-08-20
White House tech strategy leaves open-weight AI off its critical list
The White House has published a new National Security Science and Technology strategy. It names 15 critical technology areas the United States intends to lead. Artificial intelligence and autonomy is one of them, with 12 subfields listed underneath. Open-weight AI is not among them. Neither open weights nor open-source software development appears anywhere in the […]<br /> This story conti [...]
2026-08-20
The dark side of back-to-school: Why ExpressVPN urges parents to rethink their online privacy habits
ExpressVPN and the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) are warning parents about the dangers of posting back-to-school photos online, highlighting how easily innocent images can be scraped and manipulated by AI. [...]
