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UK Government Moves To Introduce Anti-Deforestation Rules #UnitedKingdom

UK Government Moves To Introduce Anti-Deforestation Rules
The UK government has announced long-awaited new plans to introduce its own anti-deforestation rules after leaving the EU in 2020

After Russia interfered in the 2016 election,
our intelligence agencies made detecting foreign interference in our democratic process a priority.
In past elections, members of Congress have regularly received briefings on how nations such as Russia and China monitor our elections,
and what, if anything, they’re doing to interfere in or influence them.
Those updates are generally classified,
but after elections,
a declassified summary is typically release…

The UK government has launched three consultations examining how data protection rules affect international data transfers, AI and the re-use of public sector information.
https://www.computing.co.uk/news/202…

Government invites views on data transfers, AI rules and public sector data re-use
The government has launched three consultations examining how data protection rules affect international data transfers, AI and the re-use of public sector information.

Source: Microsoft plans to release an AI security tool this month using models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and itself, as a cost-effective Mythos alternative (Aaron Holmes/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-microsoft-p…

Exclusive: Microsoft Preps Mythos-Like AI Bug Finder
Microsoft is preparing to release a new AI security product, internally codenamed Project Perception, to capture a piece of companies’ rising cyber defense spending. Set to debut as soon as this month, the product will use a combination of AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, and Microsoft itself to sniff out software bugs similar to the way Anthropic’s Mythos model does and automatically fix the

Very interesting project to follow: @…, „a friendly Ruby on Rails fork for humans that doesn't tolerate bigotry“.

China releases world's first AI-enabled brain-computer interface medical device standard #AI

China releases world’s first AI-enabled brain-computer interface medical device standard: media - Global Times
China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) on Monday approved the release of its third medical device standard for brain-computer interfaces (BCIs), which is also the world’s first medical device product standard for BCIs that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to process brain electrical signal data. The new standard will officially take effect on September 1, 2027, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday.

This is the 1st time I’ve given a fleeting thought to creating an Insta account.
I need more coffee. @… https://circumstances.run/@davidgerard

On July 13, the Trump administration announced in an op-ed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio
that it would “dismantle” the International Criminal Court (ICC),
“brick by brick, if necessary,”
using “all the tools at our government’s disposal.”
According to the provocative text of a State Department press release,
the United States will undertake a sweeping campaign
to dismantle the "threat to U.S. sovereignty" posed by the International Criminal …

What does the Trump Administration Statement on Dismantling the ICC Really Mean?
International law experts respond to the Trump administration's campaign to "dismantle" the International Criminal Court.

Risk report: Anthropic raises misalignment risk estimate from very low to low and says it doesn't plan to release a stronger internal model called "Model 2" (Madison Mills/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2026/08/14/anthropic-model-2-ai-risk

Anthropic sees AI risks rising, no plan to release stronger "Model 2"
The company is forging ahead even amid concerns about models' growing cybersecurity risks.

As China's rules for humanlike AI interaction take effect, many users are bemoaning the loss of the virtual companions they had created on Chinese AI platforms (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-…