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What the EU's 2025 code of practice asks of general-purpose AI model providers
Published in July 2025, the voluntary code shows AI model makers one way to meet the AI Act's transparency, copyright and safety duties, now enforceable.
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Google gives its new Gemini 4 Carbon model to cyber defenders before a wider release
Google says its strongest model leads benchmarks for finding, exploiting and patching software flaws. Vetted security teams get it first.
NIST releases open-source testbed to measure how privacy protections affect AI models
The NIST tool compares models trained centrally or across separate sites, with and without differential privacy, on genetic data from 18,348 soybean samples.
EU names its first harmonized standard for the AI Act, covering quality management
Providers of high-risk AI that follow EN 18286 are presumed to meet the AI Act's quality management rules, the European Commission said on October 19.
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How AI content labels and watermarks work, and what the EU now requires
Invisible watermarks, signed metadata and visible labels each flag AI-made content in a different way. Here is how they work and where each falls short.
UK sets conditions for fast-tracked AI data centers in a covenant and draft planning rules
Strategic UK data centers passing tests on bills, local benefits, efficiency, jobs and security would get faster power; draft rules cover the biggest sites.
UK Space Agency roadmap says Britain should lead on trusted AI for space, not computing scale
The UK Space Agency's 10-year roadmap names eight AI technologies and eight recommendations, favoring certifiable, low-power AI over hyperscale computing.
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