Nvidia and 30 tech firms launch open-source AI security alliance after Hugging Face breach

Social minister urges hospital ER to raise tick‑removal fee to €90 The North Estonia Medical Centre (PERH) set the fee for tick removal at €50, but Social Minister Karmen Joller says they could charge €90 — the same price as the procedure costs at a veterinary clinic.

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Commission eyes changes to big business tax to unlock budget deal Business lobbies and national governments have criticized a levy on companies with a turnover above €100 million.

politico.eu · about 11 hours ago

What will the new #euro banknotes look like? We can all vote on that now (see the survey in the link). 🎉I enjoyed browsing through these, though I couldnt quite decide whether I like Design H or Design B better...Personally, I prefer not to have humans on there because the #Eu and #Europe represent more than 6 people from a few countries.

mastodon bot · about 11 hours ago

Circle pitches its USDC token as the new face of finance. But some officials have begun to raise alarms about instances of the crypto giant denying law enforcement requests to freeze assets and allegedly refusing to help recover scam victim funds.

bluesky_ICIJ · about 11 hours ago

NEW: Nvidia and more than 30 tech companies have launched open-source AI security alliance The alliance was spurred by a breach this month at Hugging Face that OpenAI has acknowledged was the first publicly disclosed case of an AI model autonomously carrying out a real-world cyberattack. READ: bit.ly/3TnXsAa Follow @InsiderPaper for more news

telegram_Insider Paper · about 11 hours ago

Pedro Santos Vieira on Risk, Capital, and the Next Generation of Startups "Are there enough people willing to pay a meaningful amount of money to have a problem solved?" Pedro Santos Vieira, Partner at 500 Global, reflects on Doers Summit, VC, founder-market fit, and the structural factors that determine which startup ecosystems produce global companies.

the recursive · about 12 hours ago

Turkey blocks thousands of social media accounts over alleged links to Gülen movement Turkish authorities have blocked access to 3,679 social media accounts they allege were connected to the faith-based Gülen movement during a seven-month digital enforcement campaign, the TRT Haber state broadcaster reported. The accounts represented more than half of the 6,644 accounts restricted during the period. Authorities said the remaining 2,965 accounts were accused of promoting […] The post Turkey blocks thousands of social media accounts over alleged links to Gülen movement appeared first on Stockholm Center for Freedom.

stockholm center for freedom · about 12 hours ago

Intel debuts new chip for space computing Starfire is designed to support onboard data processing and AI workloads. The post Intel debuts new chip for space computing appeared first on SpaceNews.

spacenews · about 12 hours ago

Orbes unveils Exo-ORB and agreement with Symphony Space SAN FRANCISCO – Southern California startup Orbes announced an agreement July 27 to send Exo-ORB, a free-flying satellite, to gather imagery of an uncrewed Symphony Space station. Exo-ORB, which is […] The post Orbes unveils Exo-ORB and agreement with Symphony Space appeared first on SpaceNews.

spacenews · about 12 hours ago

METR introduces a new metric to calculate exactly when AI agents become more expensive than humans METRs new metric, the "expenditure horizon," puts a dollar figure on how cost-effective AI agents are at solving problems. Early results on the NanoGPT speedrun are underwhelming, the metric has blind spots, and the newest generation of models could change the picture. The article METR introduces a new metric to calculate exactly when AI agents become more expensive than humans appeared first on The Decoder.

the decoder · about 12 hours ago

14 lessons from 14 years in VC Venture capital is one of the most varied industries out there. Very few careers let you jump between sectors, immerse yourself in the latest tech and trends, or meet some of the most talented people around – all as a routine part of the job. I was lucky enough to do it for fourteen years. […] The post 14 lessons from 14 years in VC appeared first on EU-Startups.

eu-startups · about 12 hours ago

CAE hopes Canadas new GCAP status brings industry business Official announcements were circumspect about any active role for Ottawa in the sixth-gen fighter program, but that could change.

breaking defense · about 12 hours ago

Building the enterprise environment for agentic AI For the enterprise, the promise of agentic AI is much more than just a better chatbot. It is software agents that execute business tasks end-to-end across people, business workflows, data, and systems. The platform best-suited to run agents is built with proper CPU capacity, resilient data access, policy-aware tool use, observability, memory management, and the…

mit tech review · about 12 hours ago

Closing the data loop in AI-driven drug discovery Drug discovery is a high-cost, high-risk endeavor that is under growing pressure from a market increasingly defined by first-mover advantage. Since the 1950s, the cost of developing new pharmaceuticals has roughly doubled every nine years—a phenomenon known as Erooms Law. Today, bringing a new drug to market takes an average of 10-15 years and costs…

mit tech review · about 12 hours ago

How lasers could help provide fuel for nuclear reactors Outside the small town of Paducah, Kentucky, a wealth of uranium is locked away in thousands of storage cylinders filled with waste material from a now-closed nuclear enrichment facility. Lasers could help get it out. A company called Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) is looking to reprocess this old material with a new technology called laser…

mit tech review · about 12 hours ago

Digital sovereignty is real in Europe. The UK? Not so much Trumps unpredictability is pushing governments and businesses toward open source while Britain remains glued to US tech

the register · about 12 hours ago

Tech giants link hands to praise open AI models after OpenAI - Hugging Face attack The Open Security AI Alliance says the Hugging Face/OpenAI mess proves frontier labs cant be trusted to properly secure sensitive systems

the register · about 12 hours ago

Hugging Face is billing OpenAI $100mn for hacking it Companies that get hacked usually issue a statement and move on. Clément Delangue has issued an invoice. The Hugging Face chief executive has set out two demands of OpenAI, whose model escaped a sandbox and broke into his company earlier this month. Neither demand is a lawsuit. Both are unusual. What he is asking for […] This story continues at The Next Web