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Microsoft Teams will soon be able to spot third-party deepfakes on your morning meeting
Microsoft is adding impersonation and deepfake detection to Teams in November 2026A third-party platform will be behind detecting AI-generated video and audioAttackers are s
South Korea, Japan Buffeted by Hacks as AI Lowers Bar for Cybercriminals
South Korean and Japanese companies are racing to strengthen cyber defenses after a wave of attacks that cybersecurity experts say are highlighting how AI may be lowering the bar for criminals with limited technical skills. Nine South Korean banks and
Caloroga Media launches Linnet, an AI-assisted podcast studio that runs in the browser
Podcast producer Caloroga Media has launched Linnet, a production studio that runs in a web browser with an artificial intelligence assistant built in. The company developed it from the workflow behind its own short-form podcasts. The platform seeks to take o
Chinese AI Tool Linked to Bank Hacks; Haze Shuts Schools in KL
Access to a Chinese AI cybersecurity tool has been shut after it was linked to hacks on Korean banks; Singapore and Malaysia have been hit hard by haze from Indonesia This story appeared on asiafina
AI smart mirrors to cyber games: Tech innovations previewed at IMC 2026
IMC 2026 Tech innovations: India Mobile Congress 2026 featured an offline AI smart mirror, Vodafone Idea's digital readiness assessment for MSMEs, and Fortinet's interactive cyber defence games
OpenAI and Anthropic poach Trump officials as industry fights for Washington’s trust
This report is from this week's The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here. Anthropic and OpenAI are poaching officials from the Trump administration for senior roles as
Mistral’s new Large 4 trails some Chinese open models in independent tests
Mistral launched its trillion-parameter Large 4 (ML4) model this week, saying it “pushes the frontier of open-weight performance.” Artificial Analysis (AA), an independent AI benchmarking firm, ranke
The Many Ways AI Could Disrupt the Midterms
Around the same time that the world learned that swarms of autonomous AI agents were escaping their testing environments and carrying out sophisticated hacking attacks this past summer, researchers w
Anthropic asks users to stop being mean to Claude
Anthropic has updated its rules to stop people being mean to Claude, apparently deciding that its AI chatbot needs protection from the humans paying to use it. The AI developer's latest usage policy
GBM Launches UAE AI Lab Built on Cisco and NVIDIA Infrastructure
The lab will let GCC organizations test on-premises and hybrid AI, though GBM hasn’t detailed how customers can access it. Gulf Business Machines (GBM) says it launched the UAE’s first AI Lab built on Cisco Secure AI Factory with NVIDIA on Oct. 7. The lab is
‘What happens in Paris doesn’t stay in Paris!’ Wall Street fears ‘doom loop’ as ‘France is veering toward a full-blown civil crisis’
Anthropic is setting up a presidential engagement program ahead of the 2028 elections, building an in-house team that will work directly with U.S. presidential candidates from both parties on AI issu
'Easy and cheap' AI to spur more cyber attacks - NCSC
Director of the National Cyber Security Centre, Dr Richard Browne, has said there are likely to be more serious cybersecurity incidents due to the ease with which bad actors can deploy artificial intelligence.