Swedish government proposes bill to allow police to use AI face-recognition
By Reuters March 20, 2025 6:25 AM MDT STOCKHOLM, March 20 (Reuters) – Swedish police should be allowed to use real-time, AI-powered face-recognition to combat crime, Sweden’s government proposed on Thursday, as it seeks new tools to stop sometimes violent offences rocking the Nordic country in recent years. The proposed law would allow the police…
AI offers ‘generational opportunity’ for schools
Richard Price A group of teachers has discussed how artificial intelligence (AI) might play a part in classrooms during an event held in Stoke-on-Trent. Organized by the Good Future Foundation, it was hosted by Belgrave St Bartholomew’s Academy, and also attended by Stoke-on-Trent South MP Allison Gardner. More than 40 teachers attended the full-day session,…
The Future of Learning: Positive Applications of AI in Education
Written by: Faulkner Online Will AI replace teachers? Absolutely not! Teachers make countless critical decisions every day and play an essential role in both education and the community. Technology is ever-evolving, and the reality is this: students are already using AI. So why not embrace it? By familiarizing ourselves with AI—a tool we know students…
The ethics of AI and how they affect you
A whole new range of roles will be required to handle ethics, governance and compliance, all of which are going to gain enormous value and importance to organizations. Probably the most essential of these will be an AI Ethics Specialist, who will be required to ensure Agentic AI systems meet ethical standards like fairness and…
The Rise of AI-Generated Fraud
AI is being exploited to bypass traditional security measures. Voice cloning can deceive voice recognition systems, while deepfakes create convincingly realistic fake videos and images to bypass visual verification. Fraudsters can even purchase complete synthetic identities, including forged documents and cloned biometrics, to establish long-term fraudulent accounts. This poses significant challenges for financial institutions and…
How AI is reshaping copyright law and what it means for the news industry
By: Gretel Kahn 30th January 2025 At the 2024 Trust Conference in London, several speakers expressed their discomfort with their intellectual property being scrapped by AI companies without any compensation, permission or credit. “We don’t want to create a situation where all the [journalistic] risk is on the content producers and all the profit is…