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UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s speech on Monday insisting that tech companies create device controls to somehow block children from viewing or creating sexually explicit imagery has raised alarms among CISOs, who worry that the same technology could undermine enterprise security. Starmer gave tech firms three months to create and implement such restrictions voluntarily, at which point he said he would push for legislation to make it mandatory. Behind the technical and logistical hurdles for tech firms to clear, such as how a device would determine that an image was inappropriate, and how it could reliably determine the subject’s age, is the issue of whether this process would interfere with encryption protections for enterprises worldwide. And that comes down to whether the required data analysis happens on the device or in the cloud. Starmer did not go into a lot of detail, preferring to let technology companies craft their own plans, but in this case the details matter. Analysts a
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US embassy came out against UK’s proposed under-16 social media ban, which would affect American firms White House displeasure over the prospect of an under-16 social media ban will not deter the UK from cracking down on tech platforms, the British government has said. The technology secretary, Liz Kendall, told the Guardian she was not concerned “in the slightest” by the Trump administration’s intervention in the debate over restrictions, after the US embassy in London posted a notice warning against a ban. Continue reading...
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Insider Brief The British government has announced a £1.1 billion AI Hardware Plan to bolster the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure, semiconductor development and advanced computing capabilities. Unveiled at London Tech Week, the initiative combines investments in supercomputing, chip development, startup funding and workforce training as the government seeks to back British companies building what it […]
