NHS service admits data breach due to pager use
The sensitive medical data of transplant patients from across the UK was routinely sent over an unencrypted pager network, an NHS service has admitted. A BBC investigation found NHS Blood…
Unemployed young people to join AI boot camps to get job-ready
Young people out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK are to join “AI boot camps” where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the…
Nudify apps available on Apple store allow users to create rape and sexual assault videos
Exclusive: Campaigners say app creators are allowing women and children to be violated, abused and harmed AI “nudification” apps allowing users to upload their own photos to generate depictions of…
Met police incapable of change, says mother of murdered sisters after Simon Levy case
The Metropolitan police does not take all cases of violence against women seriously and “decides who matters”, the mother of two murdered women has said. Mina Smallman, whose daughters Bibaa…
Oxford Street shoppers to have faces scanned by controversial technology
LFR has been widely criticised by human rights groups, with one organisation describing the rollout as an escalation in routine public surveillance Oxford Street is set to be monitored by…
Woman found dead in tent at popular techno festival in Norfolk
Medical team could not save woman found unconscious at Houghton Festival Police are investigating the death of a woman who was found dead in her tent at a popular techno…
Senior detective under investigation over use of AI
A senior detective is being investigated over potential artificial intelligence-related gross misconduct. The Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) said it had started investigating the officer after they were referred…
Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves
Children in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses, as a safety watchdog warned AI is making such content easier to produce. The Report…
Data breach investigation into Minnie Merriman’s medical records
NHS Tayside is investigating an alleged data breach into the medical records of a nine-year-old girl at the centre of a murder probe. Minnie Merriman, from West Yorkshire, died at…
Boardmasters Festival: Police defend controversial live facial recognition technology used on thousands of attendees
Devon and Cornwall Police will use the technology for the first time at Boardmasters Festival in Newquay this weekend A police force using live facial recognition at a young persons’…