The Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) is expected to impose a fine exceeding €500 million on TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance, for unlawfully transferring European user data to China for analysis. This is anticipated to be the third largest GDPR fine, following Meta’s €1.2 billion and Amazon’s
The AI 2027 report, published on 3 April 2025 under the leadership of former OpenAI researcher Daniel Kokotajlo, presents a detailed roadmap of the accelerating development of artificial intelligence. It predicts that by the end of 2027, AI systems will surpass human capabilities, potentially leading to a severe international crisis
Manus, the general artificial intelligence agent developed by the Wuhan-based Butterfly Effect startup and debuted in early March 2025, has gained global attention with praise from influential tech personalities such as Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Victor Mustar, Head of Product at Hugging Face. The platform, which describes itself as
In February 2025, the OECD released its report titled "Towards a Common Reporting Framework for AI Incidents", which proposes a unified international system for reporting and monitoring artificial intelligence-related events. This initiative responds to growing risks such as discrimination, data protection violations, and security issues. The report defines
Amazon Web Services (AWS) introduced its new Automated Reasoning Checks tool in December 2024, which relies on mathematical logic to check and verify the accuracy of responses generated by artificial intelligence. Automated reasoning is a branch of symbolic artificial intelligence that traces back approximately 2,000 years to the mathematical
The New York Times officially introduced AI tools in its newsroom in February 2025, which assist staff in creating summaries, editing, coding, and writing. The newspaper announced via an internal email that both product development and editorial staff will receive AI training, and they have introduced an internal AI tool
Google removed its previous policy prohibiting the use of artificial intelligence for weapons purposes in February 2025, coinciding with the release of its annual Responsible AI report. The company's new AI principles are built on three main pillars: bold innovation, responsible development and deployment, and progress based on
The first international AI safety report was published on 29th January 2025 by 96 international experts led by Yoshua Bengio, documenting artificial intelligence's social, economic, and environmental impacts with concrete data. The document jointly endorsed at the 2023 Bletchley Park AI Safety Summit provides a scientific foundation for
The European Commission established the EU Artificial Intelligence Office (AI Office) in January 2024, which began operations with a team of 140 experts. The office plays a key role in implementing the EU AI Act - the world's first comprehensive AI regulatory framework - with a special focus
Singapore announced comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) governance initiatives in Paris on February 11, 2025, during the AI Action Summit (AIAS). The measures, outlined by Minister for Digital Development and Information Josephine Teo, aim to increase the safety of AI applications for Singaporean and global users, responding to the cross-border nature
