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The vote – passed with overwhelming support – comes ahead of his final appeal against US extradition. Source link

In the UK, Graeme Biggar, head of the National Crime Agency, said in December that he wanted to see tougher sentences for offenders who possess child abuse imagery, adding that AI abuse imagery “matters, because we assess that the viewing of these images – whether real or AI-generated – materially increases the risk of offenders moving on to sexually abusing children themselves”. Source link

Spencer Lamb, chief commercial officer at British data centre developer Kao Data, doesn’t view nuclear-powered facilities in the UK as being something imminent. “I’ve heard about SMRs, but it will take a long time to deploy a nuclear-configured data centre in the UK, and AI is happening now,” he says. Source link

Anthony Albanese is the first Australian prime minister to get engaged while in office. Source link

The White House said the threat is not imminent and will brief congressional leaders on Thursday. Source link

An exhibition will show 10 glass gems out of 350 items that have been recovered by the museum. Source link

Two armed people are in custody following the gunfire in Kansas City, Missouri. Source link

Students can have food delivered by robots under a trial project under way at University of Edinburgh. Known as Pixie, the autonomous vehicles can travel along private roads on campus. Students at the university’s King’s Building are able to order up food or drinks using an app. The project hopes to demonstrate the potential for autonomous vehicles in other settings such as airports or the NHS.But, how close are we to that as a reality? BBC Scotland News visited the University of Edinburgh, where a team of scientists have developed an autonomous food delivery robot. Source link

Jewish audience members at comedian Paul Currie’s show say they felt “unsafe” and “threatened”. Source link

According to a statement from Russian customs, the man explained he had bought the cannabis gummies in Germany, where they can be used for medical purposes, and uses them on long flights to help him sleep. He had come to Russia from Hamburg, flying via Istanbul, to visit a woman he had met online. Source link