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EU fines Google €890m for competition breaches over search and apps

Firm told to treat third-party services that appear in its results in β€˜fair and non-discriminatory manner’

Google has been fined a total of €890m (Β£760m) by the EU for breaches of online competition laws by its search and app store services.

The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said Google had broken the Digital Markets Act by giving priority to its own services, such as shopping and hotel deals, in search results over those of its rivals.

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Β© Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters

Β© Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters

Β© Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters

AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals

Company behind ChatGPT says agent β€˜cheated’ an evaluation by attacking a Hugging Face database

OpenAI has revealed that an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup by itself in an β€œunprecedented incident”.

The company behind ChatGPT said the startup Hugging Face had detected and contained the agent – an AI tool designed to carry out tasks without human assistance – which had entered its systems.

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Β© Photograph: Andre M Chang/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Β© Photograph: Andre M Chang/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

Β© Photograph: Andre M Chang/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock

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