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Hong Kong Privacy Commission Publishes Personal Data Protection Framework for Ai Users
With the launch of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in November 2022, one of the hot buzzwords is “artificial intelligence” (“AI”). Recently, more and more companies, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, purchase AI solutions from vendors and developers, in order to adopt AI into their operations….By: BCLP
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[Audio] Spotlight on Lightmatter, the Photonic (Super) Computing Company Ready to Power the AI Revolution
Artificial intelligence has extraordinary potential, but it also presents a number of daunting challenges. One is the high energy consumption of the computer chips required to drive the programs. Lightmatter is developing unique photonic technologies that reconstruct how computer chips calculate and communicate, allowing data to move at much higher speeds than is possible today.…
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Kovack Financial Provides Notice of Third-Party Data Breach Leaking Consumer SSNs
On July 9, 2024, Kovack Financial filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Maine after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access sensitive information on its computer network. In this notice, Kovack Financial explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able to access consumers’ sensitive information,…
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Fellowship Village Notifies Consumers of August 2023 Data Breach Leaking Their SSNs
On July 1, 2024, Fellowship Village filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that an unauthorized party was able to access its network for a period of nearly two weeks in 2023. In this notice, Fellowship Village explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party being able…
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Medibase Data Breach Leaks Staten Island University Hospital Patient Info
On July 5, 2024, Medibase Group, Inc. (“Medibase”) filed a notice of data breach with the Attorney General of Massachusetts after discovering that information belonging to patients of Staten Island University Hospital was compromised in a data breach targeting Medibase’s IT network. In this notice, Medibase explains that the incident resulted in an unauthorized party…
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Georgia Court of Appeals Confirms “First Sale” as Used in Statute of Repose Refers to Sale of First Unit of Repeatedly Purchased Products
Georgia’s product liability statute of repose requires actions to be commenced within 10 years of “the date of the first sale for use or consumption” of the product at issue. OCGA § 51-1-11(b)(2) (emphasis added). While the concept of “first sale” is clear and intuitive in the context of a product that may be sold…
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Middle East Crisis: Israel Urges Gaza City Residents to Evacuate, Calling It a ‘Combat Zone’
The Israeli military told Palestinians across the city to move south through four “safe corridors,” a sign that the renewed fighting there would likely continue.
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Three West African Countries Exit Regional ECOWAS Bloc
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger are withdrawing from a 49-year-old regional alliance that has allowed goods and nearly 400 million people to travel freely across a tightly connected region.
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Defeated by A.I., a Legend in the Board Game Go Warns: Get Ready for What’s Next
Lee Saedol was one of the world’s top Go players, and his shocking loss to an A.I. opponent was a harbinger of a new, unsettling era. “It may not be a happy ending,” he says.
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Rwanda Says It Doesn’t Have to Repay UK for Scrapped Migration Plan
Britain gave Rwanda hundreds of millions of pounds, even though no asylum seekers were deported to the Central African nation under the agreement.
