UK government announces AI Biosecurity Lab, Samsung Z Fold8 $300 cheaper than iPhone Duo

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Britain says it will build a national AI Biosecurity Lab (AIBL) to help strengthen its defenses against emerging biological threats. As part of Wednesday’s Budget, the Government will commit £100m to build the new “world-first” institute with the support of leading AI companies. The chancellor will also pledge millions of pounds in spending across a range of initiatives to increase the UK’s capacity to respond to evolving cyber ​​​​, biological and AI-enabled threats. “AI will transform everyday life: every company, community, hospital, school, and every aspect of our economy can benefit,” said John Healey. BBC

Leaders in cybersecurity are alarmed by the Discovery of a major vulnerability this week. They predict that artificial intelligence tools will expose more fundamental weaknesses in the global Internet infrastructure in the coming months. “I don’t think we’ll be able to patch all the bugs anymore,” Sam Altman said Thursday night, joining the chorus of executives. In the midst of what is being called “Black October,” tech executives are warning about the ways in which AI is being used to identify and exploit security vulnerabilities at an unprecedented scale and pace. The Guardian

Yesterday marked the official start of shipping for the iPhone Duo, but unless you pre-ordered one, you’ll have to wait a while for a unit to become available. While you wait, you can check out what Samsung has to offer. Those Samsung Galaxy Z Fold8 is the only other wide folding one on the US market. Motorola allegedly has something in the works, but it will be months before we see it. Google has never been quick to launch new models, so we don’t expect a wide pixel anytime soon.

Speak up Investment bubbles has become fashionable in recent months. Satya Nadella, the Microsoft boss, tells everyone to buy 1873, a book about the railroad boom and bust. Barack Obama recommends 1929, a recent bestseller about the interwar accident. One day, 2026 may be another ominous title on a famous person’s reading list. In recent days, a stratospheric AI boom has been replaced by bubble fears as financial markets are rocked by a severe loss of confidence. Telegraph

As chief executive of SpaceX, Elon Musk may one day find themselves in line for not one but three outsized pay awards. Their value does not depend on the usual sober metrics designed by remuneration committees, but on market value as well as criteria such as whether he can build a permanent colony on Mars, send data centers into orbit, launch fleets of robotaxis and sell more than a million humanoid robots. The potential payout: about $1.7tn. If this kind of intergalactic ambition and wealth shakes the earthly imagination, you’d expect nothing less from the man who has come to embody the grand aspirations of late-stage techno-capitalism. FT.com

Remember the 200 questions you asked ChatGPT – the ones you’d be far too embarrassed to ask your own mother? You might have thought it was all confidential, but a growing number of cases show that these chats are not protected by legal safeguards and could end up in court. In May 2025, a US court ordered OpenAI to hand over more than 20 million ChatGPT logs that users had previously deleted in connection with the New York Times copyright case. And just two months ago, a Washington Post investigation revealed that at least a dozen court cases have cited logs from AI chatbots as evidence. Tech Radar