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In a rare moment of political strange bedfellows, Senator Bernie Sanders and former White House strategist Steve Bannon have joined forces to demand greater government oversight of artificial intelligence. The two are calling for a pause on advanced AI development and urging the Trump administration to pursue an international agreement with China on the technology's trajectory.
Meanwhile, fintech giant Revolut is facing a serious security threat. A hacking group is demanding three million dollars in the cryptocurrency Monero, threatening to sell customer data if payment is not made within twenty four hours. The attackers appear to have specifically targeted Revolut customers with significant crypto holdings, raising fresh questions about the security risks facing digital banking platforms.
And in the world of programming languages, the upcoming C++ twenty six standard brings a meaningful change for developers. Trivial infinite loops will no longer be classified as undefined behaviour, closing a long standing gap between how programmers think their code works and how compilers are actually permitted to treat it. It is a quiet but consequential fix that reflects how standards bodies balance performance optimisation against predictability.
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