US President Donald Trump's administration has unveiled a comprehensive plan to strengthen export controls and enforcement, focusing on advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence. The plan aims to enhance national security by regulating the sale of sensitive technologies to countries like China and Russia.
Two leading accounting bodies, Ernst & Young and the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, have called for firms to assess their artificial intelligence systems due to increasing country-wide AI policy initiatives. The move comes as more countries establish regulations on AI use.
A senior advocate has expressed concerns about the lack of clarity in handling AI-related complaints, citing the need for specialized cyber experts and a preliminary investigation before filing a case. Azad Rahman notes that regular law enforcement lacks technical expertise to handle such cases effectively, and the legal process is too complicated for victims to navigate easily.
CAS SciFinder has integrated advanced AI with its human-curated scientific knowledge database, empowering researchers to work faster and innovate. The new SearchSense feature uses natural language queries to provide accurate answers, while AI-enabled summaries help users quickly interpret results. CAS SciFinder's platform learns from user activity to personalize results, ensuring security and efficiency. A real-time, interactive synthetic planning tool slashes the time needed for generating synthetic plans from minutes to seconds, increasing efficiency and creativity in reaction planning and optimization. The company has developed a new AI approach for scientific intelligence that provides accurate and reliable answers, trusted by scientists. SearchSense offers natural language questions with a single field, providing summaries with key information extracted quickly. 93% of beta testers believe the new features improve efficiency. The platform learns from user activities to personalize results and optimize future searches. An interactive real-time planning tool for synthesis reduces planning time from minutes to seconds, allowing for faster workflows and increased creativity. AI-powered search engine provides better interpretation of reaction requests, offering unparalleled accuracy and precision within the largest curated reactions database. CAS has expanded SciFinder with IP connections, visualization tools, and patent details to address IP research needs. The KI algorithm compares relevant patents and non-patent publications from any text input to provide reliable prioritization and reduce time and investment waste.
AI Search Tools Gain Ground on Google in US Browsers
8.4.25
The use of AI-powered search tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity has surged in the US, with desktop browser searches favoring these tools by 5.6%, more than doubling from last year. Among early adopters who started using large language models in 2024, nearly 40% of their browser visits now go to AI search tools, while traditional search engines' share dropped from 76% to 61%.
Airbnb Hosts Exploit AI-Generated Photos with Ease
8.4.25
Airbnb's ease of accepting AI-generated images has raised concerns about the potential for hosts to manipulate evidence, with a security expert stating that the barrier to forging photos and videos has never been lower due to affordable and accessible software.
Andrew Tulloch, a University of Sydney graduate from Perth, was offered $1 billion by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to buy AI start-up Thinking Machines Lab, co-founded by himself. However, he rejected the offer and instead joined OpenAI, the research organisation behind ChatGPT, before re-forming Thinking Machines Lab with former colleagues this year.
Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, acknowledged that Siri is a topic he receives frequent questions about, as the company makes progress in integrating more AI capabilities into the virtual assistant. The goal is to create a more personalized and private Siri experience, with features like live translation and "workout buddies" set to arrive next year. Apple is significantly increasing its investments in AI, including potential acquisitions, such as Perplexity AI, which offers an AI-powered search engine with shopping and payments services. Cook stated that the company is open to acquiring bigger companies to accelerate its roadmap, but noted that it has been focusing on smaller firms this year.
BigID has introduced AI TRiSM, a new integrated set of controls that empowers organizations to govern AI usage, detect emerging threats, and validate data integrity. The platform unifies three capabilities: AI Data Trust, which validates training and inference data; AI Risk Assessment, which quantifies exposure across infrastructure, data, and vendors; and AI Security Posture Management (SPM), which detects unauthorized GenAI use and prevents data exfiltration. Unlike existing tools that only provide visibility, BigID's AI TRiSM enables continuous monitoring, remediation workflows, and policy enforcement based on model behavior, data sensitivity, and organizational requirements.