Reuters
South Africa has unveiled a draft national AI policy, including plans to establish a National AI Commission, an AI Ethics Board, and an AI Regulatory Authority to coordinate policy, enforce ethical standards, monitor compliance, and provide mechanisms for redress and compensation in cases of AI-related harm. The government also intends to create incentives such as tax breaks, grants, and subsidies to encourage private-sector collaboration, as well as to reduce the country's "current hardware dependence on the U.S. and China."
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Reuters (04/10/26) Nqobile Dludla
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Gov.UK
The U.K. recently hosted a summit of the Quantum Development Group, bringing together 13 nations to strengthen cooperation on advancing quantum technologies. Delegates agreed to focus on research and investment security, supply chain resilience, and the development of global standards to support safe innovation and industry growth. The meeting follows the U.K.’s £2-billion commitment to quantum development.
From "Leading Quantum Nations to Boost Cooperation Following U.K. Summit"
Gov.UK (04/08/26)
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MIT News
ACM Fellow Jack Dennis, who pioneered the development of dataflow models of computation, died on March 14 at age 94. Dennis collaborated with the teams behind both Project MAC and Multics, working to allow multiple users to work with a single computer seemingly simultaneously. He formed the Computation Structures Group within MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, where he recalled he “focused on architectural concepts that could narrow the acknowledged gap between programming concepts and the organization of computer hardware.”
From "Jack Dennis, Pioneering Developer of Dataflow Models, Dies at 94"
MIT News (04/10/26) Jane Halpern
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CBS News
A Boston Consulting Group (BCG) study predicts 50% to 55% of U.S. jobs will be reshaped and 10% to 15% replaced over the next three to five years due to AI. BCG's Matthew Kropp said business leaders should concentrate on re-skilling workers and using AI to augment them. Kropp called software engineering the "poster child" of jobs that will see increased demand as AI helps lower costs.
From "AI Will Affect More Than Half of All U.S. Jobs, Analysis Finds"
CBS News (04/07/26) Megan Cerullo
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BBC News
A ballerina with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis was able to perform again after her brainwaves were used to power an avatar live on-stage in Amsterdam. Breanna Olson wore an electroencephalogram (EEG) headset developed by Japanese firms Dentsu Lab and NTT, which captured her brain activity and motor signals associated with imagining certain dance movements. An interface translated the signals into computer instructions that conveyed to her avatar the movements she wanted it to perform in real time.
From "Disabled Dancer Performs on Stage Through Digital Avatar"
BBC News (04/10/26) Mark Lobeland; Liv McMahon
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BleepingComputer
Code for a zero-day exploit has been released for an unpatched Windows privilege escalation flaw, allowing attackers to gain system or elevated administrator permissions. A security researcher on April 3 published a GitHub repository for the BlueHammer vulnerability, expressing frustration at how Microsoft addressed the security issue when it was disclosed. A Microsoft spokesperson said the company “has a customer commitment to investigate reported security issues and update impacted devices to protect customers as soon as possible.”
From "Disgruntled Researcher Leaks BlueHammer Windows Zero-Day Exploit"
BleepingComputer (04/07/26) Bill Toulas
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