On June 3, the European Union Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), functioning under the EU Data Protection Board, published preliminary guidelines for the use of generative AI by EU institutions in compliance with data protection regulations. Through the guidelines or orientations, the EDPS aims to offer practical advice to EU institutions,...

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has withdrawn the lawsuit against X (formerly Twitter) for the removal of videos of an alleged terrorist act against a Christian Bishop in Sydney. In April this year, the regulator asked X to remove the video, not just in the country but worldwide. The platform claims that it was informed that non-compliance with the...

The NIPL (NPCI International Payments Limited) has announced a partnership with the Central Reserve Bank of Peru (BCRP) to enable the deployment of a UPI-like real-time payments system in Peru. In a press release, NIPL stated that the partnership will enable BCRP to establish a payment platform in Peru, allowing instant payments between individuals...

The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-IN) flagged multiple high-severity security vulnerabilities in Google Chrome for Desktop on the 3rd of June, according to a vulnerability note published on its website. If successfully exploited, these vulnerabilities could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on a compromised system. The...

What’s the news: The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ordered that streaming services (like Netflix, Spotify, or Amazon Prime) making more than Can$25 million in annual contribution revenues and that are not affiliated with a Canadian broadcaster will have to pay a 5% levy. This levy would be used to fund local news on...

In a New York Times profile, an OpenAI whistleblower stated that Microsoft allowed an early version of ChatGPT’s model, GPT-4, to be tested on the Bing search engine in India before its launch globally. Microsoft has confirmed that it tested GPT-4, after denying allegations in the past. What did the whistleblower say? Daniel Kokotajlo,...