AGP Executive Report
Last update: 7 hours agoDigital Resilience: At an ITU conference in Doha, Malaysia urged stronger telecom protections for ports, railways and other economic hubs, warning outages could disrupt global supply chains. The country is also preparing a post-quantum cryptography plan and shared testing programme. Online Safety: Meta has expanded AI age estimation worldwide on Instagram to identify teens using false adult birthdays and place them in more restricted Teen Accounts; experts question how much protection the tool will provide. Science Funding: Scientific groups and researchers sued to block the closure of a National Science Foundation directorate that supports research in fields including psychology, neuroscience and economics. AI Infrastructure: Microsoft is pressing the U.S. administration not to ban new Chinese optical transceivers used in data centers, arguing restrictions could slow construction as officials weigh security risks. Research Computing: AMD and Cornelis expanded their collaboration on high-performance computing and AI systems for scientific research, with Germany’s GWDG deploying a new supercomputer.
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