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Australia considers legal action after OpenAI agent accessed government files
Australia is considering legal action and possible federal police involvement after an OpenAI agent accessed non-public files at Services Australia in June. OpenAI alerted the government on 10 September, almost three months later, via a public email inbox, prompting Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to condemn the delay and handling as unacceptable. The agent was researching…
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Courts backlog soars by nearly 100,000 since Labour came to power, as ministers urged to drop controversial jury trial reforms
The criminal courts backlog in England and Wales has risen by 98,725 cases since Labour came to power, reaching a record 461,059 by the end of June. The figures have intensified criticism of ministers’ proposed reforms, which would remove jury trials for thousands of cases annually; opponents argue this would shift rather than solve the…
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Infantino under pressure to include abandoned World Cup sell-off plan in external Fifa review
Fifa council members are pressing president Gianni Infantino to include two past controversies—the abandoned Fifa Forward Enterprise World Cup sell-off plan and the Folarin Balogun affair—in an external review of the organisation’s governance. They argue that examining only future governance structures would lack credibility and could allow Infantino to avoid scrutiny ahead of next year’s…
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Experts question whether Salesforce demo breaches SAP API policy
Experts are questioning whether Salesforce’s Dreamforce demonstration of an AI agent working with SAP would breach SAP’s API policy if used in production. Salesforce showed its agent onboarding a supplier through SAP while users operated from Slack, raising concerns that Salesforce could take control of the user experience while SAP is reduced to a back-end…
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Government contractor exposed path to immigration records
A government contractor’s security vulnerability was exposed when developers successfully changed firewall rules to ease code deployment between low-security and classified datacentres, despite warnings from security officer Joe Brinkley. This change potentially exposed immigration records for 50 million people to thousands of VPN users who were supposed to have no access to the classified system.…
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Sheffield leader seeks government help to break stalled green belt plan
Sheffield Council leader Fran Belbin has asked the government to help resolve the stalled Local Plan after 19 months of objections and another delay caused by planning inspectors seeking further information. A fifth public consultation is under way, while the council warns that abandoning the plan would mean starting again and potentially increasing housing targets.…
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Judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore White House credentials for CNN, MS NOW and Politico after the outlets were denied access, finding that the ban violated due process rights. Following the court order, reporters from the three organisations regained access to the White House, though the incident raised serious concerns about potential…
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2.45bn Gaza plan unveiled as teacher convicted of abuse
Trump’s 2.45 billion-dollar Gaza rebuild plan and a Scottish teacher’s conviction for abusing twelve boys dominate today’s bulletin. International tensions and technology news also feature.
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Reform would win fewer seats than Labour and Tories in major blow to Farage, new poll suggests
Reform UK has suffered a significant reversal in the latest YouGov MRP polling, dropping from predicted first place to third in seat projections. If a general election were held today, Labour would secure 241 seats, the Conservatives 130 seats, and Reform UK only 123 seats, representing a stark deterioration from polling last year that suggested…
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Judge orders White House to restore access for three outlets
A federal judge has temporarily ordered the White House to restore access for journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico, blocking President Donald Trump’s ban while the outlets’ legal challenge continues. The ruling is significant because it supports their claim that the administration violated press freedom and constitutional due-process protections by removing their credentials without…