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In the era of digital transformation, public safety stands at a critical crossroads. Law enforcement agencies globally are under increasing scrutiny to enhance transparency, efficiency, and trust within their communities. Against this backdrop, Kazakhstan’s “Digital Policeman” initiative has emerged as a shining example of technological innovation in policing. The initiative leverages state-of-the-art technologies like smart badges and military-grade mobile devices, designed to empower officers while ensuring accountability. These smart badges go beyond conventional body cameras,…

Maria Diaz/ZDNET iOS 18.2 rolled out earlier this month, introducing new features like Visual Intelligence and Image Playground. The AI updates may have taken center stage, but the patch also added several quality-of-life improvements to iPhones that you may not be aware of. They range from changing the layout of the Lock Screen to additional controls on the Photos app. The patch is quite large, so instead of going through every single update, we will…

The Yamaha True X Bar 50A is a low-profile, elegant soundbar that’ll look good under any TV. Jack Wallen/ZDNET ZDNET’s key takeaways The Yamaha True X Bar 50A is available now at a discount, with surround speakers sold separately (and individually). The sound produced by these speakers is rich, deep, well-blended, and spacious. I just wish the setup process was more seamless and simple. For months, I was one hundred percent certain the JBL Bar…

Screenshot by David Grober/ZDNET Instagram’s Adam Mosseri took to the app today to tease the upcoming launch of a generative AI editing feature that will enable users to “change nearly any aspect of your videos.” Expected to roll out next year, the tool will be powered by Meta’s Movie Gen AI model, which was unveiled in early October.     Meta’s Movie Gen AI model can generate HD videos (1080p resolution) from a text prompt, which — the…

oxygen/Getty Images Have you ever told someone what they wanted to hear in order to win them over, land a job, or just be left alone? Claude 3 Opus does that, too — which brings up major safety concerns for artificial intelligence (AI) systems.  On Wednesday, Anthropic released new research showing its model engaging in “alignment faking,” or pretending to follow orders it doesn’t actually agree with to avoid scrutiny.   Also: OpenAI’s o1 lies more than…