Naveed Ahmad

Sections of B.C.’s involuntary care rules found unconstitutional

The B.C. government is facing another major setback from the courts. The latest ruling finds sections of the Mental Health Act that allowed for “involuntary care” for people with severe mental health and substance issues are unconstitutional. The Council of Canadians with Disabilities challenged B.C.’s approach to involuntary psychiatric treatment, arguing it violated charter rights….

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Nakashima ousts high seed de Minaur

Nakashima ousts high seed de Minaur

American Brandon Nakashima celebrates after defeating top-seeded defending champion Alex de Minaur of Australia within the Washington Open quarter-finals. Photograph: AFP WASHINGTON: Defending champion Alex de Minaur and second-seeded Ben Shelton have been bounced out of the Washington Open on Friday as upsets marked the quarter-finals of the mixed ATP and WTA occasion. Prime-seeded Aussie…

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Nobody Knows if OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s AI Hacking Sprees Are Illegal

Who is legally responsible when agentic AI goes rogue, and what recourse do victims have when they’ve been breached by joyriding models? Great question. In the wake of disclosures from both OpenAI and Anthropic that versions of their models escaped containment during internal cybersecurity experiments and hacked real-world organizations, calls for government regulation of AI…

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MiniMax Releases MiniMax H3: An Omni-Modal Video Model That Generates 15-Second 2K Clips With Native Stereo Audio

MiniMax releases MiniMax H3, a general-purpose multimodal generation model. MiniMax H3 is not a text-to-video model with add-ons. MiniMax describes it as a general-purpose multimodal generation model that reads text, images, video, and audio as one unified context and returns video with native stereo sound. The mains specs include: 2K output, 4–15 seconds, integer durations…

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FIFA scraps private investment plan

FIFA President Gianni Infantino says the global football governing body is scrapping a controversial proposal to allow private investment in marquee events. Photo: AFP/File PARIS: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said on Saturday he has scrapped a plan to allow private investment in the World Cup following fierce backlash from football officials worldwide. “Our purpose has…

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