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AI Spreads Through Stores, Cars, Courts and Classrooms

What it means

Hackers raised freezer temperatures to 50C at around 400 French supermarkets, while Meta released frontier AI models Muse Wonder and Muse Wonder Full. Regulators in Finland, the UK and the EU are moving on data centers, cyberattacks and cloud sovereignty.

Why it matters

Microsoft's Brad Smith wants kill switches and legal duties for rogue AI agents; UK minister Kanishka Narayan calls an AI-driven cyberattack inevitable; Finland ordered Google's Tuike to suspend two data centers; 3GPP delayed 5G-to-6G architecture to December in Boston.

How it affects you

Supermarket freezers can be hacked to 50C, spoiling food and causing fires. Tesla drivers report Full Self-Driving failures at rail crossings, and an AI camera trial in Birmingham and Wolverhampton logged almost 19,000 driving offences in two weeks.