Tech News All consuming ChatGPT: How does AI impact the environment? Three clicks to write a play or create a website: artificial intelligence systems (AI) may seem like magic, but their functions aren't environmentally neutral. 01/11/2023
Culture news The Collins Word of the Year 2023 is... The Word of the Year reflects the preoccupations of the time... 01/11/2023
Tech News Everything you need to know about the UK’s AI safety summit The UK prime minister hopes the artificial intelligence (AI) summit will push the country onto the world stage of AI but it may be more of a follower rather than a leader. 01/11/2023
Tech News China’s Alibaba upgrades its AI model to challenge Amazon, Microsoft Alibaba upgrades AI model with the aim of being “the most open cloud in the era of AI.” 31/10/2023
Tech News I wanted to become friends with an AI. Here's what I learned Do friendships with an artificial intelligence (AI) only exist in science fiction? We tested a virtual companion app to explore human-machine relationships. 31/10/2023
Tech News Biden makes new rules for AI over safety concerns US president Joe Biden signs order to guide the development of AI. 30/10/2023
Tech News Does artificial intelligence have a gender? Yes and no Certain types of AI, like digital assistants, often have so-called feminine characteristics. Why do programmers make this choice and what are the consequences? 30/10/2023
Tech News AI’s threat to authors a hot topic at the Frankfurt Book Fair Authors such as Salman Rushdie grappled with the potential threat to human writing posed by artificial intelligence (AI). 30/10/2023
Culture news Shoppable TV ads to be tested for first time in Australia Australians will soon be able to try buying goods directly related to the TV programmes they are watching, and if successful the practice could be headed for mainland Europe. Shoppable adverts are already used by many US-based TV companies and increasingly in the UK. 29/10/2023
Tech News Big Tech results: Is AI investment fuelling a comeback? Cloud services are turning tech companies around after last year’s slump. But the same can't be said for Google's parent company Alphabet. 27/10/2023
Tech News How humanitarian organisations are investing in AI to save lives AI supporting social solidarity? UNICEF and Médecins Sans Frontières are harnessing it to save lives. Find out how technology is supporting humanitarian work. 27/10/2023
Tech News UN appoints AI panel on international governance to advise on risks The potential harms of AI include misinformation and disinformation, as well as bias, fraud, and violation of human rights, the head of the UN said. 27/10/2023
Culture news The ‘final’ Beatles song, 'Now And Then,' to be released next week 'Now And Then' comes out on 2 November... 27/10/2023
Culture news Are The Beatles about to release their ‘final’ song? Could the mysterious casette tape projections onto famous Beatles landmarks be teasing the band’s 'final' song? 26/10/2023
Tech News UK in no rush to regulate AI, Sunak says ahead of AI safety summit The UK says it will establish the world’s first AI safety institute to prevent the technology escaping human control. 26/10/2023
Work Facing redundancy: Which jobs will be lost due to AI? ChatGPT, DALL-E, Midjourney... these revolutionary new tools may well wipe out certain jobs tasks, or even whole professions. Which are under threat? 26/10/2023
Tech News AI-generated child sexual abuse images could soon flood the Internet The already concerning rise in child sexual abuse imagery on the Internet could worsen unless measures are taken, a watchdog has warned. 25/10/2023
Tech News The history of AI: From Alan Turing to ChatGPT In the first episode of our AI 101 series, explore the history of AI. Discover how it took off: from Alan Turing's test to the advent of ChatGPT. 25/10/2023
Art Anish Kapoor on Vantablack ownership and artificial intelligence We sat down with British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor for the opening of his new major exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence. 25/10/2023
The Cube Israel-Hamas: How an AI photo of a baby duped social media users The war between Israel and Hamas has generated so much false or misleading information online that even fact-checkers and analysts are having a tough time keeping up. Social media is flooded with misleading posts and artificial intelligence is making things worse. 24/10/2023