Tech News

Six months after call for AI pause, are we closer to disaster?

Tech leaders signed an open letter calling for a pause to AI experiments but have their warnings been heeded?

21/09/2023

Tech News

Journalists use AI but are concerned about the ethics of it - survey

A new report on the use of AI in journalism found that more than 60 per cent of respondents were concerned about its ethical implications.

20/09/2023

Tech News

EU rules put to the test as Europeans fear tech’s impact on democracy

Democracy activists say the EU’s Digital Services Act faces its first real ‘road test’ amid worries about tech’s impact on democracy.

20/09/2023

Work

This Polish company is trialling an AI-powered CEO to run its business

The "always on" AI CEO is tasked with identifying clients for their high-end collectible rums as well as choosing artists to design custom bottles.

19/09/2023

Tech News

Musk calls for AI 'referee' as tech moguls gather for forum

The heads of some of the biggest tech companies, including X, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet and OpenAI, gathered to discuss AI policy in Washington DC.

14/09/2023

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Here’s how big businesses are using generative AI to get ahead

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As more and more organisations begin to dip their toes into the fast-growing pool of generative AI resources, the early adopters are already swimming lengths.

13/09/2023

Work

Nearly half of Europeans expect AI to 'significantly' impact their job

A new survey reveals European workers’ attitudes towards AI - with nearly half expecting a major impact on their working lives within the next year.

13/09/2023

Culture news

D-Cup, A-Bomb: Barbenheimer mash-up film coming to cinemas

As 'Barbie' hits streaming services today, 2023 is not done with the Barbenheimer phenomenon just yet...

12/09/2023

Tech News

Pulitzer winner among authors suing ChatGPT over copyright claims

OpenAI has previously argued that copyrighted material scraped from the Internet to train its AI chatbot ChatGPT is fair use of content.

12/09/2023

Tech News

Nvidia's dominance in AI chips detering investment in rival start-ups

Record sales of AI chips has seen Nvidia become of the big fish of the Big Tech world. For semiconductor start-ups, it means investors are going cold.

11/09/2023

Tech News

What are governments doing to try to regulate AI?

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) has provoked calls for urgent regulation. This is what some countries are doing or plan to do.

11/09/2023

Mobility

Massages and AI counselling: Will autonomous cars help with self-care?

LG presented a vision of what autonomous vehicles (AVs) could be like in the future - and it’s all about having more "me time" on the move.

10/09/2023

Tech News

From Midjourney to DALL·E 2: The best AI tools for image generation

The capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) image generation tools have grown at a terrifying pace. These are some of the best on the market.

08/09/2023

Tech News

First guide on AI in education recommends age limit of 13

The report found that schools around the world are largely unprepared for the use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) in education.

07/09/2023

Health news

'We need to make sure AI does not harm,' says WHO's Europe director

The World Health Organization (WHO) this week hosted an event looking into how the healthcare industry is being shaped by digital technology.

07/09/2023

Tech News

Could computers someday function with real brains?

A growing field of research known as organoid intelligence is trying to reproduce the human brain to take over AI and more.

05/09/2023

Tech News

'Hypnotising' AI chatbots: ChatGPT can be taught to give risky advice

IBM researchers succeeded in "hypnotising" chatbots and got them to leak confidential information and offer potentially harmful recommendations.

04/09/2023

Tech News

Need to know CPR in a hurry? Don't bother asking AI voice assistants

A study looked at how popular AI voice assistants responded to questions a user might have regarding cardiac arrest. You'd be better calling medics.

30/08/2023

World News

Euroviews. AI could be the great equaliser the less well-off parts of Europe need

AI can undoubtedly be a force for good in Eastern Europe, which has historically lagged behind the more affluent western countries of the continent, Cristian Gherasim writes.

29/08/2023

Health news

New brain-computer interfaces help paralysed patients to speak again

Two “groundbreaking” brain-computer interfaces are being tested on paralysed people who lost the ability to speak.

28/08/2023