Tech News AI image-generators being trained on explicit photos of children In a new study, the Stanford Internet Observatory found more than 3,200 images of suspected child sexual abuse in the giant AI database LAION. 20/12/2023
Europe News Pornhub among porn sites to be policed by strict EU digital rules Pornhub, Stripchat and XVideos will need to abide by the European Union's strictest digital regulations after they were designated "very large online platforms" (VLOPs) by the EU executive on Wednesday. 20/12/2023
Tech News These AI-powered headphones let you choose which noises to filter out Deep learning technology could help you filter out unwanted background noises while keeping the ones you like. 20/12/2023
My Wildest Prediction Capitalism as we know it is over, so what comes next? It’s the most wonderful time of the year for retailers. With Christmas around the corner, shopping soars: groceries and drinks for dinners, toys, electronics for gifts, and clothes for events. It seems wild not to believe that capitalism is in perfect health... 20/12/2023
Tech News AI robot wins against human for first time in mental and physical task While AI has beaten chess grandmasters in previous man-versus-machine experiments, it has never been able to test its physical ability too. 19/12/2023
Tech News OpenAI gives its board the power to veto potentially harmful AI The potential dangers of generative AI are a concern to the public, politicians and AI researchers. 19/12/2023
Business Apple to stop some watch sales in US over patent dispute Apple announced on Monday that it was suspending the sale of two of its watch models in the United States after being accused of copying blood-monitoring technology. 19/12/2023
Europe News Brussels launches legal action against Musk's X over illegal content The European Commission has launched legal action against social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, under its landmark law for online platforms, the Digital Services Act (DSA). 18/12/2023
Tech News 'Potentially disastrous': Tech sector says the EU AI Act goes too far The EU AI Act still isn’t set in stone and the European elections could shake things up. For now, the tech industry fears the act may stifle competition. 15/12/2023
Money 'World's first' blockchain payments made at the Bank of England The aim is to set up a series of regulated, blockchain-based "institutional grade" payments systems for other core currencies overseen by their home central banks. 15/12/2023
Design Twisted reality: German firm wins bid for Tencent's futuristic HQ The Chinese tech firm's 23,000 employees will work in a 'multi-dimensional' purpose-built 500,000 square metre campus that includes restaurants, shops, public services and cultural spaces. 15/12/2023
Tech News Pope Francis joins calls for an international treaty to regulate AI The pope fell afoul of the technology earlier this year when an image of him in a white puffer jacket produced using generative AI went viral. 14/12/2023
Euronews Tech Talks Can a single photo published on social media ruin our lives? The speed at which AI deepfake technology generate fake news is concerning. They can recreate videos of politicians or television presenters, manipulating their mouths to utter words they've never spoken. 13/12/2023
Mobility Tesla recalls 2 million cars over Autopilot defective system Auto safety advocates for years have been calling for stronger regulation of the driver monitoring system. 13/12/2023
Tech News Why we need fewer men in AI, according to leading women in tech Euronews Next spoke to the women working in AI to find out why women need to be in the sector and what needs to change to encourage them. 13/12/2023
Tech News Fortnite maker Epic Games wins case against Google Epic Games sued Google, accusing it of unlawfully making its app store dominant over rivals. 12/12/2023
Tech News At COP28, 12,000 surveillance cameras are causing privacy concerns The UAE has one of the highest concentrations of surveillance cameras on Earth. Some of those at COP are linked to an Emirati group accused of spying. 12/12/2023
Tech News French AI start-up Mistral reaches unicorn status Mistral offers companies open-source language models that can be used to launch chatbots and other AI products such as search engines. 11/12/2023
Culture news From boomers to zoomers: A simple guide to each generational cohort Whatever language you speak it seems certain words, terms or acronyms have successfully crossed linguistic borders, like LGBTi for example. You've no doubt heard of millennials, Gen Z and boomers before... but what exactly do they mean? Here's our mini-guide to being in the know. 10/12/2023
Tech News ChatGPT is 'terrible,' says Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales Jimmy Wales tells Euronews Next about the "terrible" early stages of ChatGPT, the lesson for OpenAI, and about his open-source social media platform. 09/12/2023