Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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‘It’s beyond human scale’: AFP defends use of artificial intelligence to search seized phones and emails
The Australian Federal Police says it has ‘no choice’ due to the enormous amount of data being examined in investigations
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Paul McCartney warns AI could ‘take over’ as Britain debates copyright laws
Former Beatle speaks out over fears that rise of AI threatens revenue streams for music, news and book publishers
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Video is the new frontier of AI – and it’s so compelling that we should all worry
Victoria Turk
I tried Sora, OpenAI’s new tool, and it just made me sad. Are we ready for a world where we can never tell what is real, asks journalist Victoria Turk
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The rise of AI-powered cloud storage threatens Ireland’s climate targets, report warns
Friends of the Earth calls on the government to rein in the growth of major technology centres, fearing it could increase the use of fossil fuels
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OpenAI makes AI video generator Sora publicly available in the US
The company announces that a tool that can create AI video clips based on written directions from the user will be available to everyone in the US
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Nvidia shares are falling as China launches an antitrust investigation into the company
Tech company suspected of violating anti-monopoly law after Washington’s latest clampdown on China’s chip sector
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Google unveils ‘mind-boggling’ quantum computer chip
Chip takes minutes to perform tasks that would otherwise take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years
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Money, lawyers or boosting Farage on X: how Elon Musk could influence British politics
The billionaire, who helped Trump win back the White House, is reportedly turning his interest to Britain
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How AI monitoring reduces stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a Malawi clinic
The only hospital in the country using fetal safety software has seen infant deaths fall by 82% in three years
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Revealed: Bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefit fraud
Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, raising fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach
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Trump chooses venture capitalist David Sacks as AI and crypto ‘czar’
Top donor with ties to Musk to provide leadership in ‘two areas critical to the future of American competitiveness’
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Doctor Who showrunners warn AI scripts will ‘eat their own tail’
Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies discuss the impact of AI on the creative industries ahead of the Doctor Who Christmas special
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Google DeepMind predicts the weather more accurately than the leading system
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Music sector workers will lose almost a quarter of their income to AI over the next four years, global research shows
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ChatGPT’s refusal to acknowledge ‘David Mayer’ is a glitch, says OpenAI
The name was incorrectly flagged and could not appear in the comments, the chatbot developer says
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Observer company profile
‘It feels like a startup energy’: Google’s British boss on the arrival of AI
While the technology giant is struggling with an American antitrust case, its director in London is investing heavily in the commercial possibilities of artificial intelligence
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The ChatGPT Secret: Is That Text Message From Your Friend, Your Lover – Or A Robot?
People are turning to chatbots to solve all their life problems, and they love their answers. But are they on a very slippery slope?
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The networker
If AI can make a better diagnosis than a doctor, what is the prognosis for doctors?
John Naughton
Studies in which ChatGPT outperformed scientists and general practitioners raise troubling questions for the future of professional work
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AI expert Marietje Schaake: ‘The way we think about technology is shaped by the tech companies themselves’
The Dutch policy director and former MEP on the unprecedented reach of big tech, the need for confident governments and why Trump’s election changes everything
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Canadian media companies are suing OpenAI in a case that could be worth billions
Litigants say the AI company used their articles to train the popular ChatGPT software without permission
