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China’s former UK ambassador clashes with ‘AI godfather’ at summit
Getty ImagesOpen source offers humans "better opportunities to detect and solve problems", she said, adding that "the lack of transparency among the giants makes people nervous".But Prof Bengio disagreed. His view was that open source also left the...
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UK government demands access to Apple users’ encrypted data
The UK government has demanded to be able to access encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service.Currently only the Apple account holder can access data stored in this way - the tech giant itself cannot...
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Concern the UK’s AI ambitions could lead to water shortages
Brian WheelerSenior political reporterReutersA government spokesperson said: "We recognise that data centres face sustainability challenges such as energy demands and water use - that's why AI Growth Zones are designed to attract investment in areas where existing energy and...
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Google remakes Super Bowl ad after AI cheese gaffe
Google has re-edited an advert for its leading artificial intelligence (AI) tool, Gemini, after it overestimated the global appetite for Gouda.The commercial - which was supposed to showcase Gemini's abilities - was created to be broadcast during the Super...
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World leaders set to vie for AI domination at Paris summit
Getty ImagesThere's one more theme running through the AI Summit that will be worth keeping an eye on.The first summit had the word "safety" in its title. Some felt the event pushed the narrative too hard and terrified people...
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‘The Interview’: Dr. Anna Lembke Is Scared About What Modern Life Is Doing to Us
We live at a time when everything is available at every moment. Just on your phone, you can order lunch, bet on sports, read this story, watch porn, chat with a friend, chat with a stranger, chat with a...
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Press X to sniff: Can smelling a game make it more immersive?
Andrew RogersBBC NewsbeatBBCBut what's the verdict from gamers?When Newsbeat speaks to some of the volunteers from the esports course at North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire College, the reaction is generally positive.Esports lecturer Shoubna Naika-Taylor says it does make games...
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OpenAI says Chinese rivals using its work for their AI apps
João da Silva & Graham FraserBusiness & technology reportersGetty ImagesThe maker of ChatGPT, OpenAI, has complained that rivals, including those in China, are using its work to make rapid advances in developing their own artificial intelligence (AI) tools.The status...
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Will young developers take on key open source software?
Joe FayTechnology ReporterDaniel StenbergNot everyone subscribes to the foundation model. Stenberg and his collaborators have kept curl completely independent. “I'm much better off without being in their neighbourhoods and just running my own neighbourhood,” he says.And foundations still face...
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ChatGPT back online after outage which hit thousands worldwide
ChatGPT is working again after an outage saw the world's best-known artificial intelligence (AI) tool taken offline. Downdetector, which tracks website outages, showed more than 10,000 people reported the AI chatbot, which is made by OpenAI, was not working...
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Hamas to hand over first dead bodies of hostages
EPAAbout 1,200 people - mostly civilians - were killed in the attack and 251 others taken back to Gaza...