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Valentino criticised over ‘disturbing’ AI handbag ads
Italian luxury fashion house Valentino is facing criticism after posting "disturbing" adverts made using artificial intelligence (AI) for one of its luxury handbags online.The brand announced a collaboration with digital artists as part of what it dubbed a "digital...
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Nvidia plays down competition fears over Google’s AI chips
Nvidia has claimed it is "a generation ahead" of rivals in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry amid growing suggestions a rival may emerge to threaten to its market dominance - and multi-trillion dollar valuation.Shares in the chip giant fell...
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Ofcom vows to name and shame platforms over online sexism
Zoe KleinmanTechnology editorBBCSahra-Aisha Muhammad-Jones founded a running club for Muslim women in east London and said negative DMs and comments can put younger women off being online at all.Despite having built a positive community around her, she said she...
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Scammers hacked her phone and stole thousands of pounds – how did they get her details?
Joe TidyCyber correspondent, BBC World ServiceBBCScammers often combine stolen private information with public information.Leah, who didn't want to give her real name, runs a small business using Facebook adverts and was recently targeted in a long running scam apparently...
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Africa tech: The start-up connecting African firms to tourists
Nigerian entrepreneur Rory Okoli started her career in Nigeria's hospitality industry.That experience, along with travelling across Africa, showed her it was not always easy for tourists to organise African trips.So, she launched TripZapp with the aim of making it...
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Ofcom fines deepfake nudification site for lack of age checks
The operator of a so-called "nudification" site has been fined for failing to put in age verification measures, which are required under online safety laws.The regulator Ofcom investigated Itai Tech Ltd, which provides AI tools allowing users to edit...
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AI godfather Yann LeCun to leave Meta and start own firm
Liv McMahonTechnology reporterGetty ImagesJust a couple of weeks ago, one of the "godfathers" of artificial intelligence was in St James's Palace being handed an award from King Charles for his work in artificial intelligence (AI).Professor Yann LeCun was being...
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Cloudflare apologises for outage which took down X and ChatGPT
A number of high-profile websites, including X and ChatGPT, went down for many on Tuesday, due to problems affecting major internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare.Thousands of users began reporting issues with the sites, as well as other services, to outage...
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Google boss Sundar Pichai warns ‘no company immune’ if AI bubble bursts
Faisal Islam,economics editor and Rachel Clun,business reporterEvery company would be affected if the AI bubble were to burst, the head of Google's parent firm Alphabet has told the BBC.Speaking exclusively to BBC News, Sundar Pichai said while the growth...
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Australia announced gun buyback scheme in wake of Bondi attack
The Australian government has announced a gun buyback scheme in the wake of the Bondi Beach attack - its...