Greater Manchester council to use AI to ‘automate mundane administrative tasks’ and ‘gradually reduce workforce’
Council bosses say the new tools will also ‘improve services’. Bury town hall (stock image)(Image: ABNM Photography) A…
Sam Altman got exceptionally testy over Claude Super Bowl ads
Anthropic’s Super Bowl commercial, one of four ads the AI lab dropped on Wednesday, begins with the word…
AI voice company ElevenLabs valued at $11bn after latest fundraise
A London-based business which uses artificial intelligence to generate realistic sounding human-like voices has raised $500 million in…
AI is coming for the lanyard class
Forgive me. I am going to begin by quoting two prominent left-wing Londoners – and agreeing with one.…
The world’s first ‘biomimetic AI robot’ just strolled in from the uncanny valley — and yes, it’s super-creepy
A Chinese robotics startup has revealed a super-realistic humanoid robotDroidUp claims that Moya is the first “biomimetic AI…
Qualcomm warns AI’s lust for memory hurts smartphone sales • The Register
Qualcomm has warned that soaring memory prices will mean the smartphone industry will slow, news that so spooked…
Is Keir Starmer prepared for the AI-pocalypse?
Is there any area of public policy which Keir Starmer’s government has got right? ‘Where very little is…
Take-Two promises Gen AI has “zero part” in Rockstar’s GTA 6
Rockstar’s highly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto 6 will not feature any Generative AI. That’s coming from Take-Two head Strauss…
‘In the end, you feel blank’: India’s female workers watching hours of abusive content to train AI | Global development
On the veranda of her family’s home, with her laptop balanced on a mud slab built into the…
Google owner Alphabet ramps up spending in AI arms race
Google’s parent company Alphabet is targeting capital expenditure of $175 billion to $185 billion this year, in yet…
What does the disappearance of a $100bn deal mean for the AI economy? | AI (artificial intelligence)
Did the circular AI economy just wobble? Last week it was reported that a much-discussed $100bn deal –…
Unitree’s G1 becomes world’s first humanoid robot to walk in -53°F
China’s humanoid robot maker Unitree has showcased a major cold-weather milestone, with its G1 robot completing an autonomous…