AI boom could wipe 230 million budget phones a year from the market
personal tech Sub-$200 shipments forecast to shrink 40% by 2030 as component costs climb First they came for…
Launch of UK’s ‘largest AI supercomputer’ delayed by power supply problems | AI (artificial intelligence)
A huge datacentre project hailed by the UK government will miss its launch date next year and could…
Japanese used bookstores see 5x sales surge as books are being bought by the ton, one 50-ton order sent to the US for AI scanning and destruction — multitude of suspicious bulk buys thought to end up in foreign AI scan and shred facilities
Bookstores in Japan are enjoying a boom in sales right now. However, this welcome spurt in business, where…
‘Eat the rich, save the planet’: climate protesters call out big tech’s disconnect from reality | AI (artificial intelligence)
On Monday evening, protesters gathered outside the unmarked Manhattan offices of OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT, holding signs calling…
Australia launches urgent review after OpenAI program hacks government health portal
Email inbox OpenAI used was ‘looked at once a day’ – Australian ministerpublished at 10:26 BST 10:26 BST…
‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us | Young people
Name: “That’s AI!” Age: Brand new. Appearance: Primary schools everywhere. What’s AI? It’s just a thing the kids…
AI assistants are coming to record our entire lives. The results could be horrendous
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Nick Clegg plays down fears ‘godlike’ AI could exterminate humanity | AI (artificial intelligence)
Nick Clegg has dismissed fears over AI’s “godlike power to exterminate humanity”, calling it a sign that tech…
AI model Claude discovers CRISPR-like enzyme system, Anthropic says | Technology News
AI giant Anthropic has announced the discovery of a new enzyme system in bacterial DNA that it said…
York Uni students’ fears over Turnitin essay-checker AI plan
Sam Dickinson, union affairs officer at York Students’ Union, said students’ concerns were raised in August before Turnitin…
Dr Jade Leung appointed Vice-Chair of the AI Security Institute and Security Advisor to the AI Taskforce
Dr Jade Leung will become Vice-Chair of the AI Security Institute (AISI) and Security Advisor to the AI…
US rejects pleas from OpenAI, Anthropic for global AI standards
The heads of OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face have told the UN that the current pace of artificial…