Tech Life – The Copyright Extortionists – BBC Sounds

In an increasingly interconnected digital landscape, where content creators and social media users alike strive to share their work and engage with audiences, a sinister new threat has emerged: a…

Should promotion depend on how workers use AI?

Duncan Trevithick, a marketing professional for an AI training data company based in Spain, finds himself in a peculiar position: his year-end bonus is contingent on his proficiency in utilizing…

UK needs new laws for AI in healthcare, says watchdog

Britain’s primary industry watchdog for medical products has issued a stark warning: the United Kingdom urgently requires new, comprehensive regulations to govern the burgeoning use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within…

White House pulls Tetris-style ‘Build The Wall’ game after copyright concern

The White House has swiftly removed a controversial Tetris-style game, provocatively titled "Build The Wall," from its official website, a move that comes mere days after The Tetris Company, the…

Google to fund Finnish AI with €13bn investment and nuclear power pact

In a landmark announcement that underscores Finland’s ascendant position in the global artificial intelligence landscape, Google has committed an unprecedented €13 billion (approximately £11 billion or $15 billion) to bolster…

Anthropic researcher believes more than 10% chance AI ‘could kill all humans’.

A leading safety researcher at AI firm Anthropic has issued a stark warning, estimating a greater than 10% probability that artificial intelligence could lead to the extinction of humanity within…

Meta continues to run ads promoting child sexual abuse material in India: report

A disturbing new report by US-based campaigners has revealed that Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has continued to run hundreds of paid advertisements featuring artificial intelligence-generated child…

OpenAI says it cracked 90-year-old maths problem in 88 hours

OpenAI, the pioneering artificial intelligence research laboratory behind the groundbreaking ChatGPT, has announced a potentially monumental achievement: the successful resolution of a long-standing, highly complex mathematical problem that has eluded…

New law to force tech firms to prevent children from taking nude images.

The UK government is poised to introduce sweeping new legislation compelling technology firms to proactively prevent children from capturing or disseminating nude images on their mobile devices. This significant legislative…

AI cancer cures slowed by chip shortage, says UK’s biggest tech boss

The boss of the biggest UK-headquartered tech firm has stated that artificial intelligence holds the key to discovering cancer cures that human ingenuity will not achieve within our lifetimes. Rene…