Month: June 2023

The head investor of Norway’s sovereign wealth fund worries more about AI affecting the country’s portfolio than his own collection of paintings For a prolific art collector, Nicolai Tangen is remarkably relaxed about the prospect of masterpieces created by robots. The threat of AI-made paintings, impossible to distinguish from human brushstrokes, has sparked soul-searching and …

‘If artificial intelligence creates better art, what’s wrong with that?’ Top Norwegian investor and art collector Nicolai Tangen Read More »

Artificial intelligence can’t replace human professionals but it could transform the way they treat diseases such as cancer, and save lives Mihaela van der Schaar is director of the Cambridge Centre for AI in Medicine at the University of Cambridge From the soaring costs of US healthcare to the recurrent NHS crisis, it can often …

AI-powered personalised medicine could revolutionise healthcare (and no, we’re not putting ChatGPT in charge) | Mihaela van der Schaar Read More »

Rapid developments in AI are forcing managers and politicians alike to confront profound questions about the future of jobs With a low electrical hum, a small team of boxy, wheeled robots called “ants” criss-cross the top of a giant 3D grid of grey storage crates – 60,000 of them – ceaselessly arranging and rearranging them …

Rise of the robots raises a big question: what will workers do? Read More »

An Aussie Dolly Parton is one of the performers protesting to Meta as a ban on impersonators threatens their careers Big music festivals are not the only places to enjoy a headline act such as Adele, Taylor Swift or Dolly Parton. Convincing impersonators of the biggest names in music, and of other late, great stars, …

‘Don’t stop us now’: tribute acts protest against Facebook ban Read More »

Prototypes are finally taking off after a difficult time for investors, and some surprising challengers have joined the race Among the fighter jets and military helicopters performing for the crowds at the Paris airshow last week, a strange two-seater craft lifted off the runway. Like a drone crossed with a helicopter, the Volocopter has an …

Your electric flying taxi is just around the corner Read More »

In one of his favourite communities to shoot in, the Ghanaian photographer spotted four brothers … Dressed in matching golden shorts to signify their brotherhood, and helmets to symbolise protection, siblings Ibrahim, Nana Kofi, Benjamin and Kojo were smiling down the lens of Derrick O Boateng’s iPhone 12. The Ghanaian photographer was in Nungua town, …

‘There are always cool things happening in Accra’: Derrick O Boateng’s best phone picture Read More »

Exclusive: Researcher Dr Larissa Suzuki tells how Nasa is developing a ChatGPT-style interface In the film 2001: A Space Odyssey the sentient supercomputer, HAL 9000, chats conversationally to the mission pilots on a Jupiter-bound spaceship, executing their orders and alerting them to onboard faults – and eventually going rogue. Now Nasa engineers say they are …

‘It’s not like science fiction any more’: Nasa aiming to make spaceships talk Read More »

A major Newcastle venue had to be shut down after it was targeted by a ransomware attack Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Cybersecurity will be a key focus for the yet-to-be-appointed independent panel to oversee the New South Wales government’s cashless gambling trial, after a smaller pilot …

NSW cashless gambling trial to focus on data security after hack of smaller pilot program Read More »

This week in artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence is either going to save humanity or finish it off, depending on who you speak to. Either way, every week there are new developments and breakthroughs. Here are just some of the AI stories that have emerged in recent days … • The Wimbledon tennis tournament revealed it …

AI watch: from Wimbledon to job losses in journalism Read More »

Law firm also penalised after chatbot invented six legal cases that were then used in an aviation injury claim A US judge has fined two lawyers and a law firm $5,000 (£3,935) after fake citations generated by ChatGPT were submitted in a court filing. A district judge in Manhattan ordered Steven Schwartz, Peter LoDuca and …

Two US lawyers fined for submitting fake court citations from ChatGPT Read More »