Month: May 2024

Lawyers for founder of software firm Autonomy, charged over $11bn Hewlett-Packard deal, suggest they may move for mistrial The British entrepreneur Mike Lynch is expected to take the stand in a San Francisco federal courthouse on Thursday as a key witness in his own criminal fraud trial, which began in March. US authorities have charged …

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Top camera, chip, seven years of updates and advanced Google AI tools beats the competition Google’s latest mid-range A-series Pixel handset steps it up a notch, bringing almost every feature from its high-end phones down to a more affordable price, including the latest AI and camera tricks. The Pixel 8a starts at £499 (€549/$499/A$849). That …

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Britain’s AI Safety Institute has been matched by other countries as gathering works on setting up protocol to reduce harms and risks The UK is leading an international effort to test the most advanced AI models for safety risks before they hit the public, as regulators race to create a workable safety regime before the …

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Deal lets ChatGPT maker use all articles from Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Times and Sunday Times for AI model development ChatGPT developer OpenAI has signed a deal to bring news content from the Wall Street Journal, New York Post, the Times and the Sunday Times to the artificial intelligence platform, the companies said …

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Chipmaker reported strong demand and higher-than-expected revenue even as other companies spend to develop their own chips Nvidia reported record quarterly revenue Wednesday on the back of the explosion in corporate appetite for artificial intelligence. “The next industrial revolution has begun – companies and countries are partnering with Nvidia … to produce a new commodity: …

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Ciaran Martin says US warning that China is targeting key infrastructure should be taken more seriously The UK is not paying enough attention to a “gamechanging” shift in China’s cyber-espionage tactics towards infiltrating critical infrastructure including energy and communications networks, a former head of Britain’s cybersecurity agency has warned. Ciaran Martin, the ex-chief executive of …

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Daisy Greenwell from Smartphone-Free Childhood says move likely to have domino effect in other parts of UK “This is mega!” said Daisy Greenwell from the Smartphone-Free Childhood campaign. “We are absolutely thrilled and we believe it’s going to have a domino effect.” She was reacting to news that St Albans in Hertfordshire is attempting to …

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Children used to obsessively put CDs and 7-inches on repeat, but streaming means they need digital devices and parental permission to play music. And there’s little being done to help My daughter is nine years old. When I was her age, in 1989, I had my own small cassette player and a beloved pile of …

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Electric and hybrid vehicles are quieter than cars with combustion engines, making them harder to hear, especially in urban areas Hybrid and electric cars are more likely to strike pedestrians than petrol or diesel vehicles, particularly in towns and cities, according to an analysis of British road traffic accidents. Data from 32bn miles of battery-powered …

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Steven Anderegg allegedly used the Stable Diffusion AI model to generate photos; if convicted, he could face up to 70 years in prison The FBI has charged a US man with creating more than 10,000 sexually explicit and abusive images of children, which he allegedly generated using a popular artificial intelligence tool. Authorities also accused …

US man used AI to generate 13,000 child sexual abuse pictures, FBI alleges Read More »