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Exclusive: Concerns raised over role of Faculty AI, which has worked with NHS and government safety body A company that has worked closely with the UK government on artificial intelligence safety, the NHS and education is also developing AI for military drones. The consultancy Faculty AI has “experience developing and deploying AI models on to …

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Government announces new contracts to install gigabit level fibre coverage for 131,000 households and businesses The last corners of England and Wales yet to be covered by a £5bn push to widen fast broadband could finally get access to rapid downloads, streaming and video calls after the government announced £289m in new taxpayer-funded contracts enabling …

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Lightwood, Derbyshire: Shine it on a simple green plant like moss or saxifrage and they become glittering, baroque jewels I’m blaming my fellow diarist Kate Blincoe. Recently, she extolled the joys of a UV torch, on the strength of which I bought one, have become addicted and now see the world entirely anew. Ultraviolet is a …

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LA tech entrepreneur Mike Johns nearly missed his flight after he became trapped in a malfunctioning self-driving car. ‘I got my seat belt on. I can’t get out of the car. Has this been hacked? What’s going on?’ Johns can be heard saying. The issue was resolved after a few minutes, Waymo said in a …

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Mike Johns was riding autonomous vehicle on way to airport when it started circling around parking lot A tech entrepreneur based in Los Angeles became trapped in a malfunctioning self-driving car for several minutes last month, causing him to nearly miss a flight, he said. Mike Johns was riding in an autonomous Waymo vehicle on …

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The Earth is dying and the only hope is a distant planet in a game that is a playable blend of Alien and The Thing Supermassive’s games have always been cinematic, from the persuasive performances of slasher-horror Until Dawn to the chillier atmosphere of interactive ghost story Man of Medan. This time around, with sci-fi …

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Sam Altman says tools that carry out jobs anonymously, known as AI agents, could transform business output Virtual employees could join workforces this year and transform how companies work, according to the chief executive of OpenAI. The first artificial intelligence agents may start working for organisations this year, wrote Sam Altman, as AI firms push …

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French president accuses world’s richest man of intervening directly in continent’s democratic processes Emmanuel Macron has added his voice to a growing chorus of European criticism of Elon Musk, accusing the world’s richest man of intervening directly in the continent’s democratic processes, including Germany’s snap federal elections next month. The French president joined the Norwegian …

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Proposed space launches within next two years could ultimately deliver mobile phone signal even to most remote areas Amazon is hoping to offer a satellite broadband service in the UK within the next two years as it prepares to launch a constellation of spacecraft that could ultimately deliver a mobile signal even to the most …

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‘Sim-swap’ fraud has affected three readers – and dealing with their mobile phone company hasn’t been easy What some O2 customers may have wanted for Christmas was a phone number, since long-cherished ones have had a habit of going astray. Whether they got lucky is another matter, as O2’s customer services can be as hard …

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