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Whistleblowing complaint warns Alan Turing Institute is in danger of collapse due to government threats over funds Staff at the UK’s leading artificial intelligence institute have raised concerns about the organisation’s governance and internal culture in a whistleblowing complaint to the charity watchdog. The Alan Turing Institute (ATI), a registered charity with substantial state funding, …

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Chipmakers agree to quid pro quo deal as condition for obtaining export licenses for Chinese market, FT reports Nvidia and AMD have agreed to give the US government 15% of their revenues from chip sales in China, under an unprecedented arrangement to obtain export licenses for the semiconductors, the Financial Times reported on Sunday. The …

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Exclusive: LSE research finds risk of gender bias in care decisions made based on AI summaries of case notes Artificial intelligence tools used by more than half of England’s councils are downplaying women’s physical and mental health issues and risk creating gender bias in care decisions, research has found. The study found that when using …

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The famous science communicator is planning to release a chatbot designed to answer questions on the climate crisis. Can it work? There’s arguably no face, voice or collection of exuberant, patterned shirts more recognisable than those belonging to Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. The bespectacled boffin has been answering curly listener questions about science, with characteristic excitement …

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Nostalgic social media videos detailing Blair-Brown rivalry elicit cult following among young political fans This summer, TikTok has been revisiting very public, deeply personal and sometimes toxic feuds from the 1990s. And it is not just the Gallagher brothers – another psychodrama has taken hold: the rivalry between Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Continue reading… …

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Ozzy Osbourne appeared as an AI-generated image at a recent Rod Stewart concert, prompting questions about how the ghoulish phenomenon will affect grieving Rod Stewart had a few surprise guests at a recent concert in Charlotte, North Carolina. His old friend Ozzy Osbourne, the lead singer of Black Sabbath who died last month, was apparently …

Digital resurrection: fascination and fear over the rise of the deathbot Read More »

Snapchat logged about 20,000 cases last year of adults grooming children online, more than other social media platforms combined Tech companies including Snapchat and Facebook reported more than 9,600 cases of adults grooming children online in the UK in just six months last year – the equivalent of about 400 a week. Law enforcement agencies, …

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Government rebates and grants have finally put the country back on the map for the quick-moving field of professional game development Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The idea that video games are not “serious things”, says Ross Symons, overlooks the …

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As US and Chinese tech giants chase artificial general intelligence, experts warn the hype may be outrunning the science A significant step forward but not a leap over the finish line. That was how Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, described the latest upgrade to ChatGPT this week. The race Altman was referring to was …

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Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost In mid-2023, if a user asked OpenAI’s ChatGPT for a recipe for artichoke pasta or instructions on how to make a ritual offering to the ancient Canaanite deity Moloch, its response might have taken – very …

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models Read More »