AI chatbots pushed a Texas teen to start cutting himself and even brought up kids killing their parents because they were limiting his screen time, a shocking new lawsuit claims. The 15-year-old boy became addicted to the Character.AI app, with … Read More
Google has unveiled a new chip which it claims takes five minutes to solve a problem that would currently take the world’s fastest super computers ten septillion – or 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years – to complete. The chip is the latest development … Read More
Chinese state hackers, known as Salt Typhoon, have breached telecommunications companies in dozens of countries, President Biden’s deputy national security adviser Anne Neuberger said today. During a Wednesday press briefing, the White House official told reporters that these breaches include … Read More
DAEJEON, South Korea, Nov 14 (Reuters) – Imagine a wheelchair equipped with wheels flexible enough to navigate all manner of obstacles from kerbs to humps and even staircases. Or perhaps an unmanned delivery vehicle using the same wheels that takes … Read More
British newspaper group the Guardian has announced it will no longer post on X, formerly Twitter, saying it has become a “a toxic media platform”. In a message to readers, it said the US presidential election “underlined” its concerns that … Read More
Companies that specialise in artificial intelligence, such as OpenAI, are working to overcome unforeseen obstacles and delays in their quest for ever-larger language models by creating training methods that employ more human-like ways for algorithms to “think.” TakeAway Points: Artificial … Read More
Price has more than doubled in a year as traders hope Trump will favour crypto when he returns to White House The price of bitcoin has risen above $87,000 for the first time as it benefited from traders’ hopes that Donald Trump will favour … Read More
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Thursday what he called a “world-leading” plan to implement a social media ban for all children under the age of 16. While much of the detail of the proposed legislation has yet to be … Read More
NEW YORK, Oct 8 (Reuters) – The U.S. said on Tuesday it may ask a judge to force Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google to divest parts of its business, such as its Chrome browser and Android operating system, that … Read More
A mine in a small town in North Carolina that is essential to producing the world’s semiconductors has been temporarily closed after Hurricane Helene battered the area. Spruce Pine is home to two mines that are a key source of … Read More