Artificial intelligence (AI)
OpenAI makes AI video generator Sora publicly available in US
Firm announces tool that can create AI video clip based on user’s written prompts will be available to anyone in the US
Dec 9 2024 16.24 EST
Nvidia shares fall as China launches antitrust investigation into company
Tech corporation suspected of violating anti-monopoly law after Washington’s latest curbs on Chinese chip sector
Dec 9 2024 12.57 EST
Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip
Chip takes minutes to complete tasks that would otherwise take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years
Dec 9 2024 11.00 EST
Money, lawyers or boosting Farage on X: how Elon Musk could affect UK politics
The billionaire, having helped Trump regain the White House, is reportedly turning his interest to Britain
Dec 7 2024 24.00 EST
How AI monitoring is cutting stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi
Dec 6 2024 02.00 EST
Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
Dec 6 2024 24.00 EST
Trump picks venture capitalist David Sacks as AI and crypto ‘czar’
Top donor with links to Musk to offer leadership on ‘two areas critical to the future of American competitiveness’
Dec 5 2024 22.13 EST
Doctor Who showrunners warn AI scripts will ‘eat their own tail’
Steven Moffat and Russell T Davies discuss impact of AI on creative industries before Doctor Who Christmas special
Dec 4 2024 19.01 EST
Google DeepMind predicts weather more accurately than leading system
AI program GenCast performed better than ENS forecast at predicting day-to-day weather and paths of hurricanes and cyclones
Dec 4 2024 11.00 EST
Music sector workers to lose nearly a quarter of income to AI in next four years, global study finds
AI boom will enrich giant tech companies but creators’ rights and income will be drastically reduced unless policymakers intervene, report warns
Dec 4 2024 01.07 EST
ChatGPT’s refusal to acknowledge ‘David Mayer’ down to glitch, says OpenAI
Name was mistakenly flagged and prevented from appearing in responses, says chatbot’s developer
Dec 3 2024 11.59 EST
Observer business profile
‘It feels like a startup energy’: Google’s UK boss on the advent of AI
While the tech giant wrestles with an US antitrust case, its managing director in London is pushing hard on the commercial possibilities of artificial intelligence
Dec 3 2024 08.00 EST
The ChatGPT secret: is that text message from your friend, your lover – or a robot?
People are turning to chatbots to solve all their life problems, and they like its answers. But are they on a very slippery slope?
Dec 3 2024 05.00 EST
The networker
If AI can provide a better diagnosis than a doctor, what’s the prognosis for medics?
John Naughton
AI expert Marietje Schaake: ‘The way we think about technology is shaped by the tech companies themselves’
Nov 30 2024 09.00 EST
Canadian media companies sue OpenAI in case potentially worth billions
Nov 29 2024 14.02 EST
Book of the day
Hum by Helen Phillips review – an all-too-plausible vision of the future
Nov 29 2024 02.30 EST
UK government failing to list use of AI on mandatory register
Nov 28 2024 01.00 EST
Amazon, Google and Meta are ‘pillaging culture, data and creativity’ to train AI, Australian inquiry finds
Nov 27 2024 01.25 EST
Writers condemn startup’s plans to publish 8,000 books next year using AI
Nov 26 2024 12.10 EST
