All news on the topic: Artificial intelligence

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Europe’s €10 trillion gamble
From Athens to Berlin, governments are coalescing around an idea to turbocharge the economy. If successful, it could be transformative ― but it’s a big if.
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AI gardening has 'already started' and how it will change our green spaces
With robot lawnmowers and vertical farming among the wilder ideas AI predicts for the future, gardening expert David Domoney shares his opinions
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Scientist's warning for events after creating drone 'capable of hunting people'
Drones could one day be used by terrorists to target major events and 'hunt people' - as a scientist showed how AI could be used to make it target humans on the ground
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Russia's chilling super AI deepfakes 'fool experts' and target war-torn nations
US intelligence agencies work together to assess the global threats from rogue states to terrifying new technologies. It comes together in a report called the Annual Threat Assessment which looks to the coming year
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Parents warned that AI robot toy could be used by web perverts to target kids
Parents are being urged to remain vigilant about the growing invasiveness of AI technology after it was revealed a kids' toy can be hacked to allow strangers to communicate with children
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Top scientist warns AI could surpass human intelligence in just three years time
Ben Goertzel, a PhD mathematician and futurist who founded a major AI firm, said that bots could begin achieving feats at a 'superhuman' level in as little as three years' time
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Sinister AI scammers can now steal your voice - here's how to protect yourself
Two cyber security experts warn about the rise of scammers using artificial intelligence to cleverly impersonate individuals, with those falling victim losing thousands
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'The Greatest Track on Earth' launches for the new F1 season - using AI
With elements of Silverstone, Spa and Suzuka, the 'perfect' F1 track has been made to launch the new racing season
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Microsoft's partnership with French firm Mistral AI under scrutiny from EU
The European Union is looking into Microsoft's partnership with startup Mistral AI as part of its broader review of the booming generative artificial intelligence sector to see if it raises any competition concerns
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New AI cameras automatically detect when drivers are breaking the law
The new mobile technology can automatically detect motorists who are not wearing a seatbelt or using mobile phones while driving. The information is then sent to police to deal with
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ChatGPT 'goes crazy' as robot begins speaking 'spanglish' and issues threats
Puzzled ChatGPT users joked that the AI tool had finally 'gone crazy' after it began providing random, nonsensical responses to questions. Developers say they are monitoring the issue
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OpenAI shows off Sora, the new AI tool that makes videos from written commands
The maker of ChatGPT unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written prompts
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OpenAI chief warns that 'societal misalignments' could cause AI to 'wreak havoc'
Sam Altman said the dangers that keep him awake at night regarding artificial intelligence are the "very subtle societal misalignments" that could make the systems wreak havoc
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Virgin Media O2 to roll out AI-powered tools to combat fraud and spam calls
The company says it has stopped over 89 million spam texts with AI this year
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First passages of scroll destroyed in volcano deciphered by students using AI
The charred scroll's words remained a mystery for thousands of years until three students from around the world came together to reveal what are likely the words of a famous mind from antiquity.
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Real women whose faces have been used by AI to create deepfake images
Concerns are growing over AI being used maliciously to create deepfake intimate images of women without their consent - with victims often left without legal recourse
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DPD chatbot swears at customer and calls company 'worst delivery service'
In a statement DPD said a “system update” was to blame and assured customers that the foul-mouthed artificial intelligence had been disabled after it wrote a scathing Haiku
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Chelsea leave Man Utd in their wake with "revolutionary" new recruitment tool
Chelsea and Burnley have struck deals with aiScout, a phone app which expects to have data from a million young footballers by the end of this year, as clubs begin to embrace artificial intelligence
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Over 500 drones light up London night skies - in the shape of a giant spaceship
The spectacular show marked the launch of Samsung's new Galaxy S24 devices - and the brand's latest AI technology, transforming the phone experience
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Artificial intelligence could take jobs 50 years earlier than experts predicted
The future of employment is looking increasingly bleak, as a new survey has warned machines could take over all our jobs within the next century - 50 years earlier than previously predicted
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'I created Spain's hottest model - she's not real but earns £1,000s every month'
Aitana Lopez is an Instagram influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers, and while she can rake in thousands of pounds per month - she is viewed as controversial by some, as she isn't real
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Teen says he's the first person to beat popular 80s game in memory of his father
Well-known Tetris competitor Willis Gibson uploaded a video of him seemingly reaching the kill screen of the retro Tetris game, an accomplishment he dedicated to his father who died last month
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Jimmy Carr fears AI will wipe out humanity after reading alarming book
The comedy star has been reading The Precipice by Toby Ord - a research fellow at Oxford University's Future of Humanity Institute which concluded AI could wipe out humanity
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AI shows what Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton's kids will look like at 20
An AI-generator has shown what some celebrities' kids will look like when they're 20 years old, with Kim Kardashian, Paris Hilton and Rihanna's kids' appearances predicted
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Pop star Howard Jones says he's working with AI to create music after his death
Pop star Howard Jones, who enjoyed great success in the 1980s, has explained why he wants to work with artificial intelligence as he looks to create music even after his death