Meta to let US national security agencies and defense contractors use Llama AI

A Meta store in Burlingame, California, on 11 October 2024. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images A Meta store in Burlingame, California, on 11 October 2024. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images Artificial intelligence (AI) This article is more than 1 month old Meta to let US national security agencies and defense contractors use Llama AI This article is more than … Read more

Ofcom warns tech firms after chatbots imitate Brianna Ghey and Molly Russell

Tributes to Brianna Ghey after she was killed by two teenagers last year. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images Tributes to Brianna Ghey after she was killed by two teenagers last year. Photograph: Peter Summers/Getty Images Internet safety This article is more than 1 month old Ofcom warns tech firms after chatbots imitate Brianna Ghey and Molly … Read more

Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English

Translators have voiced concerns at Veen Bosch & Keuning’s plans to use AI in the translation of a limited number of books. Photograph: Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Translators have voiced concerns at Veen Bosch & Keuning’s plans to use AI in the translation of a limited number of books. Photograph: Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images Books This article … Read more

First artwork painted by humanoid robot to sell at auction fetches $1m

The Ai-Da robot in front of their portrait of British mathematician Alan Turing, titled A.I. God. The work sold for $1.32m at Sotheby’s on Thursday. Photograph: Sotheby’s/EPA The Ai-Da robot in front of their portrait of British mathematician Alan Turing, titled A.I. God. The work sold for $1.32m at Sotheby’s on Thursday. Photograph: Sotheby’s/EPA Art … Read more

What a second Trump presidency means for big US tech firms

Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla and X, could be granted huge power over the agencies that regulate tech firms. Photograph: Ryan Collerd/AFP/Getty Images Elon Musk, the owner of Tesla and X, could be granted huge power over the agencies that regulate tech firms. Photograph: Ryan Collerd/AFP/Getty Images Technology This article is more than 1 … Read more

From higher tariffs to lower taxes, will Donald Trump’s economic plan pay off?

The Fearless Girl sculpture outside the New York Stock Exchange building. Wall Street stocks surged after Donald Trump’s election win. But his radical economic plan is high stakes, with a big risk of higher inflation and consumer prices. Photograph: Timothy A Clary/AFP/Getty Images The Fearless Girl sculpture outside the New York Stock Exchange building. Wall … Read more

The chatbot optimisation game: can we trust AI web searches?

Illustration: Observer design Illustration: Observer design The ObserverArtificial intelligence (AI) This article is more than 1 month old The chatbot optimisation game: can we trust AI web searches? This article is more than 1 month old Google and its rivals are increasingly employing AI-generated summaries, but research indicates their results are far from authoritative and … Read more

Reasons to be hopeful: five ways science is making the world better

The same mRNA technology that underpinned the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 jabs can be used to train the immune system to recognise and attack cancer. Photograph: Wolfgang Rattay/Reuters The same mRNA technology that underpinned the Moderna and Pfizer Covid-19 jabs can be used to train the immune system to recognise and attack cancer. Photograph: Wolfgang … Read more