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Human-like ‘Clone’ robot twitches to life (Video)

A Polish-American company has unveiled androids that move using muscles and bones. An android that mimics human anatomy with over 1,000 artificial muscles attached to...

South Korea accuses DeepSeek of leaking user data

The Chinese AI assistant has been removed from local app stores after it was accused of sending data to TikTok owner ByteDance. South Korea’s national...

Macron snubs Modi in public handshake gesture (Video)

he Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris an unexpected diplomatic moment unfolded as French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to snub Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...

Scammers AI-clone Italian defense minister to target business elite

Italian minister Guido Crosetto has joked that fake copies exist of all masterpieces, after alerting the public to the scheme. Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto...

From friendship to betrayal: The chilling deepfake saga of Hannah Grundy

In a story that reads like a dystopian thriller, Sydney resident Hannah Grundy received an email one February night that would upend her life. The...

Australia bans DeepSeek on government devices over ‘security concerns’

Australia has banned the Chinese AI startup DeepSeek from all government devices and systems, citing an "unacceptable risk" to national security. The chatbot, which made...

China’s breakthrough AI app triggers meme fest

DeepSeek has become an online sensation after toppling ChatGPT as the most popular AI assistant on Apple’s App Store. China’s new DeepSeek AI app has...

Robo-dog and drone fight (Video)

A short clip making rounds on Chinese social media depicts the two machines firing pyrotechnics at each other. The UAV hovering about two meters (6.5...

China unveils groundbreaking free AI model that ‘outpaces Silicon Valley rivals’

China’s AI ambitions have taken a major leap forward with the release of DeepSeek R1, a powerful large language model developed by a Hangzhou-based...

Trump unveils $500 billion AI ‘Stargate’

The initiative will ensure US dominance in the sector and create 100,000 jobs, the president has claimed. US President Donald Trump has announced the launch...

South African court orders probe into law firm’s use of AI

A judge at the Pietermaritzburg High Court says a case cited by lawyers representing a local politician did not exist in the country’s legal...

‘Godfather of AI’ issues new warning to humanity

The chances of artificial intelligence causing human extinction within next 30 years have increased, according to Geoffrey Hinton. Artificial intelligence could lead to human extinction...

OpenAI whistleblower found dead

Suchir Balaji committed suicide a few weeks ago, a medical examiner has told CNBC. A former OpenAI employee who claimed the company had violated copyright...

ChatGPT to get video features

OpenAI’s artificial intelligence chatbot will be able to recognize objects through a smartphone camera and give real-time reaction. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is now capable of processing...

Watch: ‘A Land Divided’ – AI’s Ardern music video

AI was asked to create a song and video on Jacinda Ardern's tenure as New Zealand Prime Minister. The song portrays a groundswell of resistance...

AI-generated portrait of famous UK mathematician sells for over USD $1 million

A portrait of Alan Turing created by Ai-Da, a humanoid robot artist, sold for $1,084,800 (£836,667) at Sotheby’s, far exceeding its estimated value of...

TikTok owner fires intern for ‘maliciously interfering’ with AI model

ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok, has fired an intern for "maliciously interfering" with the training of one of its AI models. The company refuted...

Tesla unveils ‘Optimus’ robots and ‘futuristic’ Robovan

At Tesla’s Cybercab event, CEO Elon Musk unveiled the company’s latest tech innovations, including a fleet of Optimus humanoid robots and the futuristic Robovan...

Users are manipulating AI by posting ‘special phrases’ on websites – Kaspersky Lab

Users have learned to manipulate artificial intelligence, which is used in chatbots for searching, analyzing websites with answers to queries, by posting special phrases...

Tesla to produce ‘humanoid’ robots next year – Musk

The electric-vehicle maker will use the machines internally first before producing them for other companies, according to the CEO. Electric-vehicle manufacturer Tesla plans to introduce...

ChatGPT maker secretly developing new type of AI – Reuters

OpenAI is looking to substantially increase the reasoning capacity of its models, the agency has said. OpenAI, the creator of virtual assistant ChatGPT, is working...

McDonald’s scraps AI trial after bacon added to ice cream – media

The fast food giant will remove voice ordering tech from over 100 outlets by the end of July, the company has reportedly said. McDonald’s is...

‘Riding the AI wave’: Nvidia surpasses Microsoft to become world’s most valuable company

Nvidia has become the world's most valuable company with a market worth of $3.34 trillion, following a share price surge to an all-time high. The...

‘Do not trust them’: Snowden warns against OpenAI after NSA Chief joins board

Former US National Security Agency (NSA) contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden warned on Friday never to trust tech company OpenAI, after it appointed former...

Rabbit R1: The smartphone killer?

The Rabbit R1, a new AI-driven digital assistant, has been launched with the ambition of rivaling smartphones. The device, designed as a portable AI companion,...

Open AI takes down Scarlett Johansson-like voice

The Hollywood actress said she was “shocked” by the uncanny resemblance and sought legal counsel to protect her rights. High-tech company Open AI has suspended...

Deepfake democracy: How AI is disrupting the biggest election on Earth

Manipulated videos of political endorsements are too sophisticated to discern or track. Experts say the intent might be reverse psychology – to undermine the party...

Mind control, polypharmacy, and biotechnology, a looming disaster and a dead end

An article in the UK Daily Telegraph entitled “The ‘black sheep’ brain chip start-up backed by Bezos and Gates" and a fascinating Tucker Carlson...

Meta to flag AI-generated content

The parent company of Facebook and Instagram will sniff out and label robot-created videos, photos, and audio. Meta will start labeling AI-generated content on Facebook...

UNGA adopts AI resolution

The move is aimed at promoting and protecting human rights in the context of the rapidly developing technology. The UN General Assembly on Thursday unanimously...

British state media BBC looking to develop its own AI

The BBC has revealed plans to build and train its own artificial intelligence model to support its production process. UK national broadcaster BBC has announced...

AI chip maker Nvidia’s market value soars to US$2 trillion

Nvidia, a leading AI chip company, has seen its market value soar above US$2 trillion, marking a significant milestone in its growth and highlighting...

‘Racist’ Google AI suspended after historic failure

Gemini kept returning “diverse” pictures in response to prompts about Europeans. The Gemini artificial intelligence program will not be allowed to generate images of people...

US government funds AI tools for whole-of-internet surveillance and censorship

I feel scared. Very scared. Internet-wide surveillance and censorship, enabled by the unimaginably vast computational power of artificial intelligence (AI), is here. This is not a...

Pope warns of ‘perverse’ deepfakes

The pontiff acknowledged he had personally been a victim of AI-generated hoaxes. Pope Francis has issued a warning about the potential dangers posed by artificial...

AI chatbot goes rogue

The software of delivery company DPD recited poetry and used swear words after failing to help a customer. An AI-powered chatbot of the delivery firm...

Prestigious book prize winner used ChatGPT

Rie Kudan says about 5% of her novel was written by AI, which she claims “unlocked her creativity”. Japanese author Rie Kudan has admitted she...

AI to increase global inequality – WEF

The technology’s benefits for production will be more pronounced in high-income economies, according to a survey by the WEF. Leading economists surveyed by the World...

AI is our ‘Promethean fire’: using it wisely means knowing its true nature – and our own minds

Future historians may well regard 2023 as a landmark in the advent of artificial intelligence (AI). But whether that future will prove utopian, apocalyptic or...

Kanye West’s apology to Jews ‘looks’ AI-generated – TMZ

The celebrity gossip outlet has claimed 85% likelihood that the AI actually wrote the statement. Rapper Kanye ‘Ye’ West’s Hebrew-language apology for anti-Semitic comments appears...

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