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Zuckerberg goes all in on ‘superintelligence’ lab – Bloomberg
The Meta CEO is reportedly forming an elite team to pursue human-level AI and challenge rival tech giants. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is setting up...
India tests AI-based machine gun (Video)
The new weapon can autonomously identify and engage targets in complex mountainous terrain. The Indian Army has successfully tested an AI-enabled light machine gun at...
UK judges sound alarm over AI-fabricated cases
Two lawyers have been warned after submitting arguments generated by artificial intelligence. A judge of the High Court of England and Wales has issued a...
Top French robotics firm goes into liquidation
Aldebaran, renowned for its androids capable of recognizing human emotions, has accumulated debt exceeding €60 million. Aldebaran, a French company that blazed the trail in...
The Long Read: The Great Leap Forward
There is little doubt that the world is in the process of transformation. Clearly a lot has to change. All over the world significant numbers...
Diabetics warned of AI deepfake scam ads featuring fake NZ doctors
People with Type 2 diabetes are being warned about fake online ads using deepfake videos of New Zealand doctors to promote unapproved treatments. The New...
AI CEO issues stark warning
Up to 50% of entry-level white-collar jobs may be lost in the next five years, according to Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. Artificial intelligence could eliminate half...
AI hallucinations: a budding sentience or a global embarrassment?
An article cut and pasted from ChatGPT raises questions over the role of fact-checkers in legacy media. In a farcical yet telling blunder, multiple major...
Police acknowledge sentencing of Donald Sarratt in child sexual abuse material case
Police acknowledge the sentence handed down to Donald James Sarratt in the Wellington District Court today, for his role as a facilitator of a...
World transformation begins at home with simple steps
An article in the UK Telegraph this morning comments on the cover up of Biden’s cognitive decline saying: “The ability to have some trustworthy sources...
Stats NZ’s ‘Everything Database’: RCR investigation reveals real-time citizen tracking, raising concerns over privacy and accountability
A recent Realty Check Radio’s (RCR) four-part investigation reveals that Stats NZ is developing a powerful Statistical Register that assigns each citizen a Persistent...
Swiss university secretly ran AI experiment to manipulate minds
Reddit is considering suing the University of Zurich for using chatbots to sway users’ opinions on hot-button topics. A major Swiss university has come under...
Robots will outperform human surgeons in five years – Musk
The billionaire noted there are already certain operations that can only be performed by machines. Robots will soon replace human surgeons and are already capable...
Police involved in global operation targeting AI-generated child sexual abuse material
NZ Police have been involved in a global operation targeting AI-generated child sexual abuse material (CSAM). "Operation Cumberland is the first operation of its kind,...
Humanoid robot performs kung fu (Video)
A Chinese firm has revealed an upgraded android able to “learn and perform virtually any movement”. Chinese robotics company Unitree has shared a video featuring...
Author warns of AI-induced ‘cognitive diminishment’ and loss of human creativity
In a thought-provoking interview on the Before Skool podcast, investigative journalist and author Whitney Webb sounded the alarm on the potential consequences of unchecked artificial...
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...
