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Friendly AI chatbots more likely to make mistakes

United Kingdom, April 30 -- AI chatbots trained to be friendly are more likely to be inaccurate. Oxford Internet Institute (OII) experts analysed over 400,000 responses from five AI systems that had ... Read More


Val Kilmer's daughter insists resurrecting late actor with AI 'protects' his IP

United Kingdom, April 30 -- Val Kilmer's daughter has defended using AI to resurrect the actor for As Deep As The Grave. The late Hollywood icon died last year aged 65 from pneumonia following long-t... Read More


South Africa withdraws draft AI policy as it contained AI-generated false citations

United Kingdom, April 29 -- South Africa has withdrawn its draft national AI policy - after it was discovered that some of the content was AI-generated. Communications minister Solly Malatsi pulled t... Read More


Meta in breach of EU law to prevent under-13s from using social media platforms

United Kingdom, April 29 -- Meta has been found to be in breach of European Union (EU) law for failing to prevent children under the age of 13 from using Facebook and Instagram. The European Commissi... Read More


Liz Kendall calls for UK to seize AI initiative

United Kingdom, April 29 -- Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has warned that the UK must seize the opportunities presented by AI. The minister has stressed that Britain's economic prosperity and nati... Read More


Taylor Swift moves to trademark her voice and image amid AI fears

United Kingdom, April 28 -- Taylor Swift has filed applications to trademark her voice and likeness. The Life Of A Showgirl star's company TAS Rights Management made three trademark applications last... Read More


Bridget Phillipson: UK Government is open-minded about social media limits for under-16s

United Kingdom, April 28 -- Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson says the UK Government is "open-minded" about how social media restrictions are imposed for under-16s. There has been clamour for Br... Read More


London's female workers are at greater risk of AI impact

United Kingdom, April 28 -- Women are far more likely than men to work in jobs exposed to AI's impact. Data from the Greater London Authority (GLA) has found that nearly 60 per cent of jobs considere... Read More


Meta to use energy from space to power data centres

United Kingdom, April 27 -- Meta has signed a deal which will allow the company to use solar energy collected in space to power data centres back on Earth. The social media giant is teaming up with i... Read More


Golf fans to be guided by AI assistant at The Open

United Kingdom, April 27 -- Fans heading to The Open Golf Championship are going to be guided by a new AI assistant called Jimmy. Visitors are expected to flock to Southport, on the UK's east coast, ... Read More