TikTok is facing its most credible existential threat yet. Last week, the US Congress passed a bill that bans the short-form video app if it…
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Ofcom accused of ‘excluding’ bereaved parents from online safety consultation
Bereaved parents and abuse survivors who have endured years of “preventable, life-changing harm” linked to social media say they have been denied a voice in…
View More Ofcom accused of ‘excluding’ bereaved parents from online safety consultationUkraine unveils AI-generated foreign ministry spokesperson
Ukraine on Wednesday presented an AI-generated spokesperson called Victoria who will make official statements on behalf of its foreign ministry. The ministry said it would…
View More Ukraine unveils AI-generated foreign ministry spokespersonApple reports slumping iPhone sales as global demand weakens
Apple released its earnings report on Thursday, revealing a drop in overall revenue fueled by slackening iPhone sales. Earnings exceeded market expectations, however, and Apple’s…
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT is facing serious competition, as the company’s rival Anthropic brings its Claude chatbot to iPhones. Anthropic, led by a group of former OpenAI…
View More ChatGPT’s chatbot rival Claude to be introduced on iPhoneAmazon sales soar with boost from artificial intelligence and advertising
Amazon profits soared once again in the first quarter of 2024, the company announced on Tuesday – the latest in a series of robust earnings…
View More Amazon sales soar with boost from artificial intelligence and advertisingEU is pressuring Meta due to fears of Russian interference in elections
Fears that Vladimir Putin is trying to fill the European parliament with more pro-Russia MEPs were behind the EU’s blunt message to the Silicon Valley…
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The Financial Times has struck a deal with ChatGPT developer OpenAI that allows its content to be used in training artificial intelligence systems. The FT…
View More OpenAI to use FT journalism to train artificial intelligence systemsThe demise of Twitter: how a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’
If anything is emblematic of the demise of Twitter, it is the rise and stall of the account of Oprah Winfrey. Oprah joined the platform…
View More The demise of Twitter: how a ‘utopian vision’ for social media became a ‘toxic mess’Tesla Autopilot feature was involved in 13 fatal crashes, US regulator says
US auto-safety regulators said on Friday that their investigation into Tesla’s Autopilot had identified at least 13 fatal crashes in which the feature had been…
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