In streaming on X, Elon Musk’s xAI announced its new Grok-3 AI model, which has “more than 10 times” the computer power of its predecessor. According to a test conducted by the company, the new Grok-3 outperforms all the players, including DeepSeek’s V3, OpenAI’s GPT-4o, and Google’s Gemini.In addition, xAI added to Grok-3 the magical…
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OpenAI surprised the world on Thursday when it announced Operator AI agents for ChatGPT. Given the latest leaks, I knew the Operator launch was imminent, but I thought OpenAI would want to make a bigger deal about releasing its first AI agent that can do things for the user.It turns out Operator doesn’t need much…
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Google parent company Alphabet has dropped its pledge to not use artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems or surveillance tools, citing a need to support the national security of “democracies”. Google CEO Sundar Pichai, in a blogpost published Jun 2018, previously outlined how the company would “not pursue” AI applications that “cause or are likely…
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An obscure British government committee is to be asked this month to advise Home Secretary Yvette Cooper whether to go ahead with government demands that Apple provide British agents with a secret backdoor to break into the companies iCloud Advanced Data Protection system, enabling British spies to secretly copy and read users’ private data. …
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With the iOS 18.3 release just around the corner, it won’t take long before we get the long-awaited Siri overhaul expected with iOS 18.4. However, with Apple Intelligence not being as useful as users might wish for and Siri still being Siri, Apple is in a bad place with its AI efforts.This is why the…
Apple may have finally found a way to fix Siri and Apple Intelligence Read More »
Google started a big fight against ad blocker use on YouTube a few years ago, which was perfectly understandable. YouTube is free for people who don’t want to pay for a Premium subscription because ad revenue pays is how the service is supported. A part of that money goes to Google, of course, and part…
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A new wearable tech company is entering the fray. Halliday, a new startup, is set to shake up the wearable tech scene by combining smart AI features with stylish glasses that call upon the nostalgia of vintage designs. The company is showing off the glasses at CES this week, calling them the world’s first proactive…
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In 2024, Computer Weekly’s data and ethics coverage continued to focus on the various ethical issues associated with the development and deployment of data-driven systems, particularly artificial intelligence (AI). This included reports on the copyright issues associated with generative AI (GenAI) tools, the environmental impacts of AI, the invasive tracking tools in place across the…
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A few weeks after releasing iOS 18.2, Apple launched iOS 18.2.1. This software update brings bug fixes and security improvements. Per the release notes, “this update provides important bug fixes and is recommended for all users.”With iOS 18.2, Apple continued to expand Apple Intelligence features. For iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 16 users, the company…
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Developing new drugs is risky and expensive. Creating a new drug and bringing it to clinical trials can cost billions of pounds, with no guarantees of success. And sometimes a drug can fail to meet expectations during a clinical trial in one part of the world, even though it was effective in another. One reason…
Big data and Google BigQuery improve cancer drug development by detecting bacteria Read More »
