Tag: ai

Elon Musk claims Grok was ‘manipulated’ into praising Hitler, then makes wild claims about it discovering ‘new technologies’ and ‘new physics’ within the next year: ‘Just let that sink in’

Elon Musk claims Grok…

Elon Musk has addressed the latest controversy around Grok, xAI’s public-facing chatbot, after the technology had a very normal…
After conquering ChatGPT, Atari 2600 Video Chess destroys Microsoft Copilot: ‘The vintage silicon mastermind bested me fair and square’

After conquering ChatGPT, Atari…

Last month we reported on the somewhat-surprising news that an emulated Atari 2600 running the 1979 software Video Chess…
‘The transfer of user data by DeepSeek to China is unlawful’: Germany calls for Google and Apple to remove the AI app from their stores

‘The transfer of user…

ChatGPT rival DeepSeek may be in deep trouble in the European Union after the Berlin Commissioner for Data Protection…
Psych-rock band The Velvet Sundown racks up well over 400,000 Spotify listens within a month, but very quickly turns out to be AI-generated

Psych-rock band The Velvet…

A psych-rock musical project has racked up 400,000 listens since it started dropping music on Spotify a little under…
Ring is using AI to generate video descriptions of what goes on outside your door—and to keep even more detailed tabs on ‘the routines of your residence’

Ring is using AI…

Whenever I disappear back into the wood from whence I came, I’m always greeted by the glower of a…
Like it or not, developers are experimenting with AI for their remasters and remakes – but can they ever be any good?

Like it or not,…

Remakes and remasters are big business these days. As technology improves, these rereleases allow players to revisit a game…
US judge rules that Anthropic’s use of copyrighted content to train AI was fair use, but pirating books is step too far

US judge rules that…

The UK’s Data (Use and Access) Bill has now passed, without the amendment that would’ve required AI tools to…
Top AI company finds that AIs will choose to merrily asphyxiate humans rather than shut down: ‘My ethical framework permits self-preservation’

Top AI company finds…

New research from Anthropic, one of the world’s leading AI firms, shows that LLMs from various companies have an…
A battle over air quality between Musk’s xAI and the citizens of Memphis now looks to be heading towards the courts

A battle over air…

It can be all too easy to think about the environmental impact of AI in the abstract—especially when OpenAI…
Calling AI a threat to ‘human dignity, justice and labor,’ Pope Leo XIV of all people takes on Big Tech

Calling AI a threat…

As a tech journalist, I’m far from heartened by the AI feeding frenzy we’re seeing. Besides the Trump administration…