UK antitrust agency probes AI market as calls for regulation grow louder May 4, 2023 The UK's competition regulator has launched a review into the advancement of artificial intelligence, it confirmed today, amid growing concerns over its unchecked power to potentially overhaul the jobs market and spread misinformation.
WANdisco set to slash headcount by 30 per cent as fraud fall out continues May 4, 2023 Beleaguered data firm WANdisco said it will slash its headcount by nearly a third today as it scrambles to steady the ship amid an accounting scandal and fraud probe.
Getting a piece of the Pi: Google DeepMind and LinkedIn cofounders launch AI chatbot May 3, 2023 An artificial intelligence startup founded by the cofounders of LinkedIn and Google DeepMind has launched a new chatbot. The company, Inflection AI, said the chatbot, named Pi, uses AI technology developed in house to hold conversations with users, give feedback and work through “tricky decisions.” “We think of Pi as a digital companion on hand [...]
Dyson pours £100m into new Bristol tech centre as part of £2.75bn investment plan May 3, 2023 Dyson is pouring £100 million into a new technology centre in the UK, in addition to a new site in the Philippines and factory in Singapore, as part of its £2.75bn five-year investment plan. Dyson, which makes vacuum cleaners, fans and hair appliances, said today the new Bristol centre would be home to hundreds of [...]
IBM could replace almost 8,000 jobs with AI, boss says as it expects hiring slowdown May 2, 2023 Artificial intelligence could replace 7,800 jobs at the technology giant, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), according to its chief executive. Arvind Krishna told Bloomberg News on Monday that the company expected to pause hiring for non-customer facing roles, such as human resources. “I could easily see 30 per cent of that getting replaced by AI [...]
‘Godfather of AI’ quits Google over concerns with rapid advances in tech May 2, 2023 A British scientist dubbed the “Godfather of AI” has quit his role at Google due to concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence (AI), such as its potentially ability to spread misinformation and overhaul the jobs market. Geoffrey Hinton — who joined Google a decade ago to build on what was then the foundation of [...]
Alibaba founder Jack Ma ditches tech for teaching May 2, 2023 Alibaba founder Jack Ma has taken up a university teaching position, in a shift away from his sprawling tech businesses and one of the first public roles he has assumed after almost three years of keeping a low profile. Ma joined Tokyo college, run by the University of Tokyo, as a visiting professor on Monday, [...]
Musk: Media publishers can start charging for one-off articles shared on Twitter May 1, 2023 Twitter will roll out a new feature allowing media publishers to charge users on a per-article basis, the company’s chief executive Elon Musk said on Saturday. Musk said this would allow users who did not want to sign up for monthly subscriptions to pay a higher per article price to read one article. In a [...]
SoftBank’s Arm files to list shares in US as London blow confirmed May 1, 2023 SoftBank-owned chip design firm Arm has filed for a US listing in a move which cements its decision to thwart London markets for the US and paves the way for one of the largest initial public offerings (IPOs) of the year. SoftBank confirmed on Monday that Arm had submitted a draft registration statement to the [...]
Wikipedia won’t comply with Online Safety Bill if passed, its charity warns April 28, 2023 Wikipedia will not comply with aspects of the Online Safety Bill if passed, the website’s charity has warned. The bill — currently sitting in the House of Lords — will compel social media platforms and tech companies to police and remove hateful content. It will also require platforms to keep adult content out of reach [...]