Meta fact-checking U-turn probed over Ronaldo Facebook deepfake scam Sport Business Meta’s decision to scrap fact-checking on Facebook and Instagram is under review after Brazilian football legend Ronaldo Nazario was caught up in a deepfake scam. The company’s oversight board has launched an investigation after Meta initially rejected calls to remove a post that used an AI-manipulated video of Ronaldo to promote a gambling app. Meta [...]
Is Deepseek more an attack on Wall Street than an AI innovation? Opinion The launch of Deepseek has been framed as the AI race’s Sputnik but the timing is dubious and questions are being asked about whether the tech is really as game-changing as its creators claim. Either way, America must stay vigilant, says Mark Minevich It started with a single, seismic headline: China builds an AI model [...]
Davos 2025 is about growth, growth, growth. The UK must listen Opinion Despite struggles, the UK still has all the ingredients for growth. Davos 2025 is an opportunity to remember that, writes Chris Hayward.
Open-source is the secret sauce that will power the future of AI January 18, 2025 Open-source – code made freely available to be redistributed and modified – has arguably been saddled with boring and technical branding, but it is an incredible powerful tool for challengers and essential to unlocking the potential of AI, says Camilla de Coverly Veale This week the government published their response to AI-superstar Matt Clifford’s AI [...]
AI can slash government red tape – unless red tape gets in its way January 15, 2025 The Prime Minister has said he wants to “go for it” with AI, so let’s get these tools into the hands of frontline workers, get them out from behind their desks and save taxpayers money, says Alex Stephany The Prime Minister was right to give a stark warning on AI to the public sector this [...]
Are American stocks too expensive? January 14, 2025 American stocks are expensive – really expensive. The way analysts measure how expensive stocks are is looking at the ratio of their price to the company’s annual earnings. Goldman Sachs has calculated that even excluding the largest technology companies, US market valuations are at a 20-year peak, currently sitting at a ratio of 19.3 price [...]
Labour is squandering Britain’s lead on the AI revolution January 14, 2025 The UK is well positioned to lead the coming AI revolution, but the Labour government is doing everything it can to undermine this country’s strength in tech, says Alan Mak The UK is on the cusp of a technological revolution. AI offers a wealth of growth opportunities and Britain can be a world leader in [...]
The new meeting etiquette: to bot or not? January 2, 2025 The dos and don’t of using AI in meetings while safeguarding your business’ culture and values, according to Amale Ghalbouni Artificial Intelligence has woven itself into the very fabric of every modern business. And while AI has found a natural home in places where productivity is of the essence, meetings and workshops remain a place [...]
AI will empower the heroes who serve us December 5, 2024 AI won’t just transform business, it will help public services do more with less and empower the private sector to help solve some of society’s most important challenges, says Shmuel Chafets The GenerativeAI revolution is quickly becoming a driving force for business transformation around the globe. Industries from healthcare to finance are moving to adopt AI [...]
Could a chatbot groom your child? November 26, 2024 Generation Alpha are already growing up in a very different digital landscape to their predecessors and their lives will be fundamentally shaped by AI, says Eliza Filby In all the surveys, books and discussions about modern parenting, there’s one thing on which we are all in agreement. Parenting today is harder than it was for [...]