I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of the ChatGPT images that have taken over the web for the better part of a week. OpenAI revealed that 130 million ChatGPT users created around 700 million AI images with its new tool.I get it. The service is cool, and the technology is amazing. I used…
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The Post Office has appointed a specialist investigator to review the integrity of current Horizon system data and the processes used to identify discrepancies. This follows a report by the Post Office scandal public inquiry, published in September 2024, which raised concerns about the current version of the controversial system. Investigation firm Kroll will review…
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Nvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti has popped up in yet more sightingsAsus TUF and Prime models of the graphics card have been spottedOn top of that, leaked FurMark benchmarks have appeared, all of which adds to the pile of rumors suggesting the RTX 5060 Ti is about to arriveNvidia’s RTX 5060 Ti has appeared in multiple…
The European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has this week debuted its first post-quantum cyber security standard, designed to guarantee the protection of critical data and communications in the quantum-enabled future. Responding to the potentially existential threat to current encryption methods posed by large-scale quantum computers – which will likely be able to efficiently solve the…
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The Science, Innovation and Technology Committee has questioned tech experts on the government’s plans for the digital centre of government – or the new Government Digital Service (GDS). The committee examined the role of the new centre and whether the government’s digitisation of public services will be successful. Earlier this month, prime minister Keir Starmer…
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In January, Meta announced it would phase out its fact-checking program for Facebook in the US and replace it with X-like Community Notes. Now, Meta’s Chief Global Affairs Officer, Joel Kaplan, has revealed that this change will occur on April 7.In a post on X, Kaplan wrote: “By Monday afternoon, our fact-checking program in the…
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has urged the government to fix legacy IT issues if it wants to succeed with artificial intelligence (AI)-powered public sector initiatives. The PAC’s Use of AI in government report noted that AI relies on high-quality data to learn. However, the committee was told by the Department for Science, Innovation and…
Gartner defines agentic artificial intelligence (AI) as goal driven software entities that have been granted rights by the organisation to act on its behalf to make decisions autonomously. “They can be combined with AI techniques which have memory, planning, sensing, tooling and some guardrails to complete the task and achieve a particular goal,” says Anushree…
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Artificial intelligence is getting better at mimicking human language, solving problems, and even passing exams. But according to new research, it still can’t replicate one of the most fundamental parts of human cognition—how humans think.A recent study published in Transactions on Machine Learning Research examined how well large language models, like OpenAI’s GPT-4, handle analogical reasoning.…
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Military planners and industry figures say artificial intelligence (AI) can unlock back-office efficiency for the UK’s armed forces and help commanders make faster, better-informed decisions, but “intractable problems” baked into the technology could further reduce military accountability. Speaking on a panel about the ethics of using autonomous technologies in warfare at the Alan Turing Institute-hosted…
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