The UK wants to unlock public service productivity with AI
The UK Treasury’s Productivity Programme research “has revealed huge opportunities to cut admin, safely harness AI and deliver early interventions…
How AI is supercharging Argentina’s presidential election
The contenders for Argentina’s presidential election have been whittled down to Sergio Massa and Javier Milei with both candidates making…
a16z invests in AI startup linked to nonconsensual porn
Venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, also known as a16z, was an early investor in tech giants like Facebook and Lyft.…
The stories of underage workers in the AI and data services industry
The AI industry has a problematic history of labor exploitation, with workers speaking out in Venezuela, Kenya, and other parts…
Cambridge Dictionary reveals an AI-related “Word of the Year”
The Cambridge Dictionary has announced “hallucinate” as its Word of the Year for 2023, assigning it a new meaning linked…
Warner Music starts AI project to create biopic of French singer Edith Piaf
In partnership with Edith Piaf’s estate, Warner Music is undertaking a pioneering project to produce a 90-minute animated biopic of…
YouTube unleashes package of measures to combat AI misuse
YouTube has unveiled a host of measures and guidelines to combat AI-related misuse, particularly for AI-generated and deep fake music. …
Police scanned Beyoncé concert for pedophiles and terrorists
Welsh police have admitted that they used facial recognition to scan Beyoncé concertgoers in May this year. The police were…
North Carolina man sentenced to prison for AI-generated child pornography
In a landmark case highlighting the misuse of AI in criminal activities, a child psychiatrist from North Carolina, David Tatum,…
Google’s cybersecurity forecast sees AI playing a big role
Google Cloud released its cybersecurity and cybercrime forecast for 2024 and the threat from AI is at the top of…
