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More damage than help: 56% employees say AI increases workload

The creators of artificial intelligence (AI) have promised us a miraculous productivity boost; yet, the reality paints a different picture. More than half of employees say that the use of AI has increased their workload.
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A DeepSeek moment for hardware? Chinese startup says its chip can outperform Nvidia’s AI trainers

A little known Chinese chipmaker says it has developed a domestic alternative to Nvidia’s widely used AI training chips, marking the latest sign of China’s push to reduce reliance on Western semiconductor suppliers.
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Hacking LLMs: how bots manipulate AI

Large Language Models (LLMs) like ChatGPT have transformed how we access and interact with information, bringing unprecedented convenience and efficiency....
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Mounting AI troubles for Deloitte: another report contains fake citations

Deloitte has again come under scrutiny for citing sources hallucinated by artificial intelligence (AI) in a report for the Canadian government.
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Warner settles lawsuit with Suno, announces AI partnership

Warner Music Group has reached an agreement with AI music generator Suno and will collaborate with the platform.
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(L)awful: AI won't let the dead rest

Deepfakes are targeting even the deceased, and long-gone historical figures aren’t the only ones affected. “Digital reincarnations” are now coming after victims of violent crime.
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Report: North Korea ready to use AI in military operations

It’s widely recognized that North Korean cyber actors are leveraging AI tools to accelerate cryptocurrency theft operations. Now, however, a new report suggests that the secretive Pyongyang regime can also utilize its AI capabilities in military operations.
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AI can replace one in ten American workers. Are you at risk?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already capable of replacing 11.7% of the United States (US) workforce, despite most people thinking they won’t be affected.
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China’s tech giants move AI development overseas to secure Nvidia chips

Top Chinese firms are training their artificial intelligence models abroad to access Nvidia's chips and avoid US measures aimed at curbing their progress in advanced technology, Financial Times reported on Thursday.
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Warner settles lawsuit with Suno and announces AI partnership

Warner Music Group has reached an agreement with AI music generator Suno and will collaborate with the platform.
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Hackers are using underground AI models to launch malware and phishing attacks

Hackers are increasingly turning to AI tools tailored to their specific needs, new research has found. These tools are openly sold on the dark web and claim to enable would-be attackers to generate phishing emails, malicious code, or even basic ransomware scripts much faster. KawaiiGPT and WormGPT are making a strong comeback.
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UK police trial AI officers, warn public not to abuse rookie recruits

Thames Valley Police and the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Constabularies claim to be the first to introduce automated officers in a trial aimed at providing a new way for the public to contact them.
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AI transcription to create “Facebook of the Middle Ages”

Researchers are utilizing a transcription tool that leverages artificial intelligence to decode a digital database of Jewish manuscripts dating back over a thousand years.
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OpenAI denies ChatGPT’s role in teenager’s suicide

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has denied allegations that the chatbot played a role in the death of 16-year-old Adam Raine, despite court documents showing that it discussed suicide methods in detail.
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Pun intended, but misunderstood: Can ChatGPT take a joke?

Large language models (LLMs) like ChatGPT and Gemini can memorize familiar joke structures, but they don’t actually understand them.
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With AI increasingly difficult to detect, is it time to cancel homework?

After finding that Nano Banana Pro, Google Gemini’s new image generation and editing model, can solve exam questions straight in the exam page image, AI researcher Andrej Karpathy says this might be the end of homework in education.
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YouTube’s Music Recap 2025 is already here, with AI ready to comment on your music taste

While Spotify hasn’t yet wrapped this year by giving users insights into their music taste, YouTube is already providing users with annual recaps.
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The AI bots weaponizing Black Friday shopping: now there’s a new one to watch!

AI is enabling bots to multitask and multiply while tech-savvy shoppers trying to snag deals via agentic browsers are opening themselves up to new threats, experts have warned.
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Befriend the enemy: musicians increasingly using AI despite celebrity protest

Most musicians use artificial intelligence (AI) in their workflow, despite having a rather negative view of using the technology in the creative process, a new survey finds.
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China’s Lenovo and other tech giants stack memory chips: the race is on and prices are up

The race for memory chips is quietly intensifying across the tech world. As AI data centers require high-tech parts faster and in larger quantities than manufacturers can produce, companies such as Lenovo are stockpiling at record levels, and they’re not the only ones. While some Chinese giants forecast that gadget prices will go up in 2026, others show signs of hope at least until the end of December.
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