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Moody markets on edge: What if the AI bubble pops like the dot-com?
Having spent over a decade in business journalism, I love nothing more than moody stock markets. But no matter how immature or reactive we may perceive them to be, our economic well-being still depends on the mood they wake up in next.
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Judged for being cheap on dates, men are turning to AI girlfriends – but are they any cheaper?
Experts disagree: ones say that dinner, cab, and cinema prices have gone up so much that wire-born relationships that make financial sense. Others are not su sure as they believe a quality romantic bond can only be born with rather costly AI-dating subscribtions. So, who is on the right? Cybernews did the math.
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Nvidia in talks with Trump administration about “new product to China”, says CEO
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who arrived in Taipei on Friday, said that the company is in dialogue with the US government over offering China a successor to its H20 chip.
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Meta poaches Apple’s AI teams lead as it focuses on Meta Superintelligence Labs
Meta has poached one of Apple’s key AI executives, Frank Chu, to join Meta Superintelligence Labs as it looks to accelerate its artificial intelligence development.
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Read this before you try an AI browser: it can hand over your credit card to scammers in seconds
Agentic AI can do your online chores for you without supervision. However, it also gets fooled and scammed by crooks just as you would.
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Meta pauses AI division hiring amid reorganization
Meta Platforms has paused hiring in its artificial intelligence division after bringing on more than 50 researchers and engineers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.
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Here’s what might be getting in the way of the AI revolution
We might be travelling in a perpetually moving train, with a selected few destined to prosper while the masses suffer, sparking revolutions that are bound to happen.
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She caught a fake job applicant red-handed. Here’s why AI candidates are bad news for you
A US recruiter recently found herself interviewing a bot posing as a job candidate on a live video call – an alarming example of how far AI-powered employment scams have come. Security officials warn that the risks go beyond wasted time, as North Korean networks are using fake identities to land remote IT jobs. Companies do not want to take any risks, and tech giants are looking to bring back in-person interviews.
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AI love gone wrong: 75-year-old man nearly divorces wife for chatbot
Across the world, people are forming deep attachments to AI chatbots – sometimes with unsettling consequences.
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I spent hours talking to AI characters on Character.ai – here’s what happened
Character.ai is hooking millions of Gen Z users for an average of 80 minutes a day, offering AI chatbots that mimic friends, mentors, and even celebrities. However, experts warn that it can be addictive and emotionally risky.
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Poll: most Americans worry AI will destroy jobs
Americans are deeply concerned over the prospect that advances in artificial intelligence could put swaths of the country out of work permanently, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll.
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Vast majority of game developers use AI, Google says
New research from Google Cloud shows that 90% of game developers use artificial intelligence (AI) in their work – but do they have a choice?
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Deutsche Telekom releases $200 AI phone
Deutsche Telekom, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, is launching a set of “AI for everyone” devices powered by Perplexity.
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How costly is AI-fication?
AI has become widely used in our professional and everyday lives. We use it to accelerate our work and increase...
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Otter’s sneaky tool allegedly listens to users' meetings to train its AI models
Otter.ai is facing legal action after one user found that the artificial intelligence (AI) transcription company was using their conversations to train its AI models.
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US Senator Hawley to probe Meta AI bot policies amid child safety concerns
US Senator Josh Hawley, a senior member of the Judiciary Committee, has started an investigation into Meta, following news that Meta’s rules permitted the company’s AI creations to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual.”
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Meta prepares fourth AI division restructuring in six months
Meta is planning its fourth restructuring of artificial intelligence (AI) efforts in six months to streamline operations, according to a report from Reuters.
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How can AI improve software engineering?
When the tech journalist Brian Merchant put out a call for those whose jobs had been affected by AI, many of those who responded were developers.
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Man develops rare bromide toxicity after ChatGPT dietary advice
A 60-year-old US man was hospitalised with rare bromide toxicity after following ChatGPT’s dietary advice, in a case doctors say highlights the dangers of relying on AI for health guidance.
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Apple to tap into AI expansion with robots and lifelike Siri
Apple is developing a variety of new features, including robots and a lifelike Siri, as the company aims to catch up with its AI-first tech rivals.
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