AI & ML

Readme, a new endeavor from the brains behind the astrology app Co-Star, taps into a prevailing fetish for literary culture and all things bookish.

A spate of warnings in recent days about the dangers of AI have sparked mixed reactions: from Donald Trump dismissing the fears as a hoax, to Beijing criticising calls for the US to block its advancement as fearmongering. As President Xi Jinping heads to Washington for talks, FRANCE 24’s technology correspondent Peter O’Brien explains why the

The campaign against Flock shows that fighting to protect personal privacy isn’t a lost cause.

Times columnist Kevin Roose sees reasons for optimism — and worry — as the world wakes up to what Silicon Valley has been talking about for years.

The countries, along with Israeli firms, combined Chinese open-source A.I. models and A.I. agents for the campaigns, foreshadowing future online manipulation.

The US president’s anti-regulatory stance fails to take into account that China is catching up

Motion brought by union to replace AI Security Institute comes as minister opens door to strengthening legislation

Cyber researchers broke into OpenAI using its key rival Anthropic’s software, highlighting vulnerabilities in the ChatGPT maker’s security as leading AI companies face mounting scrutiny over safety. A small cyber security group gained access to an OpenAI employee’s ChatGPT account, which permitted them to read private software information and suggest changes. The researchers had been

The British tech leader on coding as the modern form of literacy, his scepticism of AI evangelists — and why ‘the p(doom) is probably Russia’