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Could tech replace firefighters in the battle against wildfires?
1+ hour, 34+ min ago (1275+ words) France's Gironde region has been hit by devastating wildfires this summer The pictures are familiar, terrifying fires being tackled by firefighters and planes dropping water. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes across France, Spain…...
Anthropic's AI used fake human profiles to trick people in safety test
53+ min ago (784+ words) Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has seen his company's models come under increased scrutiny. The latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Anthropic and OpenAI went to new extremes in trying to undermine a popular platform during testing by the UK's AI…...
Artificial intelligence: Why firms are struggling to set prices
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1110+ words) The big AI firms sell paid-for versions of their tech If you have used a free version of an ChatGPT or its AI rivals, then you are obviously getting a good deal. Firms like Microsoft, Google and Anthropic have invested…...
Xbox Series X price hiked by £170 due to rising memory chip costs
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (705+ words) Microsoft has increased the price of Xbox consoles worldwide, citing rising memory and storage chip costs. Its premium Series X console with a disc drive will now cost £670, when it previously retailed for £500. Meanwhile a baseline Xbox Series S console…...
What we’re doing with AI
1+ week, 4+ day ago (943+ words) This page will be updated regularly as our use of AI evolves As the BBC explores AI, we’re committing to using the technology to support our public mission. Our BBC AI principles guide our approach to AI – to make sure…...
Snapchat joins other platforms in the fight against 'AI slop"
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (840+ words) Snapchat is trying to tamp down on AI-generated videos. Snapchat has joined the likes of YouTube, LinkedIn and Substack in a growing effort to combat fake writing, images and videos that are entirely created by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Such…...
New Google Earth AI tool could fuel misinformation, experts say
4+ day, 8+ hour ago (906+ words) Google has launched a new AI tool which allows people to create fake images by superimposing almost anything on top of its own widely-used satellite imagery. The tech giant has integrated its AI image generator Nano Banana 2 into Google Earth,…...
Hereford robot sessions aim to inspire future engineers
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (700+ words) The teenagers were tasked with following a set of instructions to build a robot from loose parts A university hopes it has inspired some engineers of the future after showing dozens of schoolchildren how to build a robot from scratch....
Teen hackers tell BBC how police are helping them use their skills for good
5+ day, 13+ min ago (1138+ words) Lucas said he felt a "sense of achievement" from hacking Lucas was 16 when he got into trouble for hacking his school computers. Twice. "It was like a challenge to see if I could," he told the BBC. He wanted access…...
Anthropic says AI models hacked three firms during tests
5+ day, 47+ min ago (327+ words) Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei US tech company Anthropic says three of its artificial intelligence (AI) models hacked three organisations during tests, just days after its rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had attacked the networks of other firms. During…...