AI
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The roots of AI fear in the West are cultural, not technological
Popular conceptions of AI differ drastically between the US and China. Columnist Annalee Newitz dives into the cultural, religious and sci-fi factors driving our impressions of its power
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Microsoft ditches residency plans at UK's largest data center over power supply concerns
Nscale data center's only publicly announced customer has pulled out
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Anthropic says its workforce has been getting older, but is also spending more time in meetings
Anthropic isn't making so many junior hires, it turns out
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Ahrefs Brand Radar review
Useful competitor clues, a hefty subscription, and more detective work than expected.
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You would not use a Ferrari for the school run. Why are you doing it for AI?
Matching AI workloads to the right models and infrastructure
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Cryptomining
Discover more about Cryptomining with insights from the experts at Tom's Hardware.
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'The GPU never reads the same text twice': Belgian startup Corbenic wants to turn your server's SSD into AI memory, but its 14x speedup owes more to reading less
Galahad promises exact, encrypted KV cache reuse for vLLM, SGLang, and Llama.cpp
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Anthropic’s proposed AI safety bill only kicks in if 50 deaths or $1 billion in damages are on the line — proposal would effectively make the Commerce Department the only agency capable of stopping an AI model
Would this be enough to keep an AI model from going out of control?
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I watched BBC Scotland for a night and all I got was a sense of doom
Seven years after the BBC Scotland channel launched with big ambitions, its audience is shrinking and its future is in doubt. I spent an evening watching it to find out what has gone wrong.
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Why AI Isn’t Ready to Tackle Our Convoluted Genomes
The DNA inside our cells isn’t just a series of instructions, but something far more dynamic. Like scientists, AI models don't yet have the data to properly decode it.
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Quote of the day by OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy: 'The hottest new programming language is English' — signalling the shift to natural language dominance in the AI era
With large language models becoming increasingly prevalent over the last few years, more and more people have the means to code
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Linux kernel drops AI-contribution disclosure rule, as Linus Torvalds says banning the tech would be 'utterly stupid'
The key thing for Torvalds is that you understand the code you submit, not how you made it.
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China moves to curb tech exports, including AI, citing national security risks
China plans to restrict or ban exports of 40 technologies, including AI, chips, and solar power, as its tech race with countries like the U.S. intensifies
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AI-Generated Hot Girls Are Ripping Off Comedians to Boost Their Horny Content
A network of AI-generated models is using comics’ material to funnel views to their OnlyFans and Fanvue accounts—and there’s not much comedians can do about it.
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AI adoption has a talent problem - here’s how to solve it
AI adoption depends on talent, judgement and workforce readiness
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National march against hyperscale data centres to be held in Edinburgh
People from across Scotland will march down the Royal Mile on Saturday, November 14, culminating in a rally outside the Scottish Parliament.
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After AI maths backlash, OpenAI pledges $5m to math foundation
“Mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done,” said the Association for Human Mathematics.
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We Got Hot and Heavy With Meta’s Muse—and Baffled by Apple’s HomeView
This week on “Uncanny Valley,” we dive into an unexpected Muse feature, shadowy spending from the largest pro-AI super PAC, and men’s tendency to lie about how much they know about AI.
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Googlebooks from Dell, Lenovo, and HP tested: Nice hardware, but the OS isn't ready yet
Nice hardware, but it feels like Google rushed its OS.
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Nvidia RTX Spark - gaming performance and early impressions
Nvidia's RTX Spark makes for an impressive Arm-based gaming laptop but not one I'd recommend you buy just for gaming
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Acer Swift Spin 14 AI is one of the best laptops I've used for years - just a shame about the price
The Acer Swift Spin 14 AI is a good looking laptop with a surprising amount of power and battery life. It’s also got AI, a 360-degree hinge, and a price tag to match.
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Russia and China are using AI to stage relentless cyberattacks against the UK
AI is increasing the speed of attacks against infrastructure in the UK but also being used to help defend against it
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'We are battling Labour on plans to house illegal immigrants in County Durham homes'
Billions of pounds of global investment are there for County Durham if we want it.
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How data centres became the sleeper issue that could decide the US midterms
Democrats and Republicans alike are coming out against data centre development, amid growing backlash across the US.
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AI Came for Math. Now It’s Chasing the Rest of Science
AI may soon be the default way to solve theoretical problems in economics, high-energy physics, and other fields, MIT researchers tell WIRED.
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Self-replicating AIs are a great digital horror story – here’s the reality
Anthropic announced that an AI could self-replicate inside smart devices within months, stoking fear around the internet. Columnist Jacob Aron explains the technical limitations that make this spook story less than likely
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Zimbabwe’s Caine Prize winner rejects claim he used AI to write his story
Zimbabwean author Simbarashe Kundizeza denies using AI to write his short story, "The Blue Fighter," which won the $10,000 Caine Prize for African Writing
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Controversial North Wales data center the size of ‘57 football pitches’ sees opposition from tens of thousands
The 450MW site would see a derelict factory demolished
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Co-Existence by Ethan Mollick review: How to build a real relationship with AI and keep your cognitive edge
Co-Existence by Ethan Mollick is an excellent practical guide to effectively collaborating with AI without relinquishing our most valuable human cognitive capabilities, says Daniel Cossins
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Security flaws found in top open source AI gateway — LiteLLM vulnerabilties could affect millions of users
LiteLLM users told to patch immediately
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'That is Golden Age territory, definitely' — bestselling author explains why AI could be a force for good in filmmaking
Bestselling author Conn Iggulden explains why AI filmmaking isn't necessarily a bad thing.
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Hostinger vs Bluehost review: An expert compares the two web hosting services
I take an in-depth look at each web host’s key features, to help you choose the one that suits your needs
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AI isn't enough: Why store infrastructure will determine which retailers scale successfully
Why AI success in retail depends on infrastructure
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Men Can’t Stop Faking How Much They Know About AI
More than half of the men surveyed in a new Harvard study claimed to recognize AI leaders who were, in fact, totally fictional.
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Independent school pioneering AI says teaching comes first, tools second
ESM has developed a policy on the use of AI in classrooms that has specific guidance for grade levels, but keeps teaching at the forefront.
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Asian shares trade mixed after US stocks edge back from their record after profit reports
Asian shares are trading mixed, as market interest in computer chips and artificial intelligence continued to support some global shares
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OpenAI and Anthropic Tell British Lawmakers: Regulate Us
AI leaders joined whistleblowers and security leaders at a sweeping parliamentary session, while a few hundred meters away Britain’s spy chief warned AI could be used to create new bioweapons.
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Robots could get a ‘ChatGPT moment’ in the next one to two years, Unitree chief says — and it’ll be powered by OpenAI’s GPT-7
Unitree’s CEO believes robotic AI could see a huge ‘ChatGPT moment’ when GPT-7 launches next year.
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Trump's super intelligence is rapidly catching up in the USA with 3X rise in search as Google Trends shows decreasing interest in 'Enemy' AI — while the rest of the world blissfully ignores it
In the US, "super intelligence" is the Trumpian new name for artificial intelligence
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Fed up with Apple Intelligence? I tried the Mac app that banishes it for good — and it claims it can free up 12GB of storage space too
The RemoveMacAI app deletes Apple Intelligence and reclaims storage space on your Mac.
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AI could give terrorists access to bioweapons if guardrails fail – MI5 chief
Sir Ken McCallum gave his annual speech on threats to the UK at Thames House on Tuesday.
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Sovereign AI isn't just where your data lives
Sovereign AI requires control over data, infrastructure, governance and decisions
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Governance is driving the UK's next wave of jobs
Why responsible AI is expanding opportunity across Britain’s workforce
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Russian bot traffic decimated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes knock multiple Yandex data centers offline
Drone strikes knock Yandex services offline
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Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF
High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacks
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IMF raises its forecast for world growth this year but says economies will slow in 2027
The International Monetary Fund has slightly upgraded its outlook for the world economy for this year, but it's forecasting growth at a still sluggish 3.1%
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Kioxia's upgraded GP drive exceeds 20 million random-read IOPS
DRAM faces another challenger as Kioxia doubles its SSD performance with third-generation XL-FLASH memory technology