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In Grok we don’t trust: academics assess Elon Musk’s AI-powered encyclopedia
From publishing falsehoods to pushing far-right ideology, Grokipedia gives chatroom comments equal status to research The eminent British historian Sir Richard Evans produced three expert witness reports for the libel trial involving the Holocaust denier David Irving, studied for a doctorate under the supervision of Theodore Zeldin, succeeded David Cannadine as Regius professor of history…
Ducking annoying: why has iPhone’s autocorrect function gone haywire?
The internet has been rumbling about autocorrect for years – and now AI is changing how the technology works Don’t worry, you’re not going mad. If you feel the autocorrect on your iPhone has gone haywire recently – inexplicably correcting words such as “come” to “coke” and “winter” to “w Inter” – then you are…
Microsoft reports strong earnings as Azure hit by major outage
Tech giant reports earnings of $3.72 per share day after deal with OpenAI pushed value of company to more than $4tn Microsoft blew off concerns of overspending on AI on Wednesday, reporting elevated earnings even as it faced an outage of its cloud computing service, Azure, and its office software suite, 365. The strong earnings…
Teenage boys using ‘personalised’ AI for therapy and romance, survey finds
Male Allies UK worries rise in chatbot ‘girlfriends’ will leave boys unable to socialise and respect boundaries The “hyper-personalised” nature of AI bots is drawing in teenage boys who now use them for therapy, companionship and relationships, according to research. A survey of boys in secondary schools by Male Allies UK found that just over…
Nvidia becomes world’s first $5tn company amid stock market and AI boom
Silicon Valley chipmaker hits $5tn valuation just three months after it was first to break through the $4tn barrier Nvidia has become the world’s first $5tn company as the artificial intelligence industry and wider US stock market boom. Just three months ago, the Silicon Valley chipmaker was the first to break through the barrier of…
Apple hits $4tn market value as new iPhone models revitalize sales
Tech company’s stock enters positive territory for first time this year after gaining about 13% since new iPhone launches Apple topped $4tn (£3tn) in market value for the first time on Tuesday, joining Microsoft and Nvidia as the third company in history to hit the milestone, thanks to strong demand for its latest iPhones. Apple’s…
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley In March, three months after being forced out of his position as the CEO of Intel and sued by shareholders, Patrick Gelsinger took the reins at Gloo, a technology company made for what he calls the “faith…
Elon Musk launches encyclopedia ‘fact-checked’ by AI and aligning with rightwing views
Grokipedia’s entries hew closely to conservative talking points, with some journalists already saying it contains inaccurate information Elon Musk has launched an online encyclopedia named Grokipedia that he said relied on artificial intelligence and would align more with his rightwing views than Wikipedia, though many of its articles say they are based on Wikipedia itself.…
‘DeepSeek is humane. Doctors are more like machines’: my mother’s worrying reliance on AI for health advice
Tired of a two-day commute to see her overworked doctor, my mother turned to tech for help with her kidney disease. She bonded with the bot so much I was scared she would refuse to see a real medic This essay was originally published on Rest of world Every few months, my mother, a 57-year-old…
‘A good moment in time for us’: Firefox head on AI browsers and what’s next for the web
After the release of a slew of other AI-integrated browsers, Anthony Enzor-DeMeo discusses ChatGPT Atlas, the Google monopoly trial – and the future Do you need an assistant for your online activities? Multiple major players in artificial intelligence are moving on from chatbots like ChatGPT and are now focusing their efforts on new browsers with…