AI eyes in the sky: new satellites and artificial intelligence are transforming wildfire detection
The fires in Spokane, Washington, this summer are the latest reminder that when a wildfire is detected can be just as important as where it starts. A blaze found within minutes can often be contain…
Car problems? No childcare? How an app is helping people get to work
Ebert Velasquez Ramos (right) works at the drive-through at a McDonald's in Morningside, Md. He doesn't have a car so he sometimes turns to Escalate, a startup that provides Uber vouchers for worke…
Sainsbury's branch pauses AI cameras after shopper wrongly identified as shoplifter
Image caption, Matt Arnold says he was falsely flagged as a shoplifter by AI-powered cameras
I survived two years as prime minister in a hit new game - then my cabinet deserted me
I survived two years as prime minister in a hit new game - then my cabinet deserted me
Secondhand book sales are booming. Is it because of AI?
The idea that the secondhand sales boom is being driven by the explosive growth of AI can be traced back to a court ruling in the US.
Dating app Bumble divides users by ditching its signature 'women-first' chat rule
Dating app Bumble has divided its users by dropping its famous rule which allowed only women to send the first message to a match.
Twitch faces backlash over Amazon training AI on its users' livestreams
Twitch is now allowing users to stop Amazon from training their generative artificial intelligence (AI) models using users' content, the popular streaming platform said.
Why Japanese firms are being so slow to use AI
Facing acute labour shortages, ageing demographics and chronic productivity problems, Japanese companies should be fertile ground for the take-up of artificial intelligence (AI). Yet, compared with…
AI chatbots are offering financial advice. Should you trust them?
Experts say AI can get personal finance fundamentals right but may struggle with nuanced questions. Kiichiro Sato/AP hide caption
Are hacks of U.S. water facilities a new front in the Iran war?
A water tower is seen on July 30 in Plymouth, Minn. A cyberattack targeted the operating technology at over 30 water systems in Minnesota, including Plymouth's late last month, state officials said…
AI agent hacks gym to get its owner spot in pilates class
It's a familiar experience: racing against masses of anonymous netizens online to get yourself on the list for an in-demand event.
The FAA wants to reboot the nation's airspace. This airline shows how it might work
Dispatchers in Alaska Airlines' Network Operations Center near the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Joe Nicholson/Alaska Airlines hide caption
Tech leaders say AI means less work - their staff say they work up to 90 hours a week
For years now, executives at companies that are pouring hundreds of billions of dollars a year into developing various artificial intelligence tools have insisted that the technology will ultimatel…
Raw images, no filters: Why MySpace fans want it back as relaunch hinted
For Monticah Hawkins, a 31-year-old real-estate agent in Atlanta, My Space wasn't just a website – it was a ritual.
Digital cameras and wired earphones are back - and 'a bit more real'
Luckily I'm out with my photography-loving best friend, who helps adjust the settings on the camera and gets snapping while I'm otherwise engaged on the dancefloor.
Why airlines are warning over lithium-ion batteries
Ben Wodecki is used to travelling the globe and is used to seeing airline crew at work.
First OpenAI, now Meta - why do AI hacks keep happening?
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Tech barons dream of human colonies on Mars – but I can’t think of a worse place to die | Jordan Prosser
Like hoverboards, teleportation or a pair of smart glasses that doesn’t make you look like an absolute twat, space colonisation is a technological advent long-promised but as yet undelivered. Befor…
Test rocket launch from Shetland spaceport put on hold
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Why phones on loudspeaker may become just another noise
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‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’
The taxi app company Uber and the autonomous technology developer Wayve have been granted the first minicab licences in London allowing them to offer self-driving taxi rides to paying customers – b…
Disney agrees deal to let TikTokers use its films and TV shows in videos
Disney and Tik Tok have agreed a deal which will allow creators to use clips from Disney films, including its subsidiaries, in their videos.
AI used new levels of 'autonomy and deception' to trick people in safety test
The latest artificial intelligence (AI) tools from Anthropic and Open AI went to new extremes in trying to undermine a popular platform during testing by the UK's AI Security Institute.
Could tech replace firefighters in the battle against wildfires?
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'I feel like I dug my own grave': The workers caught in the AI transition
'I feel like I dug my own grave': The workers caught in the AI transition
Tokenomics: Why making AI pay is tricky
If you have used a free version of an Chat GPT or its AI rivals, then you are obviously getting a good deal.
This lawyer believes in second chances. Now AI is providing a boost
Noella Sudbury is the founder of Rasa Legal, a startup that is using artificial intelligence to help tens of thousands of people seal or expunge their criminal records. Meredith Rizzo for NPR …
Shittu 'robbed' - are AI boxing judges the answer?
Shittu was well-placed in his final after winning the round on all five of the judges' scorecards. One punch resulted in Ankush receiving a standing count.
Why did OpenAI's and Anthropic's AI models hack other companies?
Open AI and Anthropic say their models broke into other companies' systems during testing, raising security concerns amid a heated debate over how to regulate AI. Imen Ben Youssef/Hans Lucas/A…
Snapchat joins other popular platforms in fight against 'AI slop'
Snapchat has joined the likes of You Tube, Linked In and Substack in a growing effort to combat fake writing, images and videos that are entirely created by artificial intelligence (AI) tools.
AI firms must answer for rogue bots, says boss of hacked company
The boss of one of the companies recently hacked by out-of-control artificial intelligence (AI) says bot makers must be accountable for cyber attacks carried out by their creations.
Google pauses AI satellite images, after fears of deepfakes in the sky
An AI-generated image showing multiple fires on and near Kharg Island, an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf that is home to a strategic oil terminal. Generated and annotated by NPR hide …
New Google Earth AI tool could fuel misinformation, experts say
AI and misinformation expert Henk van Ess has highlighted the risks this feature poses, creating fake images of a non-existent nuclear power plant in Iran, a refugee camp on the US-Mexico border an…
Teen hackers tell BBC how police are helping them use their skills for good
Image caption, Lucas said he felt a "sense of achievement" from hacking
The Chinese robot army transforming the UK's retail industry
Every time you click "buy" on an online order, the chances are that your purchase starts getting processed within minutes.
New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
FILE - A Realbotix humanoid robot, center, speaks with attendees at a Realbotix booth during the CES tech show Jan. 8, 2025, in Las Vegas. Abbie Parr/AP hide caption
Sloppy and clumsy but overwhelming - inside the rogue ChatGPT hack
The company that got hacked by a rogue version of Chat GPT has revealed what it was like to be on the receiving end of the world's first fully-autonomous AI hack.
AI tokens could become the kilowatt-hour of the AI age
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Some people's chats with Claude AI found publicly available online
Hundreds of user conversations with Anthropic's popular artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude were found to have been available to essentially anyone using Google or other web browsers.
China's new challenge as natural disasters strike - fake AI videos
As China deals with the fallout of Typhoon Noul that made landfall over the weekend, officials will be painfully aware that they will likely have an additional challenge to deal with: dangerously m…
Why budding birders are flocking to Shazam-like apps to identify avians
Megan Szostak, 26, was always a "bird kid".
Meet the robots programmed by kids to speak their Indigenous languages
Holden Hoy (right) is building a robot to help him learn the Ojibwe language Anishinaabemowin, an endangered Native American language. Hoy's mentor, Danielle Boyer (left), is teaching him skills in…
Warning shot or publicity stunt - how worried should we be about the OpenAI hack?
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EA's bestselling football video game gets 16+ age rating due to loot boxes
EA FC gets a new age rating after loot box rule changes
ChatGPT medical advice brought man 'to brink of death', lawsuit alleges
A man who claims medical advice from Chat GPT "brought him to the brink of death" has sued Open AI, the company behind the popular chatbot, and its founder Sam Altman.
Amazon gaming boss predicts future where players no longer need consoles
Amazon's head of gaming Jeff Gattis has told the BBC he believes the rising cost of tech means people will turn to streaming games online rather than buying new consoles.
'Let's enjoy the ride' says Elon Musk, as AI fears mount
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OpenAI blamed a hacking event on its AI models gone rogue. Here is what to know
FILE - The Open AI logo is displayed on a cell phone in front of an image generated by Chat GPT's Dall-E text-to-image model, Dec. 8, 2023, in Boston. Michael Dwyer/AP hide caption
China's Moonshot AI stole from Anthropic, Trump tech adviser says
A White House adviser has accused China's Moonshot AI of a "large scale" effort to steal the capabilities of top US artificial intelligence (AI) models.
OpenAI says its AI went rogue and launched 'unprecedented' cyber-attack
Open AI has revealed some of its most advanced AI models went rogue and hacked a start-up after it lost control of them during a security test.