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AI tools generate sexist content, warns UN
Paris (AFP) - The world's most popular AI tools are powered by programs from OpenAI and Meta that show prejudice...
EU faces uphill battle to rein in big tech
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU's landmark curbs on how tech titans do business online kick in from Thursday, but...
Chinese national arrested in US for stealing Google AI technology
Washington (AFP) - A Chinese software engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly...
SpaceX eyes March 14 for next Starship test launch
Washington (AFP) - Elon Musk's SpaceX on Wednesday announced it was eyeing March 14 as the earliest date for the...
EU will force big tech to change ‘behaviour’: competition chief
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The EU is prepared to deploy its full arsenal to force big tech companies to change...
EU looks to AI to battle cyber threats
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - The European Union is poised to use artificial intelligence and other tools to create a "cyber...
Uber Eats starts robot deliveries in Tokyo
Tokyo (AFP) - "Caution: robot!" chirps the green self-driving delivery vehicle as it trundles down the street to a pork...
Supercharged EU armed – at last – to take on tech titans
Brussels (Belgium) (AFP) - Clamping down harder and faster on abuses of power by the world's biggest digital companies: such...
ChatGPT-rival Anthropic releases more powerful AI
San Francisco (AFP) - Anthropic, a major player in generative artificial intelligence, announced new models to fuel its Claude chatbot,...
‘Game-changing’ tech fuels US relook at China data risks
Washington (AFP) - From genomic information to internet-connected cars, the United States is rethinking its data protection policies -- with...
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