AI

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly widespread and embedded in decisions involving credit, investment, production, financial markets and infrastructure…

Hong Kong police will activate artificial intelligence-powered facial recognition across their expanding smart surveillance network on Monday, the force’s chief has…

I do not think pausing or "pacing" AI development will occur to any meaningful extent. I do not seek to persuade you of this. However, reader, I think you would agree…

AI’s comfort with complexity could be key to its chess-playing prowess

Halo: Campaign Evolved was quite enjoyable when it came out this year, and we had a lot of fun when we reviewed it. The new movement systems, a more intelligent enemy…

Microsoft has issued an apology for the global services outage that began on November 12, which disrupted access to Microsoft 365 products for governments, hospitals…

Earlier this year, Pearl Abyss apologized for the presence of AI-generated art in Crimson Desert—not because it had used generative AI, mind, but because players saw it.…

Use of generative AI remains one of the most contentious topics in the games industry. Developers who see a bright new future in the tech have increasingly clashed with…

Shares in AI ‘picks and shovels’ companies hit hard by tech sell-off

The AI boom without Jensen Huang will test a hard truth: Even if the tech world has grown somewhat less reliant on Nvidia's chips, it remains highly dependent on its…

President Cyril Ramaphosa travelled to the United States for a week-long visit focused on artificial intelligence and its potential benefits for his country, the…

Accurate, up-to-date climate projections are essential for planning decisions that enhance the resilience of power grids, protect public health, maximize agricultural…

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Sizing up the risks

AI use among physicians surged this year, with many using the tech to review medical literature and make clinical decisions despite concerns about its accuracy and…

Patients are more open to AI making decisions about their care than providers assume. But human oversight is what sells AI for them, according to a new poll.

New SOCi research suggests marketing platforms are becoming a more consistent source of local-business AI recommendations. The findings reinforce that brands still need…

The number of mergers and acquisitions in ad tech has been steadily increasing as 2026 draws to a close, proving an apt context for this year’s Digital Marketing Summit…

Shares in one of the world’s biggest AI chip makers – Nvidia – plummeted, after its boss Jensen Huang admitted having an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese…

Earlier this year, Spotify removed 50 million AI tracks from its platform. 50 million. Let that number sink in because that’s how many songs an AI model trained to…

A Democratic political organization is announcing a new effort to shape how to talk with voters about artificial intelligence, deepening its investment on an issue that…

A Democratic political group is launching a new push to find ways to meet voters' concerns about artificial intelligence ahead of the 2028 presidential election

China is warning the U.S. against putting new export controls on semiconductors in the wake of the scandal surrounding​ AI chip giant Nvidia and its now-former CEO…

They came to discuss AI, but EU leaders spent most of their time during a summit in Dublin on Friday grappling with questions about Ukraine — namely who should represent…

An investigator writes that a human-written grievance at least gets to the heart of the issue immediately. Plus letters from Dexter Jandoo and Pete BibbyRe your article…

European Union leaders are gathering in Dublin on Friday for a summit dominated by efforts to secure Europe's place in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, while also…

Service providers from banks to online platforms need to offer a standard channel of access on fair terms

Stock market bulls largely shrug off concerns about the concentration of risk

Jensen Huang’s exit from Nvidia leaves a trail of unanswered questions