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Doubling of quarterly revenues to £23bn fails to allay worry about delays to next generation of AI chipsShares in the chip designer Nvidia have fallen after investors were spooked by signs of slowing growth and production issues, despite the artificial intelligence company posting a 122% rise in second-quarter revenues compared with the same period last year.The Silicon Valley company’s revenues for the period more than doubled to $30bn (£23bn), beating average analyst estimate

Tanni Grey-Thompson’s train troubles | Keir Starmer’s country | AI reset | The return of the Man from UNCLE | The big fightTanni Grey-Thompson’s experience is beyond disgraceful (ParalympicsGB chief says Tanni Grey-Thompson’s train ordeal ‘a disgrace’, 28 August, but it is not only wheelchair users who are in dire need of a more disability-friendly world. Many people – especially older people – walk around on legs that are stiff, painful or unstead

Groundbreaking bill aims to reduce potential AI risks – requiring model testing and disclosure of safety protocolA California bill that would establish first-in-the-nation safety measures for the largest artificial intelligence systems cleared an important vote Wednesday. The proposal, aiming to reduce potential risks created by AI, would require companies to test their models and publicly disclose their safety protocols to prevent the models from being manipulated to, for example, wipe ou

The government seems to think AI will allow it to do more with less. But there are plenty of reasons to be doubtfulLike so many shiny-eyed new teachers, Ed began his career amid high hopes. He was going to be a gamechanger, his bosses thought; a breath of fresh air, capable of engaging even kids at risk of dropping out. Ed had been trained not only to tailor lessons to each child’s individual needs, but patiently to field all those time-consuming parental questions about everything from te

As debate rages around the ethics and legalities of artificial intelligence, artists are exploring the technology’s possibilities – and its precaritiesCate Blanchett – beloved thespian, film star and refugee advocate – is standing at a lectern, addressing the European Union parliament. “The future is now,” she says, authoritatively. So far, so normal, until: “But where the fuck are the sex robots?”The footage is from a 2023 address that Blanchett a

In the 1960s and 1970s, NASA spent a lot of time thinking about whether toroidal (donut-shaped) fuel tanks were the way to go with its spacecraft. Toroidal tanks have a bunch of potential advantages over conventional spherical fuel tanks. For example, you can fit nearly 40% more volume within a toroidal tank than if you were using multiple spherical tanks within the same space. And perhaps most interestingly, you can shove stuff (like the back of an engine) through the middle of a toroidal tank,

Doubling of quarterly revenues fails to allay concerns about production delays to its next-generation of AI chipsBusiness live – latest updatesShares in the chip designer Nvidia have fallen after investors were spooked by signs of slowing growth and production issues, despite the artificial intelligence company posting a 122% rise in second-quarter revenues compared with the same period last year.The Silicon Valley company’s revenues for the period more than doubled to $30bn (£

As multinationals and researchers harvest rare organisms around the world, anger is rising in the global south over the unpaid use of lucrative genetic codes found on their landEven in the warm summer sun, the stagnant puddles and harsh rock faces of Ribblehead quarry in North Yorkshire feel like an unlikely frontier of the AI industrial revolution. Standing next to a waterfall that bursts out from the fractured rock, Bupe Mwambingu reaches into the green sludge behind the cascade and emerges wi

Revisited: Guardian journalist Michael Safi delves into the world of artificial intelligence, exploring the dangers and promises it holds for societyThis week we are revisiting the Black Box series. This episode was first broadcast on 14 March 2024.Two stories about the way artificial intelligence could make the world better – and is already doing so. In Montana, when Lee Johnson discovered his wife, Yokie, had cancer, he turned to AI – and was surprised by the answers he got. Meanwh