Artificial Intelligence news

AI announcements at WWDC limited to incremental features and upgrades despite pressure to competeApple’s artificial intelligence features took a backseat on Monday at its latest annual Worldwide Developers Conference. The company announced a revamped software design called Liquid Glass, new phone and camera apps as well as new features on Apple Watch and Vision Pro. But in spite of pressure to compete with firms that have gone all-in on AI, Apple’s AI announcements were limited to in

University to embed curriculum teaching undergraduates how artificial intelligence ‘can be responsibly applied’Ohio State University has announced that all of its students will be using artificial intelligence later this year, requiring them to become fluent in combining conventional learning with AI.“Ohio State has an opportunity and responsibility to prepare students to not just keep up, but lead in this workforce of the future,” said the university’s president, W

‘Pretty devastating’ Apple paper raises doubts about race to reach stage of AI at which it matches human intelligenceApple researchers have found “fundamental limitations” in cutting-edge artificial intelligence models, in a paper raising doubts about the technology industry’s race to develop ever more powerful systems.Apple said in a paper published at the weekend that large reasoning models (LRMs) – an advanced form of AI – faced a “complete accu

A Guardian cartoon strikes a chord with a music lecturer worried about the impact of artificial intelligence on academiaAs a lecturer in music at a major UK university, Ben Jennings’ cartoon on the threat posed by AI to the creative industries (5 June) is painfully apt, not only for the creative industries but the institutions that teach them. Universities are already in crisis due to a complex web of problems including the commodification of education. Now, I spend much of my time suspect

Photography agency alleges Stability AI trained its image generation model on archive of copyrighted picturesA London-based artificial intelligence company, Stability AI, has claimed that a copyright case brought by the global photography agency Getty Images represents an “overt threat” to the generative AI industry.Getty’s case against Stability AI for copyright and trademark infringement relating to its vast photography archives reached the high court in London on Monday. Con

WPP and others roll out AI-generated campaigns as Facebook owner Meta plans to let firms create their own adsWPP chief Mark Read to step down as agency battles AIFrom using motion capture tech to allow the Indian cricketing star Rahul Dravid to give personalised coaching tips for children to an algorithm trained on Shakespeare’s handwriting powering a robotic arm to rewrite Romeo and Juliet, artificial intelligence is rapidly revolutionising the global advertising industry.Those AI-created

Officials are piloting package of AI tools called Humphrey – named after character in TV sitcom Yes, MinisterAll civil servants in England and Wales will get practical training in how to use artificial intelligence to speed up their work from this autumn, the Guardian has learned.More than 400,000 civil servants will be informed of the training on Monday afternoon, which is part of a drive by the chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, Pat McFadden, to overhaul the civil service and improve

CEO to leave global advertising group after three decades, with shares at lowest level in about five years‘The death of creativity’? AI job fears stalk advertising industryBusiness live – latest updatesThe boss of WPP, Mark Read, has announced he will step down, as the advertising agency, which was once the largest in the world, struggles against the rise of artificial intelligence and with its shares at their lowest level in about five years.Read will leave WPP after more than

Prime minister announces funding to boost UK’s artificial intelligence infrastructure in speech at London Tech WeekAll civil servants in England and Wales to get AI trainingKeir Starmer has said ministers should be able to “look every parent in the eye” and pledge that tech can create a “better future” for their children.The UK prime minister opened London Tech Week with a series of policy announcements on artificial intelligence, including a boost to AI infrastruct

Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AIInternet safety campaigners have urged the UK’s communications watchdog to limit the use of artificial intelligence in crucial risk assessments after a report that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta was planning to automate checks.Ofcom said it was “considering the concerns” raised by the campaigners’ letter, after a report last month that up to 90% of all

Suspension comes as 13m students take four-day gaokao tests for limited spots at country’s universitiesBig Chinese tech companies appear to have turned off some AI functions to prevent cheating during the country’s highly competitive university entrance exams.More than 13.3 million students are sitting the four-day gaokao exams, which began on Saturday and determine if and where students can secure a limited place at university. Continue reading...

Financial Conduct Authority launches initiative to ‘speed up innovation’ and help spur economic growthThe UK’s financial regulator is to allow banks and other City firms to experiment with the US chipmaker Nvidia’s leading AI products to “speed up innovation” and fulfil government orders to boost UK growth.The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it was launching a “supercharged sandbox” that would give successful applicants the chance to experim

Film institute’s report raises fears AI will eliminate junior roles in film, TV, video game and special effects industriesArtificial intelligence companies are plundering 130,000 film and TV scripts to train their models in a raid on copyrighted material that poses a “direct threat” to the future of the UK screen sector, according to the British Film Institute.In a wide-ranging report analysing the benefits and threats posed by AI to the UK’s film, TV, video game and visu

A team of researchers has shown that even small-scale quantum computers can enhance machine learning performance, using a novel photonic quantum circuit. Their findings suggest that today s quantum technology isn t just experimental it can already outperform classical systems in specific tasks. Notably, this photonic approach could also drastically reduce energy consumption, offering a sustainable path forward as machine learning s power needs soar.