OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said testing GPT-5 left him scared in a recent interview He compared GPT-5 to the Manhattan Project He warned that the rapid advancement of AI is happening without sufficient oversight OpenAI chief Sam Altman has painted a portrait of GPT‑5 that reads more like a thriller than a product launch. In…
Getty Images Google is rolling out a new tool in the UK that will generate results using artificial intelligence (AI), in a significant shake-up to the world’s most popular search engine. Instead of a list of search results showing links to other websites in blue type, people who choose “AI Mode” will be given an…
MaryLou Costa Technology Reporter Meadow Some packaging firms are betting on aluminium In front of me is a line-up of aluminium cans, but not a drink in sight. Instead, these cans have been designed to hold toiletries like shampoo, shower gel and hand wash, condiments like ketchup and household cleaning products. I’m at the London…
A new study found AI chatbots often suggest significantly lower salaries to women and minorities The research showed that identity cues can trigger consistent biases in salary negotiation advice The results suggest LLMs are trained in a way that leads to persistent bias Negotiating your salary is a difficult experience no matter who you are,…
Liv McMahon & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters Getty Images Apple and Google may be required to change the way they operate some of their mobile services in the UK, according to proposed decisions by the UK’s competition regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the tech giants over their app stores, browsers and…
Graham Fraser, Liv McMahon & Grace Dean BBC News Getty Images The days of porn users ticking a box to say they are 18 are meant to be over. From Friday, websites operating in the UK with pornographic content must “robustly” age-check users. Adults wanting to access explicit material should experience a significant change in…
HighPoint Rocket 7638D combines extreme GPU power with massive SSD storage in just one PCIe slot Dual MCIO ports and a CDFP interface unlock true compute-storage fusion for HPC workflows Can host the RTX 5090 and 16 enterprise SSDs using a single compact expansion card HighPoint Technologies is preparing to unveil the Rocket 7638D at…
When a multimillion-dollar extraterrestrial vehicle gets stuck in soft sand or gravel — as did the Mars rover Spirit in 2009 — Earth-based engineers take over like a virtual tow truck, issuing a series of commands that move its wheels or reverse its course in a delicate, time-consuming effort to free it and continue its…
Experts claim Amazon Q Developer Extension for VSC v1.84.0 had some dodgy code This has now been removed, with version 1.85.0 offering a clean fix Around 5.6% of VSC extensions have been compromised A hacker has planted data-wiping code into the Amazon Q Developer Extension for Visual Studio Code (VSC) – a free GenAI extension…
Scientists at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST; Saudi Arabia) have uncovered a critical molecular cause keeping aqueous rechargeable batteries from becoming a safer, economical option for sustainable energy storage. Their findings, published in Science Advances, reveal how water compromises battery life and performance and how the addition of affordable salts – such…
