ChatGPT

Established browsers are looking to retain their advantage as new challengers enter the market, but security remains a big issue

Tens of thousands of internet users locked out of websites due to internal server error

OpenAI broke copyright law by using hit song lyrics to train its ChatGPT software without first buying a licence

Academic studies found that people who rely heavily on AI for tasks like writing generally perform worse than those who don’t

When properly regulated, there can be huge benefits

Lossmaking start-up commits to spending close to $1.5tn as it gobbles up processing power

Other vulnerable young people like Adam Raine are growing dependent on machines they believe understand them

While weekly user numbers continue to climb, the number willing to pay for the technology is levelling off

Cheating during exams is almost always pre-planned, and the means of cheating remain familiar

ChatGPT may be a real ol’ charmer but one that can produce ‘pointless and unnecessary’ works

As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away

Chatbots inability to grasp Irish underscores gaps in AI systems

Analysis of hundreds of filings suggest the S&P 500 businesses are clearer about the risks than benefits

Countries are increasingly looking to retain control over sensitive data rather leave it in the hands of private operators driven by profit

As students get stuck into the academic year, there are strong feelings about whether artificial intelligence should play a role in their education

Large language models reflect biases that can lead to inferior healthcare advice to female, Black and Asian patients

Airline’s deal with Skyscanner is latest in series of agreements with ‘screenscrapers’ that Ryanair used to vilify and pursue in court

No robot should be talking to a teenager about suicidal ideation

As you head into the new college year, what tech essentials should you invest in and what are simply nice to have?

By shaking confidence in Google’s dominance, AI gave a judge a reason to tread lightly despite finding it to be an illegal monopolist

The youngest members of the family have grown up with the belief that technology can do almost anything

Family of US teen is suing Open AI, alleging its ChatGPT played a role in encouraging him to take his life

Investors remain optimistic for now

In the News podcast: Engineer, journalist and AI expert Karen Hao on the true human and environmental cost of generative AI

Artificial intelligence is to be embraced rather than feared, but educators and students cannot ignore its dark side

Primary and post-primary schools are struggling to fill teaching posts and having to resort to employing unqualified people. Why?

Ninety-five per cent of companies surveyed getting zero return from their investments in generative AI, research finds

Even LLMs are starting to show this worrying human tendency

The backlash against changes to ChatGPT reveals how it is being used by users in their daily lives

The same online forces that nudged Gen Z into a pit of loneliness using algorithms are selling AI companionship to them

OpenAI’s latest upgrade of its AI tool is effectively being tested by 700m users while having potential for adverse real-world impact

Momentum is driving prices of loss-making tech stocks

Report highlights difficulty with erasing online posts once they have been made public

The gap between hype and reality is frustratingly wide and growing

The author of Empire of AI: Inside the Reckless Race for Total Domination discusses the cost of Big Tech’s huge investment in technologies that may do more harm than good

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims AI model boasts PhD-level intelligence, but remains a technology in progress

For many companies, the short-term promise of productivity seems to be overcoming the hard reality of long-term bias and exclusion

As technology improves, the temptation to use it to game the system grows

Private and commercially sensitive material made accessible on the internet as users fail to understand impact of chatbot feature

Meta is trying to work out how it can use the billions, if not trillions, of photos and posts people have uploaded to Facebook and Instagram going back decades to train its AI