ChatGPT strikes a sour note with German musicians
OpenAI broke copyright law by using hit song lyrics to train its ChatGPT software without first buying a licence
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How AI and social media contribute to ‘brain rot’
Academic studies found that people who rely heavily on AI for tasks like writing generally perform worse than those who don’t
Giuliano da Empoli on ‘predatory’ big tech and Trump: ‘The formula is rage plus the algorithm’
The author of The Hour of the Predator, which is about the symbiotic relationships of political strongmen and tech titans, says this moment ‘feels a bit scary’
A teenager started by asking AI for help with his homework. It ended in tragedy
Other vulnerable young people like Adam Raine are growing dependent on machines they believe understand them
Anthropic, Google in talks on multibillion-dollar cloud deal
The plan would involve Google providing cloud computing services to Anthropic
European spending on ChatGPT stalls despite soaring OpenAI valuation
While weekly user numbers continue to climb, the number willing to pay for the technology is levelling off
Michael Connelly: ‘AI will change the world for the better, but what’s scary is the lack of foresight’
The crime novelist on the LA fires, his lack of interest in tracing his Irish roots, and why he has turned the Lincoln lawyer into ‘the Chevy Bolt barrister’
OpenAI’s network of deals is propping up the AI boom
Obvious risk is if ChatGPT growth falters, mutual benefit could flip into mutual impairment
Not even generative AI’s developers fully understand how their models work
Serious questions remain about what will happen if we do — and don’t — replicate human intelligence
Has social media finally peaked? The rise of AI and decline of screen time
As platforms degrade into outrage and slop, users are turning away
French political turmoil drags down European stocks
US shares surge, propelled by AMD’s mega deal with OpenAI
Tech titan Larry Ellison: ‘No one else has prospered in Silicon Valley for 50 years’
At 81, Oracle’s co-founder has reinvented himself as a power in AI to become (briefly) the richest person in the world
Larry Ellison overtakes Elon Musk to become world’s richest person
Oracle market value jumps more than $290bn on AI surge after ‘astonishing quarter’
Big Tech bosses court favour with Trumps at White House dinner
Heads of Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Apple back AI initiative spearheaded by first lady Melania Trump
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