Technology

NFTs are a pivotal part of the solution for warding off the metaverse’s four e-horsemen.

But the former health secretary’s bizarre avatar is more Silver Surfer than silver fox…

We’re unready for the coming deluge of video, audio, photos and even text generated by machine learning to grab and hold our attention.

The US is heavily dependent on a single Taiwanese company – TSMC – for producing its leading-edge chips.

Advances in AI means laws governing the conduct of autonomous weapons have fallen behind capabilities.

With all the recent hype about sentient AI, we have been side-lining those other sentient things – people.

We have seen an AI trying to persuade a crowd of wise men that it has become sentient. The potential for disinformation is substantial.

As with any piece of art, your appreciation of AI output ultimately depends on your own interpretation.

Today’s battery scientists still look to electric eels for ideas as the world’s need for large amounts of portage energy is ever-increasing.