Artificial Intelligence

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Project equips Tech Town jobseekers with AI skills

New courses in Barnsley will offer training as well as paid work placements.

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Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts

The move comes weeks after a DJ admitted using AI to remix a Madonna song that topped the Australian charts.

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Twitch and Amazon face legal action over using livestreams to train AI

The lawsuit alleges Twitch used streamers' videos to train AI without their permission or proper compensation.

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'Don't ask me to print your ChatGPT birthday card': Hitting back at AI 'slop'

As artificial intelligence becomes part of our everyday lives, there are some railing against cheaply produced material they say is empty and puts real artists' jobs at risk.

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Breast cancer patterns found by AI could help treatment

The findings could help doctors identify high-risk patients and develop more targeted treatments.

AI v the Mind

AI chatbots are simulating romantic attachment – but is it just a cynical ploy to get people to engage with the tools? (Credit: Estudio Santa Rita)

Machine yearning: The one-sided truth of AI 'romance'

AI can write you love poems and some people even have romantic feelings towards it. But can a machine ever love you back?

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What AI can teach us about listening better

AI chatbots don't interrupt and aren't judgemental – so what can they teach us about deep listening?

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Meet the world's first artist robot

We find out how AI blurs the line between creation and automation, raising questions about the essence of art.

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Is this how AI might eliminate humanity?

A research paper predicts AI autonomy by 2027 could lead to human extinction within a decade.

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The best-case scenario for AI in schools

Amid fears about the use of AI in classrooms, American educator and founder of Khan Academy Sal Khan lays out an optimistic future.

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How AI Is reviving the queen of fiction's legacy

What it takes to write like Agatha Christie

We explore how technology is reviving the renowned fiction writer's legacy.

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Meet the world's first recipient of an AI-powered bionic arm

Sarah De Lagarde lost an arm and a leg after being hit by two trains in London. Now, she has an AI-powered arm.

AI v the Mind

'A tech firm stole our voices - then cloned and sold them'

Two voice-over artists were listening to a podcast when they heard their own stolen AI-generated voices.

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