China’s Moonshot AI claims Kimi K3 can rival OpenAI and Anthropic
Chinese AI start-up Moonshot has unveiled a massive new artificial intelligence model it says can rival top American firms. The company launched Kimi K3, containing 2.8 trillion parameters, which serves as a measure of an AI’s scale and processing…
Trump Media to sell fast feed of key posts to Wall Street
Trump Media & Technology Group, which owns Truth Social, is launching a paid service to give Wall Street firms high-speed access to its most influential posts. Launching on 1 August, instant updates will be delivered from key accounts, it said. US…
Ofcom launches investigation into TikTok child safety concerns
An investigation has been launched into TikTok over child safety measures. The probe by media regulator Ofcom comes a month after the UK government announced that under-16’s would be banned entirely from a range of platforms. Ofcom will examine how…
Tech Life – Meet the humanoid robots performing surgery
Available for over a year Humanoid robots have successfully performed surgery in an operating theatre for the first time. They were remotely controlled by surgeons. An expert involved talks to Tech Life. Also this week: the man who invented the infinite…
Midnight social media curfew proposed for older UK teens
Older teenagers in the UK will face an overnight social media curfew, the government has announced – though they will be able to opt out of it by changing their account settings. It would means apps such as Instagram, TikTok and YouTube being set…
Food tracking: Does using an app make you healthier?
With a packet of biscuits in one hand and her smartphone in the other in the biscuits sucrées aisle of her local Hyper U supermarket west of Paris, Nathalie sees red. Literally. “Look at that!” she says showing me her phone. 0/100 is marked…
Pokémon Go at 10 and the millions still trying to catch ’em all
Over the years, the game has sometimes been a victim of its own hype and global appeal. Police and safety groups once warned players not to become so engrossed in catching the next Psyduck that they got lost or put themselves in danger. The game’s…
Is Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynced worth the 13 year wait?
But despite all the new assets and graphics, there is no escaping the fact it is based on a game first released in 2013. Ubisoft had to make lots of calls about what to reuse and change from the original. Welsh actor Matt Ryan’s performance is…
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Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash
Meta has abruptly taken down a new feature that allowed people to use its artificial intelligence (AI) tool to make fake images from user content on Instagram. The feature was part of a broad rollout of Muse Image, a new AI image generation tool…