Opinion: How AI can protect users in the online world

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13.07.2025

With more than 74 percent of Gen Z spending their free time online – averaging around 10 hours per day – it’s safe to say their online and offline worlds are becoming entwined. With increased social media usage now the norm and all of us living our lives online a...

Baidu undercuts rival AI models with ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1

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02.07.2025

Baidu has launched its latest foundation AI models, ERNIE 4.5 and ERNIE X1, and is offering them free for individuals through ERNIE Bot. The company says that it aims to “push the boundaries of multimodal...

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman departs Google

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28.06.2025

DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman has departed Google after an eight-year stint at the company. Suleyman co-founded AI giant DeepMind alongside Demis Hassabis and Shane Legg in 2010 before it was acquired by Google in 2014...

Duolingo shifts to AI-first model, cutting contractor roles

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27.06.2025

Duolingo is restructuring parts of its workforce as it shifts toward becoming an “AI-first” company, according to an internal memo from CEO and co-founder Luis von Ahn that was later shared publicly on the company’s...

​​Italy will lift ChatGPT ban if OpenAI fixes privacy issues

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22.06.2025

Italy’s data protection authority has said that it’s willing to lift its ChatGPT ban if OpenAI meets specific conditions. The Guarantor for the Protection of Personal Data (GPDP) announced last month that it was blocking...

AI think tank calls GPT-4 a risk to public safety

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19.06.2025

An AI think tank has filed a complaint with the FTC in a bid to stop OpenAI from further commercial deployments of GPT-4. The Center for Artificial Intelligence and Digital Policy (CAIDP) claims OpenAI has...

Language Processing Units (LPUs): Paving the way for advanced voice AI in contact centres

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18.06.2025

Have you heard about Language Processing Units (LPUs) yet? If you haven’t, prepare to be wowed! LPUs are specialised processors engineered specifically for language-related tasks. They differ from other processors that handle multiple tasks simultaneously....

Hallucinations, plagiarism, and ChatGPT

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16.06.2025

ChatGPT was introduced just seven weeks ago, but the AI has already garnered a lifetime’s worth of hype. It’s anybody’s guess whether this particular technology opens the AI kimono for good or is just a...

The UK is changing its data laws to boost its digital economy

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14.06.2025

Britain will diverge from EU data laws that have been criticised as being overly strict and driving investment and innovation out of Europe. Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden has confirmed the UK Government’s intention to diverge...

Telefónica’s Wayra backs AI answer engine Perplexity

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06.06.2025

Telefónica’s corporate venture capital arm, Wayra, has announced its investment in AI answer engine Perplexity. Perplexity’s AI-driven platform aims to revolutionise internet information searches by providing real-time, accurate, and contextual answers to queries using natural...