AI
Microsoft sales jump in AI arms race against Google
Sales at Microsoft have surged as the technology giant cashes in on the artificial intelligence (AI) gold rush in a race against Silicon Valley rival Google.
- by Matthew Field
Latest
Analysis
Analysis
Why AI tech stock boom could be headed for dotcom-style bust
This year’s technology rally defies logic, echoing the famous dotcom boom and bust of the early 2000s.
- by Dan Miles
Opinion
Opinion
China-US AI tensions take another turn for the worse
After the US announced tighter restrictions on exports of advanced semiconductors to China last week, China has responded by introducing export controls on graphite, a critical material used in the batteries of electric vehicles.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Actors fear AI will take their jobs. In truth, it’s already happening
Talks between actors and the studios have reached an impasse, in part over the use of their digital likeness. But has the artificial horse already bolted?
- by Karl Quinn
Banks see thousands of attacks a minute. Here’s how they stop them
Cybercriminals are coaching victims, recruiting money mules and ramping up attacks. Banks are in the business of making this an expensive exercise.
- by Millie Muroi and Tim Biggs
AI helped tank my case, says Fugees rapper pushing for new trial
Convicted Prakazrel “Pras” Michel argues the “experimental” generative AI program was an error made by his “unqualified, unprepared and ineffectual” lawyer.
- by Lindsay Whitehurst
Opinion
Trade wars
America takes dead aim at China’s plan for global AI domination
Xi Jinping’s plan for global mastery of artificial intelligence and supercomputing is about to collide with the hard reality of American power as the US escalates its semiconductor war against China.
- by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
Review
Phones
Google’s latest smartphones put AI photo-editing in your hands
The Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro are great smartphones that go toe-to-toe with the iPhone, but they also pack a lot of experimental-feeling generative AI.
- by Tim Biggs
Frances Haugen blew the whistle on Facebook two years ago. This is what happened next
The former Facebook employee, in Australia for South by Southwest, says online platforms invested heavily in safety after her disclosures, only to wind them back.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Exclusive
Photography
World’s first AI art award ignites debate about what is photography
Is it a photograph or a “promptograph”? The judges of the world’s first AI art awards decide.
- by Helen Pitt
COVID broke our pandemic rule book. What should be in our next plan?
We can’t predict when the next pandemic will come, but there are things we can learn from the last one.
- by Aisha Dow