9 hours ago ShareSave Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor ShareSave Getty Images Adverts will soon appear at the top of the AI tool ChatGPT for some users, the company OpenAI has announced. The trial will initially take place in the US, and will affect some ChatGPT users on the free service and a new subscription tier, called […]
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X to stop Grok AI from undressing images of real people after backlash
1 hour ago ShareSave Christal Hayesand Osmond Chia ShareSave Getty Images Elon Musk’s AI model Grok will no longer be able to edit photos of real people to show them in revealing clothing, after widespread concern over sexualised AI deepfakes in countries including the UK and US. “We have implemented technological measures to prevent the […]
Monzo bank says issue affecting its mobile app resolved
Monzo says it has resolved an issue affecting its mobile banking app on Tuesday afternoon after thousands of customers reported difficulties accessing it. Platform outage monitor Downdetector saw more than 4,000 reports from users complaining of problems shortly after 15:00 GMT. The company earlier acknowledged an issue affecting its app – telling customers who tried […]
What a new law and an investigation could mean for Grok AI deepfakes
7 hours ago ShareSave Zoe KleinmanTechnology editor ShareSave BBC Here’s me, at the end of a pier in Dorset in the summer. Two of these images were generated using the artificial intelligence tool Grok, which is free to use and belongs to Elon Musk. It’s pretty convincing. I’ve never worn the rather fetching yellow ski […]
Malaysia and Indonesia block Musk’s Grok over sexually explicit deepfakes
Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok over its ability to produce sexually explicit deepfakes. Grok, a tool on Musk’s X platform, allows users to generate images. In recent weeks however, it has been used to edit images of real people to show them in revealing outfits. The […]
X could face UK ban over deepfakes, minister says
3 hours ago ShareSave Liv McMahonand Laura Cress,Technology reporters ShareSave Technology Secretary Liz Kendall says she would back regulator Ofcom if it blocks UK access to Elon Musk’s social media site X for failing to comply with online safety laws. Ofcom says it is urgently deciding what to do about X’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot […]
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health to review your medical records
10 hours ago ShareSave Liv McMahonTechnology reporter ShareSave Getty Images OpenAI has launched a new ChatGPT feature in the US which can analyse people’s medical records to give them better answers, but campaigners warn it raises privacy concerns. The firm wants people to share their medical records along with data from apps like MyFitnessPal, which […]
Inside the sub-zero lair of the world’s most powerful computer
1 hour ago ShareSave Faisal IslamEconomics editor ShareSave It looks like a golden chandelier and contains the coldest place in the universe. What I am looking at is not just the most powerful computer in the world, but technology pivotal to financial security, Bitcoin, government secrets, the world economy and more. Quantum computing holds the […]
Government demands Musk’s X deals with ‘appalling’ Grok AI deepfakes
9 hours ago ShareSave Laura CressTechnology reporter ShareSave Bloomberg via Getty Images Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has called on Elon Musk’s X to urgently deal with its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok being used to create non-consensual sexualised images of women and girls. The BBC has seen multiple examples on X of people asking the bot […]
Ofcom asks X about reports its Grok AI makes sexualised images of children
Ofcom has made “urgent contact” with Elon Musk’s company xAI following reports its AI tool Grok can be used to make “sexualised images of children” and undress women. A spokesperson for the regulator said it was also investigating concerns Grok has been producing “undressed images” of people. The BBC has seen several examples on the […]