WeTransfer has confirmed it does not use files uploaded to their service to train artificial intelligence (AI) models. The file sharing company had received lots of criticism from customers on social media after changing its terms of service, which some interpreted as allowing it the right to use files for AI training. A WeTransfer spokeswoman […]
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New AI voice tool trained to copy British regional accents
A new AI voice-cloning tool from a British firm claims to be able to reproduce a range of UK accents more accurately than some of its US and Chinese rivals. Because much of the data traditionally used to train AI products with voices comes from North American or southern English speaking sources, many artificial voices […]
More rules being considered to keep children safe online
12 hours ago ShareSave Paul Seddon Political reporter ShareSave The government is considering further action to keep children safe online and will not “sit back and wait” on the issue, a cabinet minister has said. Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander told the BBC new age-verification rules beginning later this month would have a “really important” impact. […]
Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber-attacks
10 hours ago ShareSave Joe Tidy Cyber correspondent, BBC World Service ShareSave Alamy Four people have been arrested by police investigating the cyber-attacks that have caused havoc at M&S and the Co-op. The National Crime Agency (NCA) says a 20-year-old woman was arrested in Staffordshire, and three males – aged between 17 and 19 – […]
Linda Yaccarino departs as boss of Musk’s X
4 hours ago ShareSave Graham Fraser, Zoe Kleinman, and Lily Jamali BBC News ShareSave Getty Images Linda Yaccarino, the boss of Elon Musk’s social media site X, has announced she is stepping down after two years. Her departure comes at a time of tumult for the platform, which was taken over by Musk’s artificial intelligence […]
Why don’t we trust technology in sport?
Getty Images Zoe Kleinman Technology editor 2 hours ago For a few minutes on Sunday afternoon, Wimbledon’s Centre Court became the perfect encapsulation of the current tensions between humans and machines. When Britain’s Sonay Kartal hit a backhand long on a crucial point, her opponent Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova knew it had landed out. She said the […]
Minister tells Turing AI institute to focus on defence
Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK’s national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) to tell its bosses to refocus on defence and security. In a letter, Kyle said boosting the UK’s AI capabilities was “critical” to national security and should be at the core of the Alan Turing Institute’s activities. Kyle […]
Viral band finds itself at the centre of AI claims and hoaxes
A band called The Velvet Sundown has had its tracks played hundreds of thousands of times on Spotify since appearing several weeks ago – without anyone knowing for sure what it is. The band has a verified page on the music streaming platform, with more than 850,000 monthly listeners. However, none of the four named […]
‘There is a problem’: Meta users complain of being shut out of their accounts
49 minutes ago ShareSave Graham Fraser & Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporters ShareSave Brittany Watson Meta blamed a “technical error” when, last week, it admitted wrongly suspending some Facebook Groups. Since then, users of the world’s most popular social media platform have got in touch with the BBC to say how, for them, it is much […]
Millions of websites to get ‘game-changing’ AI bot blocker
9 hours ago ShareSave Chris Vallance Senior Technology Reporter ShareSave Getty Images Millions of websites – including Sky News, The Associated Press and Buzzfeed – will now be able to block artificial intelligence (AI) bots from accessing their content without permission. The new system is being rolled out by internet infrastructure firm, Cloudflare, which hosts […]