14 hours ago ShareSave Liv McMahonTechnology reporter ShareSave Bettmann Archive/Getty Images OpenAI has stopped its artificial intelligence (AI) app Sora creating deepfake videos portraying Dr Martin Luther King Jr, following a request from his estate. The company acknowledged the video generator had created “disrespectful” content about the civil rights campaigner. Sora has gone viral in […]
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Spotify working on AI music tools with major record labels
Spotify, the world’s biggest music streaming service, has announced it is working with major labels on using artificial intelligence (AI) in a “responsible” way. The firm said it wanted to make AI tools which “put artists and songwriters first” and respect their copyright. The streaming giant will license music from the three record labels which […]
Outsourcing firm Capita fined £14m after millions had data stolen
The UK’s data watchdog has fined outsourcing firm Capita £14m after the personal data of 6.6 million people was stolen in a cyber-attack. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said Capita “failed to ensure the security of processing of personal data which left it at significant risk”. The fine was originally set at £45m but reduced […]
ChatGPT will soon allow erotica for verified adults, says OpenAI boss
OpenAI plans to allow a wider range of content, including erotica, on its popular chatbot ChatGPT as part of its push to “treat adult users like adults”, says its boss Sam Altman. In a post on X on Tuesday, Mr Altman said upcoming versions of the popular chatbot would enable it to behave in a […]
Firms advised to put plans on paper in case of cyber-attack
People should plan for potential cyber-attacks by going back to pen and paper, according to the latest advice. The government has written to chief executives across the country strongly recommending that they should have physical copies of their plans at the ready as a precaution. A recent spate of hacks has highlighted the chaos that […]
Windows 10 users urged to prepare for Microsoft pulling support
1 day ago ShareSave Imran Rahman-JonesTechnology reporter and Liv McMahonTechnology reporter ShareSave Getty Images There is a big change coming for many people who use Windows computers. Microsoft is ending support for its Windows 10 operating system, which means that after Tuesday 14 October, these computers may be at risk. This is because security updates […]
How hackers forced brewing giant Asahi back to pen and paper
1 day ago ShareSave Suranjana TewariAsia business correspondent, Tokyo and Peter HoskinsBusiness reporter ShareSave Reuters Only four bottles of Asahi Super Dry beer are left on the shelves of Ben Thai, a cosy restaurant in the Tokyo suburb of Sengawacho. Its owner, Sakaolath Sugizaki, expects to get a few more soon, but she says her […]
OpenAI video app Sora hits 1 million downloads faster than ChatGPT
OpenAI says the latest version of its text-to-video artificial intelligence (AI) tool Sora was downloaded over a million times in less than five days – hitting the milestone faster than ChatGPT did at launch. The app, which has topped the Apple App Store charts in the US, generates ten second long realistic-looking videos from simple […]
Huge buzz but a big gamble: Battlefield 6 takes aim at Call of Duty
35 minutes ago ShareSave Georgia Levy-CollinsBBC Newsbeat ShareSave EA “A new challenger has appeared.” In the fiercely competitive world of video games, it’s common for new contenders to fade away as quickly as they burst on to the scene. But Battlefield 6 is hoping to change that. It’s the latest entry in a long-running military […]
Two arrested over cyber-attack on nursery chain
A 17-year-old boy and a 22-year-old man have been arrested by police investigating a cyber-attack on a chain of nurseries in London. The Metropolitan Police say the pair were arrested at residential addresses in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail. Hackers were said to have stolen the photographs, names and addresses […]