Tag Archives: BBC Tech

Why an AI ‘godfather’ is quitting Meta after 12 years

One of the pioneers in the current AI boom has had disagreements with fellow engineers over the future of AI.

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Nvidia shares soar after revenue tops estimates

The chip maker says revenue for the three months to October jumped 62% to $57bn.

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Instagram owner Meta tells Australian teens accounts will close

Under-sixteens will be banned from major social media plaforms from 10 December.

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Judge rules Meta doesn’t have monopoly after Instagram, WhatsApp acquisitions

The decision allows Instagram’s parent company to avoid the prospect of the company breaking up

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Roblox blocks children from chatting to adult strangers

One of the world’s most popular gaming platforms has faced criticism for its child safety record.

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Internet infrastructure firm Cloudflare hit by outage

The company says it is working to understand the full impact of a problem which potentially “impacts multiple customers.”

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Google boss warns ‘no company is going to be immune’ if AI bubble bursts

The AI boom has been an “extraordinary moment” but a subsequent bust would affect every company, CEO Sundar Pichai told the BBC.

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Don’t blindly trust what AI tells you, says Google’s Sundar Pichai

Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google’s models.

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British hacker must repay £4m after hijacking celebrity Twitter accounts

Joseph O’Connor, from Liverpool, hacked more than 130 accounts in July 2020 to promote a Bitcoin scam.

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How my on-air ‘brain fog’ moment sparked a big debate

When the BBC’s Zoe Kleinman spoke about going through perimenopause she got a huge response.

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