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Watchdog slams O2 over unexpected price rise

The media regulator said it was disappointed O2 raised prices more than was advertised when customers took out contracts.

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First UK phones to get satellite connectivity in signal blackspots announced

Virgin Media O2 has partnered with Elon Musk firm Starlink to offer the service.

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Heathrow, NatWest and Minecraft sites down amid global Microsoft outage

Microsoft 365 and its Azure cloud computing platform are hit with DNS issues, similar to Amazon’s recent outage.

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Character.ai to ban teens from talking to its AI chatbots

The AI chatbot app, which has millions of users, said it was responding to parents and regulators.

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Amazon confirms 14,000 job losses in corporate division

The company says the opportunities provided by AI means it needs to be “organised more leanly.”

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OpenAI completes shift to becoming for-profit

The deal will see long term investor Microsoft retain a 27% stake in the ChatGPT-maker.

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Turing AI Institute boss denies accusations of ‘toxic internal culture’

Whistleblowers also accused the charity’s leadership of misusing public funds and failing to deliver on its mission.

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ChatGPT shares data on how many users exhibit psychosis or suicidal thoughts

The figure could mean potentially hundreds of thousands of users show signs of mental health distress weekly.

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Armed police handcuff teen after AI mistakes crisp packet for gun in US

Taki Allen, 16, said he was eating a bag of Doritos after football practice before being handcuffed by police.

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ChatGPT’s new browser has potential, if you’re willing to pay

OpenAI hopes to upend the browser market currently dominated by Google Chrome, but it depends on paid users.

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