Tag Archives: BBC Tech

AI-generated child sex abuse images targeted with new laws

Yvette Cooper says the UK will make it illegal to own AI tools to make images of child sexual abuse.

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Barclays outage affecting payments and online banking

The bank says its app also affected, as is the phone line and messenger service for customers

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How an AI written book shows why the tech ‘terrifies’ creatives

The BBC’s technology editor Zoe Kleinman is given an AI-made book that claims it was written by her.

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Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico

US President Donald Trump has ordered that the body of water be renamed the Gulf of America.

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UK’s first smartphone video call via satellite made from Welsh mountain

Vodafone says the tech could lead to the elimination of “not spots”, which cover an estimated 9% of the UK.

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Garmin users say smartwatches have stopped working

Its Fenix 8 smartwatches, which retail for just under £1,000, are some of the devices to have issues.

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China’s DeepSeek AI on US national security radar

The White House is looking into whether China’s apparent AI breakthrough affects US national security.

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Be careful with DeepSeek, Australia says – so is it safe to use?

Ed Husic is the first member of a Western government to raise privacy concerns about the Chinese chatbot.

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Trump says DeepSeek a ‘wake-up call’ for US tech firms

DeepSeek’s claim that it model was made at a fraction of the cost of its rivals has shaken up the AI industry.

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China’s DeepSeek AI shakes industry and dents America’s swagger

The app spooked the markets as well as the bullish sense of American superiority in AI development.

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