Musk becomes world's first half-trillionaire
Tesla boss Elon Musk has become the first person ever to achieve a net worth of more than $500bn (£370.9bn), as the value of the electric car company and his other businesses have risen this year. The …
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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 …
Publishers fear AI summaries are hitting online traffic
When actress Sorcha Cusack left the BBC drama Father Brown in January, it made headlines, including for the newspapers owned by Reach, among them The Mirror, and the Daily Express. But the story did n …
Scientists grow mini human brains to power computers
It may have its roots in science fiction, but a small number of researchers are making real progress trying to create computers out of living cells. Welcome to the weird world of biocomputing. Among t …
Scottish data centres powering AI already using enough water to fill 27 million bottles a year
Data centres powering artificial intelligence (AI) in Scotland are using enough tap water to fill 27 million half-litre bottles a year, according to data obtained by BBC News. AI systems such as the l …
Snapchat users share fury at upcoming fees for storing old photos and videos
'Half of my life is on this app and now they expect us to pay for it.' One-star reviews and a sense of injustice have dominated online discussion since the popular messaging app Snapchat became the la …