AFP Musk has described Grok as the “most fun AI in the world!” It all started with one question. A query last week from an X (formerly Twitter) account called Toka was enough to propel Elon Musk’s built in-chatbot called Grok 3 into a viral storm across India’s digital landscape. And no, it wasn’t some […]
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US Justice Department The aftermath of an arson attack on a Tesla dealership in Oregon, pictured in court documents US Attorney General Pam Bondi said Thursday that three defendants accused of vandalism targeting Elon Musk’s Tesla electric vehicle company could face up to 20 years in prison. Bondi said the damage to Tesla cars, dealerships
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Tom Gerken Technology reporter Kayleigh Gresty Sadie said she didn’t think the filter should be allowed on TikTok without some kind of warning TikTok users have told the BBC they think a viral tool which makes people appear overweight should be banned from the platform. Known as a “chubby filter”, the artificial intelligence (AI) tool
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Ian Rose Business reporter Watch: Man trapped in driverless car as it spins in circles Mike Johns didn’t expect his return trip from Los Angeles to Scottsdale, Arizona in December to go viral. To get to the airport he booked a driverless taxi and enjoyed a thrill when he jumped in with curious bystanders looking
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Imran Rahman-Jones Technology reporter Reuters A Norwegian man has filed a complaint after ChatGPT told him he had killed two of his sons and been jailed for 21 years. Arve Hjalmar Holmen has contacted the Norgwegian Data Protection Authority and demanded the chatbot’s maker, OpenAI, is fined. It is the latest example of so-called “hallucinations”,
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Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter Getty Images Subsea cables are critical to the operation of the internet The diver had found the fibre optic cable lying on the seabed of the North Sea. He swam closer, until it was near enough to touch. He reached out his hand. But someone could tell he was lurking there.
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Suzanne Bearne Technology Reporter Getty Images Storm Babet caused flooding across the UK in October 2023 When Storm Babet hit the town of Trowell in Nottingham in 2023, Claire Sneddon felt confident her home would not be affected. After all, when she bought the property in 2021, she was told by the estate agent that
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Angus Crawford and Tony Smith BBC News investigations Getty Images Bereaved families are calling on the online regulator Ofcom to shut down a “vile” website which promotes videos of the deaths of their loved ones. The website, which we are not naming, has more than three million members and contains thousands of graphic photos and
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Peter Gillibrand and Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat EA/Hazelight Studios Video game director Josef Fares says his studio is “the best in the world” at making co-operative adventures Think of video games, and you’ll probably think of something competitive. Some of the most popular titles in the world, such as Fortnite and Call of Duty, are
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Daniel Thomas Business reporter, BBC News Getty Images Almost 80% of smartphones sold in the US are made in China Deena Ghazarian had only been in business for a year when the trade policies of President Donald Trump’s first term of office sent her company into a tailspin. It was 2019 and her California-based firm,
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