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Rushing the release of AI chatbots for search is a risky experiment fuelled by greed. Technology | Leader 22 February 2023 SWKStock/Shutterstock IMAGINE living in a city that, overnight, changed all its road signs. Some of them are still familiar,…
Moves by Google, Microsoft and Baidu to bring AI chatbots into their search engines may bring big advantages, but they could also damage many industries and change the very way we interact with the web Technology 17 February 2023 By…
Google Bard and Baidu’s Ernie Bot are set to go head-to-head with OpenAI’s ChatGPT as tech giants race to combine AI chatbots with search engines Technology 7 February 2023 By Matthew Sparkes Some of the search results Google delivers will…
A new US government lawsuit alleges that Google has harmed innovation and raised costs for internet users by attempting to monopolise the digital advertising industry Technology 25 January 2023 By Jeremy Hsu Google keeps, on average, 30 cents for every…
Machine learning can analyse how the signals from Wi-Fi transmitters are disrupted by human bodies to reveal what position people are sitting, standing or lying in Technology 25 January 2023 By Alex Wilkins Comparison of real poses and poses determined…
There’s a lot of hype surrounding the idea of a decentralised version of the internet that would give more power to ordinary users. Here’s what it would take to make it happen Technology 17 January 2023 By Chris Stokel-Walker Chris…
An AI that tracks digital ads’ energy consumption could help tech companies and advertisers to act more sustainably Technology 18 November 2022 By Jeremy Hsu Displaying adverts and running code that measures their performance place extra energy demands on devices…
Over 17 years, YouTube has transformed from a place to share home videos to a cultural juggernaut that helps elect presidents. A new book from Mark Bergen gives unparalleled insights into the platform’s rise Technology 14 September 2022 By Chris…
Escape, a thoughtful book by Marie Le Conte, recalls a time when people tended to organise themselves into small communities around blogs and other online hangouts. Should we go back? Technology 7 September 2022 By Jacob Aron The internet’s early…
By Matthew Sparkes A man using a phone PeopleImages/Getty Images The UK government’s long-awaited legislation designed to protect people from “harmful” content on the internet passed through the House of Commons on 17 January and will now go to the…
