Japan literary laureate unashamed about using ChatGPT
The winner of Japan's most prestigious literary award has acknowledged that about "five percent" of her futuristic novel was penned by ChatGPT, saying generative AI had helped unlock her potential.
Jan 18, 2024
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Seeing a lot of mobile speed cameras on your summer road trips? Here's how they work
As you're driving around this summer holidays, there's every chance you'll see a strange-looking white or yellow box on the side of the road.
Dec 27, 2023
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US bans pharmacy Rite Aid from facial recognition use
Pharmacy group Rite Aid was ordered Tuesday to stop using facial recognition for the next five years by a US regulator, which said the company falsely identified consumers as shoplifters using the technology.
Dec 20, 2023
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Best of Last Year: The top Tech Xplore articles of 2023
It was a good year for technology research and development, and nothing made the news more often than energy research efforts. Leading the way were efforts surrounding the use and development of solar energy.
Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the dead
At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son.
Dec 14, 2023
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Almost half the men surveyed think they could land a passenger plane. Experts disagree
Picture this: you're nestled comfortably in your seat cruising towards your holiday destination when a flight attendant's voice breaks through the silence:
Nov 28, 2023
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Sam Altman, ousted pioneer of OpenAI, is serial entrepreneur
Sam Altman, the tech titan behind ChatGPT, was abruptly fired Friday by OpenAI, the company that launched the revolutionary artificial intelligence chatbot.
Nov 18, 2023
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In Mexico, building a rail rival to the Panama Canal
At Mexico's narrowest point, linking the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, the government is building a railway rival to the Panama Canal with promises of economic bounty but amid fears of environmental and social harm.
Nov 16, 2023
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AI-generated child sexual abuse images could flood the internet. A watchdog is calling for action
The already-alarming proliferation of child sexual abuse images on the internet could become much worse if something is not done to put controls on artificial intelligence tools that generate deepfake photos, a watchdog agency ...
Oct 25, 2023
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IOC to explore Olympic eSports Games
The International Olympic Committee is looking at creating an Olympic eSports Games, IOC president Thomas Bach announced on Saturday.
Oct 14, 2023
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