Innovation

OpenAI Staff Threaten To Resign Over Altman Sacking

Majority of OpenAI staff threaten to quit and join Microsoft unless current board resigns after shock ouster of former chief…

1 year ago

BYD Targets Tesla With Premium ‘Sea Lion’ EV

World's biggest EV maker BYD launches direct competition to Tesla with Sea Lion 07 SUV, along with new launches from…

1 year ago

OpenAI’s Altman Courted Investors For AI Chip, Device

In weeks before his shock ouster from OpenAI Altman was reportedly looking to raise billions for an AI chip start-up…

1 year ago

Altman, Brockman Join Microsoft After Shock OpenAI Ouster

Former OpenAI chief Sam Altman and president Greg Brockman join Microsoft to lead new AI research team after chaotic weekend…

1 year ago

Shear Takes Over As OpenAI Interim Chief, Promises Independent Probe

Twitch co-founder Emmett Shear takes over as OpenAI interim chief executive after failed talks to bring back ousted Sam Altman

1 year ago

GM’s Cruise To Withdraw All Vehicles From Public Roads

Confirmation from Cruise that all its autonomous cars have now been withdrawn from all public roads in the United States

1 year ago

Amazon Repurposes Astro Robot As Security Guard

Amazon is turning its Astro robot into a security guard to help businesses detect break-ins and provide 24x7 monitoring of…

1 year ago

Tesla Hikes Prices In China Amidst Stiff Domestic EV Competition

Tesla raises prices in China as it sees sales decline in country, with domestic EV makers posting strong gains

1 year ago

Asda Owner EG Group Orders Tesla EV Superchargers

Petrol station operator and Asda owner EG Group orders Tesla superchargers as it looks to expand charging network across UK…

1 year ago

Carmakers Sell EVs At Discount As Demand Slows

Carmakers in Western countries have begun discounting electric vehicles (EVs) for the first time amidst first slowdown since 2020 surge

1 year ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: The Tech Generation

How do you define tech literacy in the context of the modern workplace. What are the advantages of having tech-literate…

1 year ago

Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 26

Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the…

1 year ago

OpenAI Says ChatGPT Outage Caused By DDoS Attack

Outage of OpenAI's ChatGPT service is being blamed on a DDoS attack by pro-Russian hacking group Anonymous Sudan

1 year ago

Industrial Robot Crushes Man To Death

Rise of the machines? Factory worker at a vegetable packing plant in South Korea killed by industrial robot

1 year ago

ChatGPT Back Online After “Major Outage”

OpenAI's ChatGPT service is back online after “major outage” on Wednesday afternoon that lasted just short of two hours

1 year ago

GM’s Cruise To Recall 950 Cars As Pedestrian Dragged After Accident

General Motors' self-driving division Cruise is recalling hundreds of vehicles after a highly publicised accident resulted in a critical injured…

1 year ago

Amazon Creates Team For ‘Olympus’ AI Model – Report

More AI moves by Amazon, amid report of hefty funding for development of large language model (LLM) to rival ChatGPT

1 year ago

Meta Restricts AI Tools For Political Ads In Deepfake Clampdown

Next year Meta says advertisers will have to disclose when AI tools are used for political, social or election related…

1 year ago

OpenAI Prepares GPT Store, Adds ‘Turbo’ GPT-4

OpenAI prepares GPT Store for customised GPTs, launches more powerful GPT-4 Turbo that can analyse 3,000 pages of text input

1 year ago

Baidu ‘Turns To Huawei’ For AI Chips

Baidu reportedly begins ordering AI chips from Huawei, as US export controls stimulate Chinese manufacturers to new advances

1 year ago

Roundtable: Bridging the Tech Skills Gap: Do You Need More than a Degree?

In this roundtable discussion, experts give their views on the current state of the tech skills gap and what practical…

1 year ago

Japan’s NTT To Invest In US Driverless Car Start-Up

Japan telco NTT to invest in Toyota-backed US driverless car start-up May Mobility, citing 'momentum' around the tech

1 year ago

Tesla To Build Cut-Price EV In Germany: Report

Report says Tesla to build 25,000 euro electric vehicle (EV) at German plant as it seeks to master fast die-casting…

1 year ago

Chinese AI Start-Up Achieves $1bn Valuation In Eight Months

Beijing-based AI start-up 01.AI, founded by computer scientist Kai-Fu Lee, valued at more than $1bn less than eight months after…

1 year ago

Musk’s xAI Launches ‘Grok’ Chatbot

Elon Musk says early version of xAI's Grok chatbot answers 'spicy questions', benefits from real-time access to X

1 year ago

AI Safety Summit 2023: Musk Tells PM AI Will End Work

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Elon Musk sit down for a conversation in London as AI Safety Summit concludes

1 year ago

Apple Disappoints As FY23 Results Decline

Declines for Mac, iPads and wearables, home and accessories, plus gloomy holiday season outlook, dents Apple's Q4 and full year…

1 year ago

Silicon UK Pulse: Your Tech News Update: Episode 25

Welcome to Silicon UK Pulse – your roundup of the latest tech news and developments impacting your business for the…

1 year ago

AI Safety Summit 2023: UK To Invest £225m For AI Supercomputer

UK government says it will invest £225m ($273m) for AI supercomputer as it seeks to bolster its AI credentials with…

1 year ago