Innovation

UK Supreme Court Rules AI Cannot Be Patent Inventor

Landmark ruling. American computer scientist loses bid to overturn UK's refusal to register two patents invented by a 'creativity machine'

1 year ago

Apple To Pause Series 9, Ultra 2 Watch Sales In US

Apple prepares temporary halt to sales of Series 9, Ultra 2 watches starting this week amidst Masimo patent dispute

1 year ago

SenseTime Shares Plummet After Death Of Co-Founder

Shares in US-sanctioned SenseTime drop 11 percent to all-time low after unexpected death of co-founder Tang Xiao on Friday

1 year ago

Xiaomi Founder Hopes For ‘Win’ With Upcoming Electric Car

Xiaomi founder and chief Lei Jun says company may struggle to keep up with demand as it prepares electric car…

1 year ago

Cruise Cuts 900 Jobs Amidst Regulatory Scrutiny

GM-owned driverless car firm Cruise cuts more than 900 jobs as it faces safety probes after grisly accident

1 year ago

Pope Francis Urges Binding Global Treaty To Regulate AI

Annual message from pope to global leaders calls for legally binding international treaty to regulate artificial intelligence

1 year ago

GM’s Cruise Dismisses Nine Executives, Faces Fine

Nine executives dismissed at Cruise, amid reports it faces $1.5m penalty for allegedly misleading regulators after accident

1 year ago

Silicon UK Roundtable: Tech Trends for 2024

In this Silicon Roundtable we bring together industry visionaries, thought leaders, and experts to delve into the exciting landscape of…

1 year ago

OpenAI Signs Axel Springer Deal To Offer News In ChatGPT

OpenAI and German news publisher team up, so ChatGPT can deliver news summaries utilising Axel Springer content

1 year ago

Tesla Recalls Two Million Cars As Regulator Flags Autopilot Risk

Elon Musk's Tesla is to recall nearly every vehicle sold in the United States, after two-year NHTSA investigation

1 year ago

Superconductor Claim Labelled ‘Baseless’ By South Korea Experts

'Breakthrough' claim by South Korean researchers of a room-temperature superconductor dismissed by reviewing experts

1 year ago

Oracle Shares Sink On Disappointing Cloud Results

Oracle shares trade lower on disappointing cloud results and sluggish forecast, as company cites capacity crunch in monetising AI boom

1 year ago

SpaceX Scrubs Falcon Heavy Spaceplane Launch At Last Minute

SpaceX cancels launch of Boeing unmanned spaceplane atop Falcon Heavy rocket minutes before liftoff, reschedules Starlink launch for Tuesday

1 year ago

Apple May Open iPhone NFC Access To Competitors

Apple reportedly offers to open access to iPhone and iPad standardised NFC to competitors in bid to settle antitrust probe

1 year ago

Alibaba’s Damo Academy Tailors AI For Southeast Asia

Alibaba research lab Damo Academy releases AI large language model trained in southeast Asian languages as China AI industry heats…

1 year ago

China Tech Firms ‘Redouble AI Chip Efforts’ After US Curbs

Chinese tech companies reportedly intensify efforts to convince domestic companies to switch from Nvidia AI chips

1 year ago

Nvidia’s Huang Signals Vietnam AI Expansion

Nvidia plans to create local base in VIetnam as country seeks to build out local semiconductor, AI industries

1 year ago

EU Agrees AI Rules In ‘Historic’ Deal

European Union negotiators agree rules for upcoming AI Act after marathon negotiations, developing two-tiered system based on computing power

1 year ago

Silicon UK In Focus Podcast: Web 3.0 in Your Pocket

What is Web 3.0 for mobile devices, and how does it differ from previous iterations of the web on mobile…

1 year ago

UK Regulator Begins Scrutiny Of Microsoft Partnership With OpenAI

CMA seeks feedback about the relationship between Microsoft and OpenAI, and whether it has antitrust implications

1 year ago

Google Offers Gemini AI Model To Challenge GPT-4

Google's answer to GPT-4 has been unveiled this week, with the arrival of the large language model called Gemini

1 year ago

Meta Pressure Led To Harvard Termination, Alleges Misinformation Expert

Mark Zuckerberg donation of $500 million alleged to have pressured Harvard University into firing misinformation expert

1 year ago

Elon Musk’s xAI Seeks To Raise $1 Billion In Equity

AI startup xAI, founded by one of the richest men in the world Elon Musk, seeks to raise up to…

1 year ago

Brazilian City Passes Law Drafted By ChatGPT

Brazilian city passes law that, unknown to most of council, was drafted in 15 seconds by OpenAI's ChatGPT chatbot

1 year ago

Nvidia To Build Network Of AI Chip Plants In Japan

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang says company to work with local companies to build network of AI chip plants in Japan

1 year ago

Tesla Whistleblower Wins Free-Speech Award

Whisleblower who called attention to alleged Tesla AI safety issues wins Blueprint for Free Speech Whistleblowing Award

1 year ago

Nvidia Promises Japan AI Support Amidst Heavy Demand

Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang says company will try to prioritise Japan AI requirements amidst heavy worldwide demand

1 year ago

US Officials To Visit Taiwan To ‘Explain’ China Chip Controls

Taiwan government says US officials to visit island next month to explain complex chip sanctions aimed at China, amidst rising…

1 year ago

US Commerce Chief: China ‘Not Our Friend’

US commerce secretary Gina Raimondo defends latest round of tech export controls against 'biggest threat' as China promises to sidestep…

1 year ago

TikTok Owner ByteDance To Offer AI Chatbot Customisation

Beijing-based ByteDance to follow in footsteps of OpenAI and others with 'open platform' allowing users to create custom AI chatbots

1 year ago