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UK research reveals how AI chatbots are increasingly ignoring human instructions
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (245+ words) The research, carried out by the Centre for Long-Term Resilience (CLTR), examined thousands of user interactions with AI chatbots from companies such as Google, OpenAI, X and Anthropic. The findings highlighted a crucial difference between laboratory tests and real-world applications....
DeepSeek endures significant international outage
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (232+ words) The popular Chinese chatbot DeepSeek suffered a major technical outage today. For more than seven hours, users were unable to access the service at all. It was the longest downtime since the explosive, viral growth of its flagship models R1 and…...
Arm to compete with customers after launching AI chip
1+ week, 1+ day ago (382+ words) Key to the CPU's success was thriftiness: as plastic packages were significantly cheaper than ceramic ones, Furber and Wilson planned for low power use in order to reduce heat and, thus, make a plastic package possible." The unexpected upshot of…...
Tyndall shares its vision for a sustainable semiconductor future during UK-Ireland summit
1+ week, 5+ day ago (317+ words) This visit allowed us to showcase our state-of-the-art facilities, our world-class researchers, and our talented postgraduate students," professor William Scanlon, CEO of Tyndall, said. He added: Tyndall's leadership in semiconductor innovation, from materials to systems, is an important driver for…...
Is the MacBook Neo the new Chromebook we didn't know we wanted?
4+ week, 1+ day ago (171+ words) We deconstruct Apple's new MacBook Neo. Is a "699 laptop running an iPhone's A18 Pro chip a genuine bargain or is the "slower bandwidth' a dealbreaker? Apple also had a range of product launches this week, from the iPad Air to the…...
Pro-Russia actors team with Iran-linked hackers in attacks
4+ week, 2+ day ago (630+ words) Pro-Russia threat actors have formed a loose coalition with Iran-nexus hacking groups in response to the bombing campaign launched by the US and Israel on Iran." The groups began working together Monday under the #OpIsrael campaign, with a focus on…...
Waymo robot taxis now running in 10 US cities
1+ mon, 5+ hour ago (235+ words) Waymo, the autonomous vehicle company owned by Google parent company Alphabet, has expanded its robot taxi service expanded to 10 major cities in the United States. That means passengers in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Orlando can book fully autonomous rides…...
Apple drops iPad Air powered by M4 chip
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (534+ words) Apple is coming out with a series of new product introductions this week, beginning with a new edition iPad Air powered by an M4 chip. Announced today a new iPad Air is coming in 11" and 13" models. More important they will both…...
Two University of Galway projects win ERC Proof of Concept grants
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (377+ words) Research projects from University of Galway on 3-D printing and pain relief are among 136 to receive European Research Council (ERC) Proof of Concept grants. The projects are the only two from Ireland to be supported in the current round. The…...
Ireland’s first liquid-cooled NVIDIA B200 supercomputer deployed in Cork
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (679+ words) Ireland has taken a significant step forward in next-generation AI and high-performance computing, with the deployment of the country's first liquid-cooled NVIDIA HGX B200 supercomputer at CloudCIX's data centre in Cork. Delivered last week and expected to go live in the…...