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The response comes after three US agencies accused Chinese AI companies of exploiting American AI models. China has issued a forceful reply against claims by the United States that top Chinese artificial intelligence companies have engaged in “industrial scale” theft of their US counterparts’ AI models. The response on Wednesday comes after three US federal…

AI has increasingly become part of everyday life over the past decade. The technology takes many forms – from personalising social media feeds to spotting friends in smartphone photos – and accelerating medical breakthroughs. But the rise of chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT has prompted concern about the tech’s environmental impact, ethical implications and data use….

Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for “malicious activity” which could support the development of biological weapons. The findings, made in the firm’s recent threat intelligence report, is the latest in a growing series of warnings from AI researchers and industry insiders about the technology’s potential risks to…

Robots and machines are becoming a bigger part of the service industry. But when a robot asks for a tip, an interesting question comes up: where does the money actually go? Walk into some modern restaurants, cafés, airports, or entertainment venues, and you may see something unusual—a robot doing a job that was once handled…