Seizing AI job opportunities in the United Kingdom

The net-positive impact on the job market remains favorable.

UN’s digital agency launches an initiative to make AI agents trustworthy
UN’s digital agency launches an initiative to make AI agents trustworthy

The United Nations’ digital agency has decided that AI agents are moving faster than anyone’s ability to trust them, and it wants to do something about it. On 9 July, the International Telecommunication Union used its AI for Good Summit in Geneva to la…

My Fitbit Air test revealed the flaws of calorie counting with a health tracker – here’s why

You should take calorie data with a grain of salt. Here’s what I learned after testing the Fitbit Air’s heart rate data against a gold standard heart rate monitor.

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Tencent in talks to become Manus’ largest shareholder
Tencent in talks to become Manus’ largest shareholder

Manus was, briefly, one of the most valuable exits in Chinese AI. Meta agreed to buy the agentic AI startup for more than $2bn late last year, then watched Beijing block the deal on national-security grounds. Now the company is being bought back by the…

Why AI is a matter of national security

As frontier models bridge technical gaps for malicious actors, continuous network visibility must replace outdated perimeter defenses.

Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s number two job
Fidji Simo steps down from OpenAI’s number two job

Fidji Simo announced her departure from OpenAI’s senior leadership the way many people learn hard news about their own bodies, gradually and then all at once. In a message on Thursday, she said a three-month medical leave had not gone as hoped, that re…

OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent built to finish the job
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Work, an agent built to finish the job

OpenAI has spent two years telling people that ChatGPT can answer almost anything. With its latest release, it wants ChatGPT to finish the job instead. The company has introduced ChatGPT Work, an agent inside ChatGPT that it says can take action across…

‘Escape From Tarkov’ Launches New Expansions Hub

Escape From Tarkov has a new expansions hub that allows players to buy in-game items without having to navigate to the website.

Yamaha launches sporty Aerox-E electric scooter with removable batteries
Yamaha launches sporty Aerox-E electric scooter with removable batteries

Yamaha has officially entered India’s increasingly competitive premium electric scooter market with the launch of the new Aerox-E, an electric version of its popular sporty maxi-scooter. Rather than chasing outright affordability, Yamaha is targeting r…

Special delivery: Italy’s postal service joins the AI infrastructure race
Special delivery: Italy’s postal service joins the AI infrastructure race

Italy’s postal service has spent a century and a half moving letters, parcels and pension payments around the country. Now it wants to move data. Poste Italiane, which still hands out state pensions through roughly 12,600 branches, has cast itself as a…