McDonald’s drive-thru AI bot may have broken privacy law

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01.08.2025

McDonald’s announced earlier this month that it was deploying an AI chatbot to handle its drive-thru orders, but it turns out it might break privacy law. The chatbot is the product of a voice recognition company McDonald’s snapped up in 2019 called Apprente which is now known as McD Tech...

Language Processing Units (LPUs): Paving the way for advanced voice AI in contact centres

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23.07.2025

Have you heard about Language Processing Units (LPUs) yet? If you haven’t, prepare to be wowed! LPUs are specialised processors engineered specifically for language-related tasks. They differ from other processors that handle multiple tasks simultaneously....

OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever’s new startup aims for ‘safe superintelligence’

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22.07.2025

Ilya Sutskever, former chief scientist at OpenAI, has revealed his next major project after departing the AI research company he co-founded in May. Alongside fellow OpenAI alumnus Daniel Levy and Apple’s former AI lead Daniel...

Ebuyer research reveals extent of public concerns surrounding AI

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19.07.2025

Ebuyer has found from mass data collection that more than 2.9 million negative conversations surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) were sparked online in the past year. Using data from Google Search Trends, Linkfluence, and Answer the...

RAGEN: AI framework tackles LLM agent instability

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18.07.2025

Researchers have introduced RAGEN, an AI framework designed to counter LLM agent instability when handling complex situations. Training these AI agents presents significant hurdles, particularly when decisions span multiple steps and involve unpredictable feedback from...

Darktrace adds 70 ML models to its AI cybersecurity platform

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17.07.2025

Darktrace has enhanced its flagship AI cybersecurity platform with 70 additional machine learning models and over 80 new features. The Cambridge-based firm was founded by mathematicians and cyber defense experts in 2013 and uses self-learning...

Musk ends OpenAI lawsuit while slamming Apple’s ChatGPT plans

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15.07.2025

Elon Musk has dropped his lawsuit against OpenAI, the company he co-founded in 2015. Court filings from the Superior Court of California reveal that Musk called off the legal action on June 11th, just a...

Chinese AI chipmaker Horizon endeavours to raise $700M to rival NVIDIA

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14.07.2025

AI chipmaker Horizon Robotics is seeking to raise $700 million in a new funding round. Horizon is often seen as potentially becoming China’s equivalent of NVIDIA. The company is founded by Dr Kai Yu, a...

Data analytics’ centrality to F1 racing

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09.07.2025

To the fan or the casual onlooker, a Formula One race involves drivers, the car, and a pit crew. These are the visible teams that you see at the race. Fans know there is a...

AI21 Labs raises $64M to help it compete against OpenAI

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02.07.2025

AI21 Labs has raised $64 million in a funding round to help it compete against OpenAI and other NLP leaders. Competition in NLP (Natural Language Processing) is heating up. OpenAI is currently seen as the...