AI better than experts at spotting real Scotch
Spits out American whiskey
An AI system has outperformed human experts in distinguishing between American whiskey and Scotch, achieving 100% accuracy by identifying subtle differences in the chemical composition of the spirits.
Vole jacking up the price of Microsoft 365
You have AI now you can pay for Clippy 2.0
Software King of the World, Microsoft is jacking up the price of its consumer office product after giving it AI.
Reporters without Borders asks Apple to ditch its dodgy AI
Spat out fake news
Reporters without Borders has asked the fruity cargo cult Apple to ditch is dodgy AI after it incorrectly summarised a BBC news notification that suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO shooter Luigi Mangione had killed himself.
AI Outpaces CAPTCHA
It is only annoying for humans now
CAPTCHA tests are being rendered obsolete by the very technology they were designed to thwart.
Accenture results exceed expectations
Generative AI service boost
Accenture surpassed the cocane nose jobs of Wall Street's expectations for first-quarter revenue and profit, buoyed by robust demand for its generative AI (GenAI) services.
Micron shares plummet
Sluggish PC and smartphone demand overshadows AI chip growth
Shares of Micron dropped by approximately 15 per cent after the company issued a grim forecast that highlighted sluggish demand for personal computers (PCs) and smartphones.
Microsoft buys shedloads of Nvidia chips
Big hopper customer
Software King of the world Microsoft has cemented its position at the forefront of artificial intelligence development, purchasing more than double the number of Nvidia’s flagship “Hopper” chips than any of its closest competitors in the US or China this year.
VR lets you talk to Napoleon
So, why did you lose at Waterloo?
A VR experience Napoleon, the Immersive Saga allows visitors to interact with the Emperor himself as he recounts defining moments of his life.
Record revenue growth predicted for TSMC
AI and crypto demand surge
The divination division of analyst outfit IDC has been reading some entrails and reached the conclusion that TSMC will achieve a record 25 per cent revenue growth next year.
Google's Gemini 2.0 released
Search engine wants to remain in the game
In a move that screams “we’re still relevant,” Google has rolled out Gemini 2.0, the latest iteration of its multimodal AI model, almost exactly a year after the original Gemini debut.