African nations should borrow, boost domestic revenue and tap its pension and sovereign wealth funds to develop the crucial infrastructure required to benefit from an AI boom, the Ethiopia-based United Nations Economic Commission for Africa said in a report on Thursday.
The US artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic is looking to hire a chemical weapons and high-yield explosives expert to try to prevent "catastrophic misuse" of its software.
Social media giants made decisions which allowed more harmful content on people's feeds, after internal research into their algorithms showed how outrage fuelled engagement, whistleblowers told the BBC.
Meta Platforms will allow competing artificial intelligence chatbots to operate on WhatsApp in Europe for the next year as the company seeks to avoid potential interim measures from European Commission antitrust regulators.
The National Communications Authority (NCA) has announced plans to amend the license of Next-Gen Infraco (NGIC), removing the clause that grants the company exclusivity over 5G services in Ghana.
TikTok will not introduce end-to-end encryption (E2EE) - the controversial privacy feature used by nearly all its rivals - arguing it makes users less safe.
Gabon's media regulator has announced the suspension of social media platforms "until further notice", saying online content has fuelled conflict and deepened divisions in the country.
The head of Instagram has defended his platform against claims it caused mental health damage to minors, arguing in a California court that even seemingly excessive use of social media does not equal an addiction.
The world's largest social media companies have been accused of creating "addiction machines" as a landmark trial began in California examining the mental health effects of Instagram and YouTube.
Social media app TikTok was charged by EU tech regulators on Friday with breaching EU online content rules through its addictive features and was told that it may have to change the design of its app or risk a fine of as much as 6% of owner ByteDance's global turnover.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to increase spending on artificial intelligence (AI) projects this year, even as other executives warn of a potential bubble in the industry.
An AI model developed by Google's DeepMind could transform our understanding of DNA - the complete recipe for building and running the human body - and its impact on disease and medicine discovery, according to researchers.
Technology giant Meta is set to trial premium subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp users in the coming months in its latest experiment with paid services.
Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, says it will launch more than 5,400 satellites to create a new communications network.
Improvements to a number of Apple services - including a more personalised version of its virtual assistant, Siri - are to be powered with AI provided by Google.
Elon Musk has said critics of his social media site X are looking for "any excuse for censorship", after its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Grok drew criticism over its use to create sexualised images of people without their knowledge or consent.
A senior Google employee has claimed she was made redundant after reporting a manager who told clients stories about his swinger lifestyle and showed a nude photo of his wife.
