EU instructs Meta to let rival AI chatbots run on WhatsApp
2026-02-09 16:02:49 The European Union (EU) has ordered Meta to let rivals run AI chatbots on WhatsApp. The tech giant made changes to the messaging app last month, with only…
TikTok could be forced into changing 'addictive design'
2026-02-09 16:00:51 TikTok may be forced into making changes to its “addictive design”. The European Union (EU) has indicated that the social media giant had infringed the Digital Services Act…
Next-gen Xbox ‘targeting 2027 as a best-case scenario’
2026-02-09 12:00:25 Microsoft’s next-generation Xbox is reportedly targeting 2027 as a “best case-senario”. According to Windows Central, Microsoft has not internally locked in a fixed launch date for its upcoming…
Amazon announces AI investment plans
2026-02-06 13:02:46 Amazon plans to invest $200 billion in AI and infrastructure. The online retail firm has become the latest tech giant to announce plans for a sharp rise in…
Sam Altman urges firms to 'make very heavy use of AI'
2026-02-06 13:00:15 Sam Altman thinks companies that “succeed in the future are going to make very heavy use of AI”. The 40-year-old entrepreneur – who is the CEO of OpenAI…
Elon Musk: AI can help resolve US national debt
2026-02-06 12:00:14 Elon Musk believes AI and robotics hold the key to America’s financial future. The billionaire businessman has suggested that the US must embrace cutting-edge technologies – or the…
UK Research and Innovation 'faces hard decisions'
2026-02-05 15:06:06 UK Research and Innovation is facing “hard decisions” on funding future projects. Ian Chapman, the boss of UK Research and Innovation, which spends £8 billion of taxpayer money…
AI 'increases the brain rot effect'
2026-02-05 15:03:49 Artificial intelligence (AI) “increases the brain rot effect”, according to one expert. Alessandro Galeazzi, from the University of Padova in Italy, researches social media behaviour, and he’s warned…
OpenAI boss Sam Altman slams Anthropic
2026-02-05 15:01:59 Sam Altman has labelled Anthropic “an expensive product to rich people”. The 40-year-old CEO of OpenAI has taken to social media to accuse his AI rival of making…
OpenAI joins with Snowflake in 200m USD partnership for enterprise AI
2026-02-03 11:31:39 OpenAI and Snowflake have announced a $200 million, multi-year partnership aimed at bringing advanced generative AI directly into the heart of corporate data operations. Under the deal, Snowflake…
