Tech News

Elon Musk to support AI tech to unravel the secrets of Roman scrolls

Mount Vesuvius eruption nearly 2,000 years ago caused many papyrus scrolls to be unreadable due to the heat and ash that destroyed Pompeii.

8 February 2024

Tech News

Meta gets tougher on AI-generated misinformation

Meta is getting tougher on misinformation as countries across the world hold elections this year.

6 February 2024

Tech News

Meta's manipulated media policy is 'incoherent', oversight board says

A board set up to provide judgments on online freedom of expression for Meta urged the company to alter its policy on manipulated media.

6 February 2024

Tech News

Commission sets up expert group for AI trade secrets, copyright questions

The European Commission has set up an expert group to help the 27 EU member states with questions around the implementation of the AI Act and ensure harmonised application of the rules.

6 February 2024

Tech News

Skills shortage stands in the way of businesses unlocking AI potential

More than 60 per cent of businesses said AI is the most promising technology, followed by cybersecurity and cloud computing.

6 February 2024

Tech News

Latest Google AI model Gemini Pro is now available in Europe

Google's Gemini Pro was delayed but it's now available for European users, a month after its US launch.

2 February 2024

Europe News

EU countries approve technical details of AI Act

EU countries today agreed on the technical details of the AI Act, the world's first attempt to regulate the technology according to a risk-based approach, following a political agreement in December. It now needs a sign-off from EU lawmakers before the rules enter into force.

2 February 2024

Culture news

Polish director Agnieszka Holland: 'We need courageous films'

Euronews Culture sits down with celebrated director Agnieszka Holland to talk about her powerful new film 'Green Border', the European refugee crisis, and the limits of cinema in facing human tragedy.

2 February 2024

Tech News

The 10 most popular AI tools - and yes, ChatGPT is still number 1

ChatGPT remains by far the most popular AI tool, trailed by these less-famous but still widely used chatbots, image generators, and writing tools.

2 February 2024

Tech News

Students say AI chatbot 'friend' Replika helped them avoid suicide

A study found that some students struggling with loneliness stopped thinking about suicide after interacting with Replika as a friend and therapist.

2 February 2024

Work

200,000 French students to get access to AI-powered education app

MIA, an AI-powered app to revise literature and mathematics, will be rolled out to the French lycée students in later this year.

1 February 2024

Tech News

Commission’s staffing and financing of AI Office raises eyebrows in capitals

The European Commission’s plan to hire some 100 staff members for its new AI Office and finance it with a reshuffled budget from the Digital Europe Program has raised questions from EU member states, according to minutes of a meeting seen by Euronews.

1 February 2024

Tech News

Schoolchildren should learn about AI, tech insiders say

Some argue that as AI becomes a more common part of our lives, schoolchildren should learn about it.

31 January 2024

Culture news

Universal Music threatens to pull millions of songs from TikTok

Millions of songs could disappear from TikTok after the world's biggest music company, Universal Music Group (UMG), accused the social media platform of bullying it into an unfair deal.

31 January 2024

My Wildest Prediction

Why this new university doesn't want its students to specialise

It's not acceptable for a CEO to simply say, 'Well, I don't do marketing,' says Ed Fidoe. That's why he is leading at a groundbreaking university aimed at cultivating well-rounded leaders.

31 January 2024

Europe News

Could the EU's AI Act increase mass surveillance?

The use of facial recognition technology could increase across the European Union despite efforts to regulate it under the bloc-wide Artificial Intelligence Act.

30 January 2024

Poland

Euroviews. AI revolution is about to ring in the next chapter of Poland's history

Polish entrepreneurs have quietly driven the AI revolution that has swept the world over the past year. Now our goal is to make Poland one of the 10 wealthiest countries in the world by 2050, Miron Mironiuk writes.

30 January 2024

Tech News

OpenAI teams up with children’s safety NGO to create AI guidelines

OpenAI has come under scrutiny over data handling and the fear that AI could harm society.

30 January 2024

Culture news

X restores Taylor Swift searches

Elon Musk's social media platform restores Taylor Swift searches, as explicit deepfake images spread, caused a temporarily stop in certain searches related to the singer.

30 January 2024

Tech News

Low 5G uptake in Europe will stagger AI development, Commission official warns

Persistent low uptake of 5G deployment in Europe mean other technologies dependent on fast internet such as artificial intelligence will face delays in uptake, according to a European Commission official.

30 January 2024