Tag: FTX
ChatGPT ‘much hyped but not much used’, YouTube unveils Playables
Very few people are regularly using "much hyped" artificial intelligence (AI) products like ChatGPT, a survey suggests. Researchers surveyed 12,000 people in six countries, including the UK, with only 2% of British respondents saying they use such tools on a daily basis. But the study, from the Reuters Institute and Oxford University, says young people…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Google not rushing forward with AI chatbots
The success this year of powerful new generative artificial intelligence models like Open AI’s ChatGPT and Stability AI’s Stable Diffusion, have laid the groundwork for a new era of AI tech set to explode even further in 2023. Google, though equipped with its own powerful (but definitely not sentient) LaMDA AI chatbot, says it doesn’t plan rushing its models out…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Starlink satellites to be deployed for UK rural broadband trial
Starlink. (2022, November 30). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starlink Elon Musk’s satellite Starlink technology is to be part of a UK government trial to get better internet connectivity to remote parts of the country. The technology, which uses more than 3,000 low Earth orbit small satellites to beam a broadband signal and is…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Mazda hints at electric MX-5
Mazda has previewed a sleek two-seat coupé – which could hint at the next-generation MX-5 – alongside the announcement of an £8.9 billion investment into future electric vehicles. Although the firm did not detail the model...it was shown alongside a series of Mazda MX-5 convertibles. This suggests it could be an early look at the next-generation sports…
Tech Digest daily roundup: FTX owes 50 largest creditors nearly $3.1 billion
Cryptocurrency exchange FTX owes its 50 largest creditors almost $3.1bn (£2.6bn), according to a court filing. The embattled firm, which filed for bankruptcy in the US last week, says it owes about $1.45bn to its top 10 creditors, but has not named any. The collapse of the world's second largest crypto exchange shook confidence in…
Tech Digest daily roundup: Twitter Blue goes live in the UK
Twitter Blue, the social media platform’s subscription service that allows users to buy a blue verification badge for the first time, has gone live in the UK. Twitter users on Apple’s iOS can now sign up and pay for the service, which will give them the blue-tick badge next to their profile name on the…
