AI better than experts at spotting real Scotch
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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
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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
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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.

Hyperscalers spending $292 Billion on AI Infrastructure
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Still not got customers

The race to scale artificial intelligence infrastructure is accelerating, with hyperscalers, alongside Meta and Oracle, planning to invest $292 billion by 2025 — an 88 per cent increase since 2023.

OpenAI's GPT-5 project stumbles
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Data challenges and internal turmoil

OpenAI's project to develop its next-generation AI model, GPT-5, has encountered significant obstacles, according to The Wall Street Journal.