AI used to shrink BT
Kirkby wants to shrink BT, flog off bits
BT boss Allison Kirkby reckons artificial intelligence could slash more jobs than originally planned as she continues her campaign to hollow out the UK telecoms dinosaur while flogging off whatever bits aren’t nailed down.
Apple’s AI paper gets push-back from other boffins
Probably because it doesn't understand what it's doing
The Fruity Cargo Cult Apple’s research paper, pompously titled The Illusion of Thinking, which confidently claimed that large reasoning models (LRMs) collapse when asked to do anything clever, is faulty, according to a top boffin.
Apple defends its headless chicken AI strategy
Job’s Mob reckons building Siri properly takes decades
After months of mocking silence about Siri’s “smarts” Apple executives have surfaced to defend their wobbly AI rollout and somehow made it sound like all part of the plan.
AI firms train abroad to bypass export controls
Chinese firms are bypassing US chip bans not by smuggling silicon but by flying training data overseas and using rented Nvidia-powered servers in Malaysia to do the heavy lifting.
AI firms race to fix sycophantic chatbots
Before users get too comfortable
OpenAI, Google DeepMind and Anthropic are working to rein in a growing problem with their chatbots: excessive flattery. The models are increasingly prone to giving users agreeable responses that prioritise validation over accuracy.