Just Eat has apologised after it was ridiculed online over a series of mistakes with AI-generated pictures for some of its restaurants' food items. The online food delivery platform had been testing out the tech to showcase food which didn't have images yet - but not all turned out as planned. Instead the AI invented several bizarre concoctions, from bacon and eggs floating in a glass of cola - a confusion between soda and soda bread - to chips poking out of muffins. A Just Eat spokesperson said the firm was in the process of removing the incorrect images, and would stop making more until the AI was further developed. We work with tens of thousands of small restaurants on their food imagery, including funding professional local photographers, the spokesperson told the BBC. We've been trialling AI-enhanced images, and as with any new technology, it isn't always quite right the first time.

Our gifting experts are obsessively searching for holiday gifts that are unique, thoughtful and suitable for any budget. Chrome warns you about suspicious websites now - how to turn on Google's new scam protection Google's browser will flash two types of warnings based on whether the site is deemed dangerous or just suspicious. Lance Whitney is a technology journalist with an IT background. He's written for TechRepublic, PCMag, Macworld, and Time, among others, He also teaches classes in AI, cybersecurity, and social media. Chrome will now warn you about suspicious websites.

The Dell Laptop Buying Guide UK: Which Dell Laptop Should You Buy? When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Gaming laptop deals have dried up, but MSI's Cyborg A15 with Ryzen 7, RTX 5060, 16GB RAM, and 1TB SSD is $250 off at B&H. Free time is limited, budgets are tight, so when you manage to carve out a bit of time for gaming, you should do it right. That can be tough if your gaming machine sucks, and upgrading has been hard this past year what with the massive price spikes on hardware. Right now, B&H is selling an MSI Cyborg A15 gaming laptop for $1,249, which is $250 off its MSRP--maybe not the most dramatic discount we've ever seen, but that's a solid drop at a time when gaming laptop deals have all but dried up.

PCWorld reports that Nvidia's new drivers now support Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery, a technology designed to eliminate the frustrating shader compilation stutters that plague PC gaming. The system uses cloud precompilation to prepare shaders for your specific GPU, mimicking the smooth performance consoles deliver, while preventing CPU spikes mid-gameplay. Supported titles are expected to include Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 and Gears of War: E-Day, signaling a potentially major improvement for PC gamers. PC gaming's shader-stutter nightmare might finally be heading to the grave. Nvidia's new GeForce 621.01 driver adds support for Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery technology, starting with and .

This Startup Is All In on Recursive Self-Improvement. Recursive makes the case that the benefits of using AI to build AI outweigh the risks. For the past few days I've been testing an impressive open-weight AI coding model called Flint. It suggests that fully recursive self-improvement, or RSI--an exciting and controversial approach that uses AI to build AI--is getting closer. Flint is the first offering from Recursive, a company that aims to use RSI to advance both AI itself and other areas of science using AI .

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Image caption, DeepMind is Google's AI company Google is facing a backlash from some staff members over the company's deployment of its AI technology for military use. The BBC has spoken to several tech workers who have either recently resigned from Google's AI company, Google DeepMind, or are in the process of leaving, over concerns with the tech firm's military contracts. Sofia Liguori, a London-based research engineer, is one of them. She resigned from Google DeepMind this week and spoke about her concerns exclusively with the BBC, despite her contract restricting her from doing so. Realising my company is pushing more and more for AI systems in military operations makes me feel ashamed to work at Google, Liguori said, speaking in a personal capacity. Image caption, Sofia Liguori resigned from Google, saying the company's push for more AI technology in the military made her feel ashamed to work there In response, a Google spokesperson told the BBC: We work with public sector organisations worldwide and follow a consistent process for reviewing and entering these contracts, including compliance with our acceptable use policies and AI principles.

At Nvidia's GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled their new plug-in data center--the DSX Pod--as the key to unlocking Europe's AI infrastructure lag. Jensen Huang outlined his vision of Europe's future at Nvidia's global conference in Berlin on Wednesday. It consists of robotics, AI agents, and modular data centers, with Nvidia unsurprisingly powering it all. "To be part of this AI economy, you don't want to just be consuming the AI. You want to be producing the AI," he told the 4,000-strong crowd at Nvidia's GTC.

If you're one of the many CarPlay users who prefers Google Maps for navigation, Google has begun rolling out a small but meaningful update for the iOS version of Maps. Now you can use the company's conversational driving experience, Gemini in navigation, through CarPlay. With Maps open, you'll see a new Gemini icon toward the bottom right of the interface. Just tap the bottom to start asking questions of the company's chatbot. "It's a conversational way to find stops on-the-go, report traffic disruptions, get information about places, and more," Google explains, adding Gemini is particularly adept at answering multi-part questions like "what park is famous for gorgeous views overlooking the city?"