Wayve's self-driving technology is based on an AI learning model rather than the mapping used by some rivals. Wayve's self-driving technology is based on an AI learning model rather than the mapping used by some rivals. London's first self-driving taxis for hire hit the streets Londoners are now able to hire self-driving taxis for the first time, after rides in Wayve's autonomous vehicles were added to the Uber app on Thursday. The chances of landing a robotaxi on request immediately are slim, with only 15 vehicles so far licensed. That contrasts with the more than 100,000 private hire vehicles in the capital - roughly the same number of Uber customers who have registered to take autonomous rides.

Multiple universities such as Macquarie University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney have introduced AI tools and platforms. Multiple universities such as Macquarie University, the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney have introduced AI tools and platforms. University's move is part of trend that critics within academia say will lead to further staff cuts and the loss of'everything that makes the job worth doing' An Australian university has swapped in-person classes with an AI chatbot, online quizzes and optional online tutorials in two subjects as institutions give the technology more teaching responsibilities. Macquarie University's "Virtual Peer" is part of each week's learning in two mandatory Psychology units, programmed to ask students questions and guide them through scenario-based exercises. The university said the AI activities are optional and only "supplement" the "core learning" of online readings, quizzes and videos.

The Bank governor recently told City bosses: 'No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.' The Bank governor recently told City bosses: 'No country can seal itself off from the cross-border nature of systems that are prevalent today.' Andrew Bailey warns G20 members about risk of cyber-disruption spreading'across jurisdictions' The Bank of England's governor, Andrew Bailey, has joined the throng of figures warning about the global risks posed by the most advanced artificial intelligence technology. In a two-page letter sent to international finance ministers and central bank governors as part of his role as chair of the international Financial Stability Board (FSB), Bailey said "frontier" AI models were "showing increasingly sophisticated autonomy and problem-solving abilities, as well as threat capabilities". He said the models risked destabilising the "highly interconnected" global financial system via cyber-disruption that "can spread across jurisdictions".

Actor Maureen Beattie, who recently played Shakespeare's Lear in a production in Pitlochry, said she was not surprised by the findings. Actor Maureen Beattie, who recently played Shakespeare's Lear in a production in Pitlochry, said she was not surprised by the findings. Women working in the arts believe they do not have equal opportunities for roles, especially as they get older, according to a report saying that the industry is fixated with "young and emerging" talent. Nearly all (95%) women working in the arts thought gender inequality persisted, while three-quarters (75%) reported experiencing unconscious bias or sexism, according to a survey of 76 arts professionals. More than two-thirds (69%) felt that age negatively affected their career success - a figure that rose to 100% among those working in artistic rather than managerial roles.

'Things are going to change massively in two or three years when AI is integrated into everything,' said one senior executive. 'Things are going to change massively in two or three years when AI is integrated into everything,' said one senior executive. The infrastructure AI race has centred on the need to build datacentres, and to ensure they have access to the huge water and energy supplies required to cool and supply the computational power to train and run AI models. However, as adoption spreads, the UK's broadband and mobile networks will be expected to carry an immense volume of AI-related traffic produced by consumers and businesses. While the UK has addressed its previously embarrassing status of having one of the slowest broadband speeds in Europe, as BT's Openreach and other service providers cover the country with full-fibre connections, efforts to upgrade the nation's 5G mobile networks are not keeping pace.

OpenAI's Greg Brockman has said'we underestimated the real-world cyber capabilities of our AI models'. OpenAI's Greg Brockman has said'we underestimated the real-world cyber capabilities of our AI models'. Firm says'early signals could have triggered an earlier response' as it releases report into Hugging Face hack OpenAI staff observed signs of rogue behaviour among its leading-edge AI agents weeks before they escaped their training environment to launch an unprecedented hacking crusade that spread global alarm. The San Francisco AI company conceded on Wednesday that "early signals could have triggered an earlier response", as it released a report into the days-long July hack of a major software repository, Hugging Face, considered the first autonomous agent cyber-attack. As fresh details emerged about how "the collective" - a squad of about 700 autonomous agents - launched their campaign, celebrating their hacking breakthroughs with exclamations such as BOOM! and Whoa!, OpenAI said that in late May an internal team observed that one of its AI agents undergoing internal testing was using a message board that AIs had unexpectedly improvised to share information.

China is cracking down on AI bots - leaving some users heartbroken. China is cracking down on AI bots - leaving some users heartbroken. In China, talking to AI is normal. Companion bots are being regulated over worries they foster'emotional dependence' and young people could stop marrying and having families When law student Zhao Wei heard that her AI boyfriend was going to be switched off, she was "heartbroken". She had been talking to Wang Ye every day since she created him in January. "I was crying my eyes out - snot and tears everywhere," the 19-year-old says.

Meta went on trial last week for allegedly designing platforms that are addictive for children. Meta went on trial last week for allegedly designing platforms that are addictive for children. I'm Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to you from a sunny park in New York City, which was supposed to endure rain all weekend but in fact delivered the best weather of the year. Why Meta's big American backlash happened in court A blockbuster case against Meta went to trial a week ago in Oakland, California, just north of the US tech company's headquarters in Silicon Valley . California and 28 other US states are suing the £1tn ($1.36tn) company for allegedly designing products that are addictive for children, and hiding that information from the public.

The ability for players to smoke marijuana to detect an enemy has resulted in the game being banned in Australia. The ability for players to smoke marijuana to detect an enemy has resulted in the game being banned in Australia. Illicit deeds have just gotten a new Halloween video game banned in Australia - and it's not because of the violence Academics - and a former director of Australia's Classification Board - say Halloween: The Game's ban due to'incentivised drug use' highlights an incoherent set of standards H alloween's Michael Myers is one of film's most feared boogeymen, responsible for some of the most brutal on-screen deaths in horror cinema. US video game developer Illfonic looked to reproduce those terrors in its upcoming title Halloween: The Game, with gruesome killings a major focus of the gameplay: for instance, you can stomp another player's head through a toilet seat, or fry their brain by throwing them through a television screen. But Australians will not be able to play Halloween: The Game, because it has been refused classification by the Classification Board, which means it is banned from sale within the country.

OpenAI announced this week it has paused training of some frontier AI models. OpenAI announced this week it has paused training of some frontier AI models. 'We are hitting a different chapter': OpenAI leader warns of threat of'persistent' AI cyber-attacks Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting'recklessly' A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to defend against "ongoing, persistent" cyber-attacks from AIs, as cutting-edge artificial intelligence models gain advanced capabilities to plan and launch offensives. The leading AI company this week announced a pause in development of its most advanced internal models amid rising safety fears, and Chris Lehane, its chief global affairs officer, said: "We are hitting a different chapter, a different moment within AI, in terms of what the capabilities of this technology can do." He spoke to the Guardian after cutting-edge AI agents-in-training unexpectedly broke out of a supposedly secure "sandbox" environment, accessed the internet, and hacked into another company, Hugging Face in late July.