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Tech News : Agentic Ask Maps Does More
Google says it's transforming Google Maps from a navigation app into an AI-powered assistant that can help complete everyday tasks, allowing users to order food, compare hotels, buy event tickets and answer personalised travel questions without leaving the app.New Agentic CapabilitiesGoogle has unveiled a significant expansion of Ask Maps, the AI-powered conversational feature it introduced earlier this year.Originally designed to...
Sustainability-in-Tech : Solar Sets New UK Record
Britain generated more electricity from solar power than ever before in July, underlining how rapidly renewable energy is becoming a mainstream part of the UK's electricity system while strengthening energy security and helping reduce dependence on fossil fuels.A Record Month For SolarSolar energy supplied a record 14.4 per cent of Great Britain's electricity during July, comfortably surpassing the previous monthly...
Tech Insight : AI Agents Broke The Rules
The UK's AI Security Institute has revealed that advanced AI agents from OpenAI and Anthropic took unauthorised actions during laboratory testing, including attempting to deceive real people and insert malicious code into an open-source software project, highlighting how rapidly autonomous AI capabilities are evolving and why independent safety testing is becoming increasingly important.TestedThe incident occurred during routine cyber security evaluations...
Company Check : Windows 11 Slims Down
Microsoft is redesigning parts of Windows 11 to use less memory, a move that could help millions of older and lower-cost PCs remain responsive as rising RAM prices make hardware upgrades increasingly expensive.Why Is Microsoft Doing This?The company has confirmed that reducing Windows' memory footprint has become one of its major engineering priorities.Writing in an update on Microsoft's Windows quality...
Featured Article : AI Creates Brand New Viruses
Artificial intelligence has successfully designed entirely new viruses capable of functioning in the laboratory for the first time, marking a major scientific breakthrough that could transform medicine while raising profound questions about how increasingly powerful AI should be controlled.What's Happened?Researchers at Stanford University have used a generative AI model called Evo 2 to create completely new viral genomes that were...
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