Resurrecting loved ones as AI ‘ghosts’ could harm your mental health

Could your loved one be reborn as an AI? Yuichiro Chino/Moment RF/Getty Images Resurrecting deceased loved ones using artificial intelligence could harm mental health, create dependence on the technology and even spur a new religion, researchers have warned. AI chatbots trained on text from the internet have become ever more capable and convincing in recent … Read more

Energy-guzzling data centres could work just as well with less cooling

Data centres are normally kept at temperatures between 20°C and 25°C (68°F and 77°F) Aleksei Gorodenkov / Alamy Allowing data centres to run at higher temperatures could cut the amount of energy used to cool them by 56 per cent, without impacting computational performance. High-end servers generate a lot of heat while operating, so equipment … Read more