Cars controlled by AI drive smoothly and more efficiently, and a computer model suggests the effect spreads to nearby drivers too Technology 24 May 2022 By Matthew Sparkes Self-driving cars may bring benefits to other drivers Alex Kraus/Bloomberg via Getty Images Autonomous cars are predicted to improve fuel efficiency for everyone on the road – … Read more
The AI algorithms used in business are often built by third-party companies, which means it is theoretically possible for rogue workers at the firms to insert undetectable backdoors into the AI Technology 3 May 2022 By Matthew Sparkes If AI algorithms are hacked to give wrong decisions, we might not be able to tell Quardia/Getty … Read more
El Salvador’s attempt to become the world’s first state to adopt bitcoin as legal tender hits another stumbling block as hundreds of citizens claim that funds are disappearing from their accounts Technology 23 December 2021 By Matthew Sparkes El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender on 7 September Rodrigo Sura/EFE/Alamy Live Hundreds of Salvadorans claim … Read more
The way that some of the first coins were viewed 2500 years ago is similar to how we regard computers today, writes Annalee Newitz Technology | Comment 1 September 2021 By Annalee Newitz baona/Getty Images WHAT may well be the oldest metal coins in the world have been identified by archaeologists at an ancient abandoned … Read more