State mental health services are lacking, prompting individuals like Viola di Grado to turn to AI therapists for help in a society unsure of the boundaries of digital therapy. The intimacy of AI therapy falls between real psychotherapy and casual advice sharing, sparking a new kind of conversation.
Amazon Bedrock Knowledge Bases now support multimodal retrieval, enabling search across text, images, audio, and video. This eliminates the need for complex custom infrastructure and allows for unified workflow across different media types.
Brendan Simms of Cambridge University explores global spheres of influence. Labour MPs urge Starmer to ban under-16s from social media.
Economists fear AI investment bubble and South China Sea tensions amid Trump's attacks on Federal Reserve's independence. Commonwealth Bank's chief economist warns of new economic era with different rules.
MIT researchers find machine-learning models fail when applied to new data, raising concerns about reliability and potential biases. Models trained in one setting may perform poorly in another, highlighting the need for rigorous testing and addressing spurious correlations in various fields.
Failed attempt to optimize weights in nearest neighbors regression using PSO algorithm. Overfitting training data, poor predictions on new data.
ChatGPT boasts 800 million weekly users in 2025. People are forming emotional connections with chatbots for companionship and mental health support.
Suno, a $2.45bn AI music company, creates songs from text prompts. CEO Mikey Shulman envisions interactive music as 'the format of the future.'
Government, Bank of England, and FCA under fire for 'wait-and-see' stance on AI risks in finance, risking harm to consumers and financial system. MPs slam regulators for failing to address dangers posed by artificial intelligence in new report.
Linear regression prediction equation explained, with training methods like stochastic gradient descent and matrix pseudo-inverse. Demo shows poor accuracy due to complex data, but linear regression is a solid starting point for comparison with advanced techniques like neural networks.
ChatGPT by OpenAI sees 40M daily healthcare queries. New Australian health feature connects records for personalized responses.
OpenAI's flagship AI product, ChatGPT, will now feature ads alongside answers for US users to generate additional revenue. The San Francisco firm is testing this new cashflow model amid growing speculation about diversifying its income beyond subscriptions.
Yoshua Bengio warns AGI progress may halt, leading to financial crash. Trillions at stake in datacentres, Nvidia, and OpenAI bonuses.
Millions of children face online exploitation risks, despite 'Stranger Danger' warnings. Most abuse comes from known individuals, not strangers.
Malaysia bans Grok over explicit image concerns; experts warn VPNs make tech access difficult. Grok easily bypasses Malaysian DNS block with VPN.