A prototype of Panthalassa’s floating data centre Panthalassa The data centres powering the AI boom already use more electricity than some small countries, and the International Energy Agency projects that their demand could reach 945 terawatt-hours a year – more than Japan’s entire electricity consumption – by 2030. AI is so power-hungry that companies are exploring…
Software produced by the National Health Service is usually open to the public Mareks Perkons/Alamy NHS England is hurriedly withdrawing all the software it has written from public view because of the perceived risk of hacking from cutting-edge artificial intelligence. Security experts say the move is unnecessary and counterproductive. Software produced by the National Health…
Reese Witherspoon has been met with the expected industry backlash following her recent interest in artificial intelligence. After the Oscar winner expressed her intention to “learn as much as I possibly can about AI,” noting that women’s jobs are “more likely to be automated by automated by AI,” Witherspoon explained her comments and her stance…
Ace in action during a match in December 2025 Sony AI Ace, an autonomous robot powered by AI, cutting-edge sensors and an extremely dexterous arm with eight joints, has played competition-rule table tennis and beaten elite human competitors. The robot is the first machine to excel at the sport. It was the cerebral game of…
With the AI discourse spreading in Hollywood, Reese Witherspoon seems intent on making a seat for women at the table. The Oscar winner and Hello Sunshine co-founder recently explained why she’s taken it upon herself to “learn as much as I possibly can about AI,” claiming that women’s jobs are three times as likely to…
EXCLUSIVE: German TV market Seriencamp is taking on artificial intelligence this year in a big way. The Cologne-based confab is launching a Plot Next strand that will explore the “intersection between storytelling and technology.” More will be unveiled in due course but names so far unveiled include showrunner Pandora de Cunha Telles, who will present…
EXCLUSIVE: Wonder Project, the independent producer of series like House of David, has teamed with pedigreed AI startup Luma to launch a new company, Innovative Dreams. Described as a blend of production services provider, R&D lab and post-production and visual effects house, the new company is backed by Amazon Web Services. Wonder Project has had…
Avid Technology, the editing software company, is the latest entertainment industry player to introduce AI into its toolbox. The company behind industry-standard platforms Pro Tools and Media Composer said it is entering a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud. The goal is to implement both generative and agentic AI so that users can turn the “mostly…
New research from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem shows that large language models (LLMs) form structured ‘trust’ assessments much like humans do, yet apply them more mechanically and, sometimes, with stronger, more consistent demographic bias. Large language models implement a coherent but rigid and sometimes biased model of interpersonal trust that only partially aligns with…
While browsing our website a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon “How and When the Memory Chip Shortage Will End” by Senior Editor Samuel K. Moore. His analysis focuses on the current DRAM shortage caused by AI hyperscalers’ ravenous appetite for memory, a major constraint on the speed at which large language models run. Moore…
