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UN calls on AI companies to stop hiding human costs of AI
The UN has called for AI data centres to come clean on energy and water use, claiming they already chew through more electricity than most countries.
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Nicole Kobie
Nicole is a journalist and author who specialises in the future of technology and transport. Her first book is called Green Energy, and she's working on her second, a history of technology. At TechFinitive she frequently writes about innovation and how technology can foster better collaboration.
Remote work is bad for us – but that’s because we’re doing it wrong
Research published in Science suggests that remote working leads to more time spent alone, and in turn that’s leading to mental health concerns
Anthropic’s IPO is a milestone for AI
We delve into the questions raised by Anthropic's IPO: What is it trying to achieve when it already has so much money? And why now?
Is Google ruining Search with AI?
Google has announced its biggest upgrade to Google Search since the 1990s, but is it really going to help? Nicole Kobie investigates
Workers don’t like AI – maybe companies should listen
A reputable survey has shown the aching gap between what workers believe about AI and what their employees think - so who's right and what do workers actually want?
Amazon employees automate busywork to pretend they’re using AI
Amazon employees claim that in-house AI systems are being used by their colleagues for no good reason - unless you count impressing their managers with their tokenmaxxing
Yes, let’s tax the AI bots, but that isn’t enough
A tech entrepreneur has suggested that we need to tax the AI bots - and Nicole agrees. But if history teaches us anything, it's that we need a strong all-round approach
OpenAI denies claims it missed user targets
According to the Wall Street Journal, the CFO of OpenAI isn't quite as confident in the company's ability to finance future data centres as CEO Sam Altman
What does Tim Cook’s departure mean for Apple?
Tim Cook will step down as CEO of Apple, 15 years after stepping up to lead the tech giant. So what does this mean for the company's strategy? And who exactly is taking over?
AI trust gap: Is this why half of employees ditch AI for manual work each month?
An AI trust gap could be holding back take-up of the technology in businesses, a new report shows, but it also reveals bigger issues