Microsoft is limiting how many questions people can ask its new Bing chatbot after reports of it becoming somewhat unhinged, including threatening users and comparing them to Adolf Hitler. The upgraded search engine with new AI functionality, powered by the same kind of technology as ChatGPT, was announced earlier this month. Since then, it has
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An estimated 91.2% of card payments last year were contactless, according to data covering spending when the technology was available. Analysis of habits by debit and credit card users at Barclays showed face-to-face or in-store spending using contactless was up from 82.6% achieved the previous year. The bank credited much of the “tap and go”
Elon Musk donated around $1.95bn (£1.6bn) worth of Tesla stock to charity last year, according to documents filed in the US. The billionaire gifted about 11.6 million shares between August and December of 2022, the filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission showed. It didn’t list which organisations were the recipients of the shares.
Ford has announced 1,300 jobs are being cut from its UK business as part of a Europe-wide overhaul of the carmaker. The cuts are being made as part of a plan to cull 3,800 jobs across Europe over the next three years. It comes as the carmaker focusses its attention on electric vehicles, with it
Britain’s biggest luxury yacht-builder is being sold to new private equity backers 15 years after it last changed hands. Sky News has learnt that Princess Yachts, which is based in Plymouth, is being sold to KPS Capital Partners, a US-headquartered investor which specialises in owning manufacturing businesses. Sources said a deal could be struck as
The UK communications regulator has launched an investigation into broadband and phone bill price rises as research suggested many customers are unaware providers can increase costs. The review, to be carried out by Ofcom (the Office of Communications), will focus on mid-contract price increases as the watchdog said it was worried about uncertainty faced by