
This week's technology report explores the trustworthiness of AI, the innovative use of digital twinning in historical restoration, and the surprising appeal of mundane video games.
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Can we trust AI? Its answers are not always correct. And it only knows what it's been trained on, so some of its responses can contain bias. Tech experts offer us some solutions.
Also this week: digital twinning is helping the restoration of a three hundred year old palace. And the joy of mundane video gaming!

In der Entwicklungshalle von Trumpf in Ditzingen beginnt die Robotik-Revolution damit, dass Maschinen selbst Entscheidungen treffen statt vorgegebene Bewegungen auszuführen. Ziel ist es, Blechbearbeitungsmaschinen durch intelligente Roboter zu ergänzen, um Wettbewerbsvorteile gegen die chinesische Konkurrenz zu schaffen.
X (formerly Twitter) reported discovering a bot farm of approximately 200,000 accounts, with 200 accounts posting content that could manipulate legitimate debate about American AI and energy policy, echoing similar claims made by OpenAI in June regarding Chinese inauthentic accounts using ChatGPT to generate anti-data center content.

El artículo explica cómo mecanismos como la recompensa variable, el scroll infinito, las notificaciones y las recomendaciones algorítmicas favorecen el uso compulsivo de redes sociales, especialmente entre menores, tras el acuerdo de Meta para limitar su uso nocturno y diario en respuesta a demandas por presunta contribución a la adicción adolescente.

Bill Gates hat einen Essay über die Gefahren von Künstlicher Intelligenz verfasst, in dem er vor Arbeitsplatzverlust, Missbrauch durch Kriminelle und Beeinträchtigung der kindlichen Entwicklung warnt. Er fordert nationale und globale Kontrollbehörden, vergleichbar mit einer Uno für KI, um Normen durchzusetzen. Seine Warnungen ähneln denen von Geoffrey Hinton, dem „Godfather der KI“.

Senior telecoms executives warn that the UK's broadband and mobile networks are not keeping pace with the infrastructure demands of widespread AI adoption, citing poor 5G coverage compared to EU and G7 nations, planning delays hindering 5G upgrades, and lack of government support despite networks being classified as critical national infrastructure.

China is being urged to use human translators to refine AI-generated translations of its political messaging, as literal AI translations risk making Beijing's language sound more threatening abroad, according to a state-affiliated academic newspaper article.