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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

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Using bigger AI training data sets may produce more racist results

Contrary to Silicon Valley wisdom, training AIs on larger data sets could worsen their tendency to replicate societal biases and racist stereotypes

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With AI exploiting businesses’ data, when do we get paid and by whom?

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AI chatbots could hit a ceiling after 2026 as training data runs dry

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A man replaces a magnetic tape data storage drive in an early model office computer, mid 1970s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Magnetic tape: The surprisingly retro way big tech stores your data

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A fibre-optic cable

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Chip can transmit all of the internet's traffic every second

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How much water do data centres use? Most tech companies won't say

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A drawing of one of Subsea Cloud's data centre pods

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Underwater data centre in the Pacific could be running by end of year

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Cannons in a field in Manassas, Virginia

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Big Tech and Civil War enthusiasts clash over historic US battlefields

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A letter that contained a secret message in the ink

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Ink filled with secret molecules can hide encryption key in a letter

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Copper wire

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Ordinary copper telephone wire could carry gigabit broadband speeds

Many homes in the UK rely on repurposed phone lines for internet access, leading to slow download speeds, but there may be a solution

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Nearly all websites may breach GDPR legislation around data usage

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Will 2022 be the year we start taking online privacy seriously?

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'5D' storage could hold 10,000 times more data than a Blu-ray disc

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Large Hadron Collider sticks with reels of tape for vast storage needs

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