Now playing Next Markets Alphabet shares on a high as Gemini AI model makes its debut Google’s parent company Alphabet’s shares rose sharply on Thursday, after it unveiled its new Gemini AI model. 08/12/2023
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Now playing Next Tech News Google launches AI model Gemini, its big hope for taking on ChatGPT In a bid to takedown OpenAI's ChatGPT, Google says its new AI Gemini can reason better than its existing rivals. 07/12/2023
Now playing Next Business Planet Europe's SME Assembly: Big ideas for a sustainable economic climate In partnership with The European Commission In this episode of Business Planet, we're at the SME Assembly in Bilbao to see how European businesses are weathering the storm of multiple global crises through innovation. 05/12/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Will the EU's landmark bid to regulate AI fall at the last hurdle? Negotiators are due to finalise the world's first set of rules regulating artificial intelligence (AI) but a wobble this week could set it back years. 04/12/2023
Now playing Next Africanews The Ugandan literacy specialist making a difference for disadvantaged children "80% of the books that I write advocate for disabilities. So, we are using children born with autism, albinism, any form of disability... as the main characters in these books to inspire children..you can see that what started as just literacy and books has transformational and social impact." Hasfa 02/12/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Europe’s start-up scene takes a funding hit but it’s not all bad The decline was mostly due to later-stage companies delaying fundraising, as well as a slower pace of deployment by investors. 28/11/2023
Now playing Next Eco-Innovation Is soilless farming Egypt’s answer to water scarcity? Hydroponics uses just 10 per cent of the water needed for traditional cultivation. 24/11/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Euroviews. Europe has lost the AI race. It can't ignore the quantum computing one Quantum computing's physics-oriented behaviour allows it to be infinitely scalable, which is why Europe has to master this mysterious tech if it wants to avoid a brewing dystopia, Koen Bertels writes. 23/11/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Sam Altman rehired as OpenAI CEO just days after firing It's been quite a week for ChatGPT creator OpenAI. In a dramatic u-turn, ousted CEO Sam Altman has been rehired. And he'll be joined by a new board. 22/11/2023
Now playing Next Tech News What do we know about Emmett Shear, OpenAI's new interim CEO? OpenAI, the creator of AI chatbot ChatGPT, fired its CEO and co-founder Sam Altman over the weekend. In his place steps Emmett Shear, but who is he? 21/11/2023
Now playing Next My Wildest Prediction My Wildest Prediction: The podcast that dares to imagine the future Dating apps will die, capitalism is over, and social apps will slowly disappear... Get ready for some very wild predictions from the world's tech and business leaders as they chat about the future with innovation expert Tom Goodwin. 20/11/2023
Now playing Next Business AMR Awareness: The European startup fighting a 'silent pandemic' Helsinki-based startup Resistomap has raised €2 million to develop a biosecurity intelligence platform - a new tool to monitor antibiotic resistance. 19/11/2023
Now playing Next Tech News OpenAI CEO Sam Altman fired after board of directors loses confidence Altman, who is a co-founder of the company, was let go after the board found he was not "candid" enough in his communications with them. 18/11/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Printed robots with bones, ligaments, and tendons a step closer Researchers at ETH Zurich, in collaboration with Inkbit 3D, have pioneered 3D printing of soft robots with artificial bones, ligaments, and tendons. 15/11/2023
Now playing Next Business How the booming investment in AI is leaving women behind The average capital raised by women-founded artificial intelligence (AI) companies is six times lower than the average capital raised by an all-male team, data shows. 15/11/2023
Now playing Next Home Humanoid robots are already here. But do we really need them? As the human birth rate declines, humanoid robots could take up the slack and fill jobs that are vacant. But do we really need them? 14/11/2023