News stories from the world of Artificial Intelligence
2 May 2025
Visa rolls out AI scam detection
Visa has rolled out a new AI tool called Visa Account Attack Intelligence to help stop payment fraud before it happens. The system analyses real-time patterns and flags suspicious card activity, such as repeated failed payment attempts, helping prevent card testing scams before money is lost.
Source: [VISA]
Visa has rolled out a new AI tool called Visa Account Attack Intelligence to help stop payment fraud before it happens. The system analyses real-time patterns and flags suspicious card activity, such as repeated failed payment attempts, helping prevent card testing scams before money is lost.
Source: [VISA]
30 April 2025
AI’s Environmental Impact Under Scrutiny
A major Earth Day 2025 report has revealed the scale of AI’s environmental toll — especially its heavy use of water for cooling high-performance hardware. Big Tech’s water consumption surged by 60% in just three years, raising urgent questions about sustainability as AI continues to expand..
Source: [Blog post]
A major Earth Day 2025 report has revealed the scale of AI’s environmental toll — especially its heavy use of water for cooling high-performance hardware. Big Tech’s water consumption surged by 60% in just three years, raising urgent questions about sustainability as AI continues to expand..
Source: [Blog post]
14 April 2025
GPT5 is on the horizon
OpenAI’s next model is rumoured to bring better memory, smarter reasoning, and multi-modal upgrades.
Source: [Blog post]
OpenAI’s next model is rumoured to bring better memory, smarter reasoning, and multi-modal upgrades.
Source: [Blog post]
7 April 2025
Google Unveils Next-Gen AI Reasoning Models
Google launches Gemini 2.5, a reasoning AI model designed for complex problem-solving and coding tasks.
Source: [TechCrunch]
Google launches Gemini 2.5, a reasoning AI model designed for complex problem-solving and coding tasks.
Source: [TechCrunch]
6 April 2025
Possible delays to UK AI Copyright Laws Introduction
Labour is to consider delaying new AI copyright laws by up to four years, it has been claimed. The Government reportedly wants to conduct a full ‘technical review’ of its proposal to give Big Tech firms an exemption from copyright law when training their AI models. But creators say the tech giants are already ‘burgling’ their work and need to be stopped urgently.
Source: [Daily Mail UK]
Labour is to consider delaying new AI copyright laws by up to four years, it has been claimed. The Government reportedly wants to conduct a full ‘technical review’ of its proposal to give Big Tech firms an exemption from copyright law when training their AI models. But creators say the tech giants are already ‘burgling’ their work and need to be stopped urgently.
Source: [Daily Mail UK]