Hate Meta AI? You’ll soon be forced to use it in WhatsApp, as Meta moves to ban ChatGPT, Copilot and more ChatGPT and Copilot will leave WhatsApp in 2026 after Meta banned rival chatbots from its app.

I stand corrected re WhatsApp - it was Meta which kicked ChatGPT out!

www.techradar.com/ai-platforms...

OpenAI shutting down the Sora AI gen video app also marks the end of its partnership with Disney. And the firm has quietly closed its ChatGPT WhatsApp account.
Feels like a company doing some belt tightening. Thanks to all who sent me their fave Sora videos, crikey what a weird era that was

That is brilliant

A few thoughts about Horizon World, and the state of VR, and a photo from the time I tried so many VR demos at a CES I ended up with conjunctivitis

AI toys for young children need tighter rules, researchers warn In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children's emotions.

AI toys for young children need tighter rules researchers warn, writes @zsk.bsky.social.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#responsibleAI #Cambridge #AI #children

We have more privacy controls yet less privacy than ever Has online privacy become

@zsk.bsky.social: "In 2026 online privacy is a luxury, not a right," says Thomas Bunting, an analyst at the UK innovation think tank Nesta.”

UK’s £8bn research fund faces “hard decisions” as it pauses new grants UKRI boss Ian Chapman said it had been told by the government to

Helpful update into UKRI and research council funding changes from Zoe Kleinman @zsk.bsky.social

But please more focus on 2 things...

1) Immediate effects (eg funding decisions expected in March)

2) Likely disproportionate effects on early career scientists

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Honey, I shrunk the data centres: Is small the new big? Huge data centres are being built to handle AI computing but some experts say they aren't necessary.

Is it better to have many smaller data centres or fewer large ones - interesting balancing act as described by @zsk.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How my on-air 'brain fog' moment sparked a big debate When the BBC's Zoe Kleinman spoke about going through perimenopause she got a huge response.

@zsk.bsky.social speaks for many of us!

Will quantum be bigger than AI? The highly complex technology is increasingly being tipped to transform computing.

Great article by @zsk.bsky.social explaining the hot topic of #quantumcomputing #techtrending #foresight #futureofcomputing #AI #riskmanagement
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Who’s with me for a campaign to stop politicians wearing hi viz jackets and hard hats when talking about the economy and instead being filmed playing Total War: Warhammer

In the UK, the water shortage is so bad that the government is urging citizens to help save water by deleting old emails. It really helps lighten the load on water hungry datacenters, you see.

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Dame Stephanie 'Steve' Shirley, technology pioneer, dies aged 91 - BBC News She founded the software company Freelance Programmers in 1962, which almost exclusively hired women, and in later life donated almost £70m of her fortune.

A lovely tribute from BBC’s @zsk.bsky.social: I also had the honour of meeting Dame Steve a few times through her philanthropy and she was always inspirational. From the Kindertransport to being an early tech pioneer, she encouraged others to enjoy a life of generosity. May her memory be a blessing.

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I do hope so

Ooh! I’ve got a blue tick 😇

What screen time really does to children's brains Screen time has become synonymous with bad news - but the science may not be as straightforward as it seems

I’ve been blown away by the responses to my story yesterday about screentime. It took a while to research and was one of those journalism projects that got more interesting the more we dug in.Thanks so much if you got in touch - I couldn’t keep up!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Google admits it failed to warn 10 million of Turkey earthquake The tech giant said only 469 serious warnings were sent out ahead of the 7.8 magnitude quake.

A poignant reminder that tech will tell you it can save the world… until “limitations in detection algorithms” means it can’t

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Packing a lot into my time in London this week: fascinating afternoon trying out Huawei’s latest foldable tech, and dinner with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales to celebrate his new book

Looking forward to seeing Karen Hao in Edinburgh in August. Just secured my ticket after starting off at 1,502 in the online queue! I got her new book about OpenAI yesterday. The firm and Sam Altman declined to be involved which of course makes me even more intrigued to read it…

While the UK mulls the AI/copyright dilemma, Russia appears to be making the most of the data free-for-all for AI developers in other countries.

we won't know until we try...!

UKtech50: Vote for the most influential person in UK technology | Computer Weekly This is your opportunity to vote for the 2025 edition of Computer Weekly’s annual UKtech50, our definitive list of the movers and shakers in UK technology – the chief information officers, industry ex...

Truly awesome to have made it onto Computer Weekly's shortlist of influential people in UK tech. What a powerful list! So many brilliant names. Please cast your votes...
(ahem: its alphabetical so zsk is last!)
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I’m very pleased to hear this Kate! It was great to meet you too.

WhatsApp backs Apple in its legal row with the UK over user data The messaging app says the UK government's demands over data access could set a

Exclusive: WhatsApp sides with Apple in privacy dispute with UK government
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Scotland to host UK’s national supercomputer as Chancellor confirms £750 million investment Scotland will become home to the UK's most powerful supercomputer, with up to £750 million for the project confirmed in the Spending Review.

In August 2024 I met Peter Kyle, shortly after he had been appointed the new government’s Tech Secretary, and he told me there was no money for this. What a difference a year makes!

www.gov.uk/government/n...

Uber brings forward trialling driverless taxis in UK The autonomous cars with no human safety driver at the wheel will be trialled in London next spring.

Last month I reported that the government had put back plans to allow driverless cars on UK roads: today it has brought the date forward again! Uber will now trial robotaxis in London (probably with customers via the app) in Spring 2026
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Oh….

The UK has made more than 20,000 demands using the Cloud Act, an agreement which allows the UK and the US to request data access from each other for law enforcement purposes. The US has made 63, says @GregNojeim at a US sub committee hearing about the UK gov’s privacy row with Apple