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We explore the digital revolution and check out the latest technological trends. Every Sunday live at 3.22pm Paris time.

  1. 5 DAYS AGO · VIDEO

    Meta and Fortnite bring AI video game characters to the mainstream

    We're used to video game characters repeating the same lines of scripted dialogue. But artificial intelligence is now allowing players to have unique, unscripted conversations with the characters they encounter. In Tech 24, explore this experimental tech and its path to the mainstream.

    6 min

  2. 6 OCT · VIDEO

    From Bollywood to Hollywood, artists push back against AI

    It's artificial intelligence versus the entertainment industry, as Bollywood stars sue YouTube and an AI-generated actor makes her world stage debut. In this edition of Tech 24, we explain why these developments could change what it means to be an artist in the age of AI.

    6 min

  3. 14 SEPT · VIDEO

    Concerns mount over EU plans to scan private pics for child sexual abuse content

    It's crunch time for "chat control", the European Commission's plan to scan private messages and report content suspected of being child sexual abuse. At a European Council meeting on Friday, security officials from across the EU debated the latest proposal, whereby photos and links sent on messaging apps – encrypted or not – would be scanned on-device by an artificial intelligence on the lookout for child sexual abuse material, known to the general public as child pornography.

    6 min

  4. 7 SEPT · VIDEO

    Artificial intelligence saves tech giant Google from divest order... for now

    It's been a week for the history books for Google. The tech giant dodged an order to sell off significant parts of its business in a landmark antitrust ruling in the United States. Then, days later, it was hit with a major fine by the EU for monopolising online advertisements. We take a closer look.

    5 min

  5. 31 AUG · VIDEO

    Summer of AI psychosis: Stories of tragic chatbot interactions multiply

    Stein-Erik Soelberg killed his mother and himself in Connecticut earlier this month, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that ChatGPT fuelled his irrational fears about her. Meanwhile, a couple in California has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI after the suicide of their son, accusing ChatGPT of helping him do it. In this week's Tech 24, we explore what's behind the increase in tragic stories that's accompanied the boom in people talking to AI chatbots.

    6 min

  6. 11 JUL · VIDEO

    EU orders AI companies to clean up their act, stop using pirated data

    The European Commission wants AI companies to stop using pirated data and allow creators to withhold their copyrighted material. This comes amid the rise of a massive global workforce of remote workers from poor countries, who provide bespoke data via third party brokers. We take a closer look in this edition of Tech 24.

    7 min

  7. 4 JUL · VIDEO

    Telegram boss Durov speaks out before French hearing, hopes to get charges lifted

    Pavel Durov, the enigmatic Russian-born billionaire boss of messaging app Telegram, has his third audience with a French investigating magistrate in the coming days, following his dramatic arrest 10 months ago on wide-ranging charges including complicity in terrorist content, drug trafficking and child sex abuse material.

    9 min

  8. 2 MAY · VIDEO

    Is energy security a threat to Europe's AI ambitions?

    This week's massive power outage in Spain and Portugal has raised questions over whether Europe's power grid is ready for a surge in demand, given the rapid pace of data centre deployment amid the rise of artificial intelligence. We take a closer look in this edition of Tech 24.

    8 min
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We explore the digital revolution and check out the latest technological trends. Every Sunday live at 3.22pm Paris time.

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    FRANCE 24 English
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    FRANCE 24 English
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
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