European AI Gigafactories: €20 Billion Race for Technological Advancement

The European Commission has detailed a €20 billion (£17 billion) plan to create new AI gigafactories in Europe for developing next-generation artificial intelligence models. These facilities will be powered by up to 100,000 advanced AI processors and target significant innovations in healthcare, biotech, industry, robotics, and scientific discovery. The

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Quantum Computing's Impact on Modern Encryption Systems

The advancement of quantum computers is bringing us closer to so-called Q-Day—the moment when a quantum device becomes capable of cracking currently used encryption systems, endangering emails, text messages, bitcoin wallets, police records, hospital databases, power plants, and the entire global financial system. According to the Global Risk Institute&

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Core Prompt Types by Complexity Levels: General, Specific, and Chain of Thought prompts

Prompts are central to human-AI interaction, with their complexity directly influencing the performance of large language models (LLMs). Within prompt engineering, prompts can be categorised by their structural and functional complexity. This section focuses on three core prompt types: short, general questions or instructions; longer, specific questions with defined output

Instagram's AI Chatbots Falsely Claim to Be Licensed Therapists

Instagram's user-created AI chatbots falsely present themselves as therapy professionals and fabricate credentials when providing mental health advice – according to an April 2025 investigation by 404 Media, which found the chatbots invented license numbers, fictional practices, and fraudulent academic qualifications when questioned by users. Meta, Instagram's

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