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Since ChatGPT was launched to the public in 2022, Apple has said little publicly about generative artificial intelligence (AI).That was until Monday, when its chief executive announced a series of AI products, including a deal with the makers of the chatbot and its own personalised AI system called “Apple intelligence”. Apple Intelligence is a collection of features that includes text and image generation and an improved Siri voice assistant, which will be supported by integrating the already popular ChatGPT into the company’s phones.The new product has already faced criticism over the security implications of allowing Siri to mine information from…

Tata Steel says it will press ahead with plans to return to profitability at its Port Talbot steelworks, no matter who forms the next government.The India-based firm was responding to media reports Labour was hoping to coax a U-turn at the UK’s biggest steelworks, should it win the day on 4 July. Tata confirmed in April almost 2,800 roles would go under a transition from so-called virgin steel to greener steel.It would see both labour intensive blast furnaces switched off by September and soon replaced with cleaner electric arc technology under a £1.25bn investment.Money latest:The most and least affordable areas…

Following a drab year for UK stock market flotations in 2023, there was a real shot in the arm for sentiment for the London Stock Exchange this morning, with the affordable computer supplier Raspberry Pi getting off to a rip-roaring start to life as a public company.Shares in the business were priced at 280p each – at the top of the range published prior to the Initial Public Offering (IPO) – which valued Raspberry Pi at £541.6m. Within minutes of conditional trading beginning, though, the shares had soared to as high as 392p each.The successful debut will raise hopes that…

Presenter Dr Hannah Fry has paid tribute to her ‘modest’ colleague Michael Mosley, revealing he once saved the life of a woman.Dr Fry – who co-presented The Great British Intelligence Test and a Coronavirus Special alongside Mosley – spoke about his “extraordinary” actions on The One Show. She lent her voice to the host of celebrities who have paid tribute to the TV doctor, who was found dead on the Greek island of Symi four days after he went missing.The body of the 67-year-old, who was a familiar face thanks to his regular appearances on TV programmes including The One…

YouTube star Ben Potter has died aged 40 “in an unfortunate accident,” his wife has announced.She said Potter, an American comic book creator known as Comicstorian, died on Saturday. He had a YouTube following of more than three million subscribers.Nathalie Potter, his wife, wrote on X: “To many of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing stories from across multiple different mediums. To his loved ones, he was one of the best and most supportive individuals anyone could ask for.”As a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, or even just a stranger, Ben was loving and genuine. He was someone who…

A factory in China is developing hyper-realistic humanoid robots that could be used in psychotherapy and counselling.In the factory in China’s northeastern coastal city of Dalian, neck-length silicone masks lie alongside silicone arms and feet, while disembodied heads sit on display and humanoid robots in various stages of construction stand nearby. Drawings of robot designs adorn a wall. Image: An employee checks his mobile phone as he walks past displays of robot heads, at the office of humanoid robots developer Ex-Robots in Dalian, Liaoning province. Pic: Reuters Humanoid robots are the most complex type of robot to build and these…

The prospect of a pre-election interest rate cut by the Bank of England has been damaged by official figures showing no progress in bringing down the pace of wage growth.Data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) showed basic pay rising at an annual rate of 6% in the three months to April. That was flat on the figure reported by the ONS for the past two months. Upwards pressure came from the government’s 9.8% rise in the National Living Wage, which took effect in April.Money latest:Meet the woman behind the UK’s first net-zero whisky distilleryWhen the impact of inflation…

It is the strangest of scenes at the tiny resort on Agia beach.Click here for the latest update on this storyHolidaygoers spread out on sunbeds, people swim in the Mediterranean turquoise sea and the only noise is from waves lapping up against the rocks.A wired fence surrounds the resort, the only access at a small gate by the sea on the northern tip.Just outside the perimeter, two men stand over a body, which Greek officials say is that of Dr Michael Mosley. Image: A major search operation was launched to find the doctor Image: The body found in the search…

Administrators to Cazoo, the British online car retailer once valued at well over £5bn, are closing in on a deal to offload its marketplace division.Sky News has learnt that Motors.co.uk, a privately owned used-car platform, is now the frontrunner to buy Cazoo’s brand and marketplace business. Industry sources said the price was likely to be a significant discount to the investment that Cazoo had ploughed into sports sponsorship deals in a bid to build brand awareness since the company launched in 2018.Cazoo crashed into administration last month, having failed to put itself on a sustainable footing after a debt restructuring…

Tributes have poured in for “brilliant and utterly charming” TV doctor Michael Mosley, as his wife described him as a “wonderful, funny, kind and brilliant husband”.Mosley was last seen on Wednesday, after he went for a walk on his own from Saint Nikolas Beach in the centre of the Greek island of Symi, but he disappeared, triggering a search.His body was found on Sunday by a camera crew, close to a cave complex beside Agia Marina, around 10m from the sea.His wife Dr Clare Mosley said she took comfort from the fact “he so very nearly made it”, as tributes…