AI chatbot goes rogue during customer-service exchange

International delivery firm DPD is updating its AI-powered chatbot after it gave some unexpected responses during an exchange with a disgruntled customer. Musician Ashley Beauchamp recently turned to DPD’s customer-service chatbot in a bid to track down a missing package. After making little progress with the chatbot, he decided to have some fun by asking … Read more

What is an NPU? Here’s why everyone’s talking about them

Kunal Khullar / Digital Trends The AI era is upon us. With generative AI continuing to push forward, companies like Intel, AMD, and Qualcomm are also talking about the hardware side of the equation. With the introduction of the NPU, which stands for neural processing unit, processes that use AI will be sped up — … Read more