Peter O'Brien

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Technology Editor at France 24

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Are claims that AI is accelerating climate change 'overstated'?

1 week ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Will this transformative technology guzzle so much gas and coal that it has a devastating impact on our planet? Or will it bring about efficiencies and innovations that allow us to reduce our emissions?
US trade war: EU prepares to retaliate with Big Tech in its sights

2 weeks ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. With Meta, Amazon and Apple stock all down around 9 percent, the European Union looks primed to twist the knife. The bloc runs a deficit on US services, as opposed to US goods where it runs a surplus.
Boycotters attempt to unplug from tentacular US tech sector

3 weeks ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Anti-American sentiment is surging amid the second term of US President Donald Trump. Ifop research found this week that two thirds of French people support a boycott of US products.
Trump's assault on knowledge: Department of Education closure follows attacks on science

1 month ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. US President Donald Trump's announced shuttering of the Department of Education comes amid a broader attack on knowledge and research.
A defeat for the remade women's national team in New Caledonia

1 month ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

It was a thrilling finish at N'Du Stadium in Nouméa on Friday. The French national women's cricket team slipped into last place by the slimmest of margins at their home tournament in the Pacific Ocean territory of New Caledonia, their fate sealed by two wide balls bowled by Kamea Moingoto. The final deliveries of the match came in a second "Super Over", an extremely rare occurrence that only happens when a game ends in a tie and the resulting tie-breaker also ends in a tie.
French hackers show how easy it is to 'jailbreak' Musk's new AI model Grok 3

2 months ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. This week, the tech billionaire's company xAI released an early preview of Grok 3, built at a data centre in Memphis which is expanding at lightning speed and now houses some 200,000 advanced Nvidia computer chips.
Snooping Siri: Apple hit with another privacy lawsuit, this time in France

2 months ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

By AcceptManage my choicesA French human rights NGO has filed a lawsuit in Paris against Apple, alleging massive collection and processing of voice recordings via the tech giant's Siri assistant, without user consent. It comes as a California court is set to rule on a similar case, where Apple has agreed to pay $95 million in settlements, without admitting wrongdoing. FRANCE 24's Tech Editor Peter O'Brien tells us more.
'France can be a bit bolder': Paris AI summit draft declaration sparks concern for civil society

2 months ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. A draft declaration of the Paris AI Action Summit has raised concerns for The Future Society, the nonprofit which was tasked by organisers to provide recommendations for protecting civil society from the risks of artificial intelligence.
Chinese chatbot DeepSeek leaps to top spot on App Store, overtaking ChatGPT

2 months ago | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. DeepSeek not only has a cute whale as its logo, but is fast becoming a whale of a player in the AI game. The Chinese chatbot has leapt to the top of the iPhone App Store downloads leaderboard in the US, overtaking ChatGPT, and in France it's currently sitting in second place.
Why does Donald Trump see China as a threat on AI, but not on TikTok?

Jan 24, 2025 | france24.com | Peter O'Brien

To display this content from , you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. "This is money that normally would have gone to China," Trump proclaimed on Tuesday while unveiling Stargate, an artificial intelligence project that will cost $500 billion, according to its participants OpenAI, Softbank, Oracle and MGX. It was another indication that keeping ahead of Beijing on AI is a priority of the Trump administration.