Tech Tuesday

RTHK's podcast on the latest tech news

OpenAI's latest chatbot upsets users for being too "unfriendly"

Over the last few weeks, there's been a lot of discussion in the tech world over Open-AI's latest large language model, GPT-5. While some are hailing the upgrades as a major leap forward -- especially in areas like coding and accuracy -- others feel t...

08-25
11:30

‘AI agent Manus not the next DeepSeek moment', Leaked video of Sony hints future of gaming developm

DeepSeek, the artificial intelligence firm based in Hangzhou, took the world by storm with its low-cost but powerful chatbot. Now there could be another Chinese rival to ChatGPT, which many regard as the world's leading AI model. Called Manus, it...

03-17
12:27

Figure's new humanoid robot to take over chores, HK launches ChatGPT-style AI tool powered by DeepSe

Imagine a world where humanoid robots live among us and handle all your household chores, from laundry to dishes to tidying up. What seemed like a pipe dream in the past could now be close to reality with Figure's new humanoid robot Helix, which can s...

03-03
11:04

‘ByteDance’s new AI video model excels in generating life-like human movements’, 'Perplexity AI’s De

Imagine Albert Einstein coming back to life and delivering a new lecture. That's what a new Chinese AI model, OmniHuman, did. It generated a demo video of Einstein making philosophical remarks during a lecture, based only on a black-and-white portr...

02-17
12:31

DeepSeek challenges ChatGPT with low-cost alternative, Meta debuts a new video editing app to rival

DeepSeek's new AI chatbot stands out for its more human-like communication style, offering clearer reasoning and more lucid responses compared to ChatGPT, according to AI consultant Raj Shroff. The open-source model from the Hangzhou-based startup ha...

02-03
09:55

Apple suspends controversial AI news notifications, Expert says don’t count on AI finance advisors t

Apple has put a pause on an AI feature which summarises news articles into bullet points which appear on the notification screen of iPhone users. This follows a complaint by the BBC in December, saying the tech giant's feature generated inaccurate an...

01-19
10:46

Meta's new watermark tool to fight deepfakes, YouTube tests a feature that chooses what you see next

As AI continues to improve, it's getting harder to tell when videos are real, or generated by a computer. Tech giant Meta says it wants to help clear up the confusion with a new tool that basically adds an invisible watermark to AI-generated videos. ...

01-06
10:50

Last-minute tech gifts for Christmas, Top generative AI trends in 2025

Artificial intelligence took the world by storm last year with the rise of ChatGPT. Now tech giants all want to harness the enormous potential of AI, and poured resources into the field. That gave rise to a lot more language models such as Llama fr...

12-23
15:58

Pokemon Go players "train" navigation AI model, Google unveils super weather forecast model "GenCast

Niantic, the company which develops augmented reality game Pokémon GO, is set to build up a gigantic navigation AI model using data collected from player scans of public locations. The popular mobile game asks players to walk around the city - especi...

12-08
13:30

AI takes centre stage at Wuzhen summit, Helicopters could lead the way in China's low-altitude econo

From virtual Chinese doctors giving instant diagnoses to robotic dogs roaming the halls, artificial intelligence took centre stage at the World Internet Conference which wrapped up in Wuzhen last week. The country's biggest internet forum of the year...

11-25
10:13

What does Trump’s return mean for AI and tech development, HKUST unveils new "medical GPT"

Donald Trump's return to the White House in January is raising questions about the future of AI regulation and antitrust policies targeted at tech giants. Trump has already said he will rip up an executive order signed by Joe Biden to put safety guard...

11-11
10:27

Say goodbye to repetitive tasks as Anthropic's new AI model takes control of computers, Google’s new

Imagining having an AI that can navigate desktop apps, move cursors, click buttons, and type text just like how you would. Well that’s what Anthropic’s latest generative AI model, Claude 3.5 Sonnet promises to do as it enables users to instruct the c...

10-28
15:19

Zoom’s new AI avatar may revolutionise workplace, controversy over LinkedIn's new data collection po

Office workers will soon be able to talk to colleagues using digital lookalikes in their Zoom workspace, thanks to a new AI avatar feature announced by the video conferencing platform. To use this tool, the user will first have to record a video clip....

10-14
12:02

OpenAI o1 vs GPT-4o Who gets the crown, Neuralink Blindsight device

It’s been over a week since OpenAI unveiled its refreshed reasoning model — o1, although it’s sparked debate whether it’s better than the current iteration, GPT-4o.   While the tech startup acknowledges that GPT-4o is still the best option for most ta...

09-23
18:50

First commercial spacewalk paves future missions to Moon and Mars, AI tools used to fabricate resume

Four civilian astronauts led by billionaire Jared Isaacman returned to Earth on Sunday after spending five days in space and completed the first-ever commercial spacewalk. While none of the crew had received traditional astronaut training, they perfor...

09-16
17:57

New AI model recreates classic PC game without writing any code, Can AI make art?

Software engineers at Google have recently unveiled a new generative AI model which could revolutionise the video game industry.  In a demonstration video, researchers showed how the model called GameNGen recreated the classic 1993 first-person shoote...

09-09
12:43

Machine learning to slow Parkinson's disease progression, AI used as investment advisor, Would new A

Researchers in the United States are developing a new treatment which promises to significantly improve the condition of people diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.  The research team uses machine learning to understand how patients' brains deteriorate ...

09-02
18:14

AI-powered textbook in South Korea, How Microsoft's Copilot AI could be used by bad actors

More than 50,000 parents in South Korea have signed a petition opposing a plan to give every primary and secondary school student a tablet computer loaded with AI software. While these AI tools promise to identify students' strengths and weaknesses in...

08-26
14:33

World of AI boyfriends and girlriends, GenAI sandbox to be launched in Hong Kong

The idea of making friends or falling in love with a robot may seem far-fetched in the past, but now it could become a reality.  A recent report by OpenAI noted how some users are developing emotional attachments to its latest chatbot, GPT-4o, which p...

08-19
12:59

AI data scraping war, Impact of Google search US ruling

In the rapidly evolving field of artificial intelligence, companies are rushing to collect data from the internet to train their AI models. Recently, Nvidia, a leading AI chip maker, was accused of scraping videos from websites such as YouTube and Ne...

08-12
13:56

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