
Disney patents AI that lets costumed characters talk to guests
A Disney AI patent granted yesterday describes a system that would let costumed characters talk to guests in real time, with a performer still in costume.
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A Disney AI patent granted yesterday describes a system that would let costumed characters talk to guests in real time, with a performer still in costume.

Liam Byrne MP has written to Amazon and TikTok over their reluctance to attend next Tuesday's consumer protection hearing on online marketplaces.

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Tech minister Baroness Lloyd tells peers there are 32 government services offline and four partly unavailable as officials patch a critical PHP flaw.

A Google Cloud outage traced to a power event at a London data centre has disrupted banks, delivery firms and websites, with Revolut hit hardest.

The CMA has proposed Microsoft strategic market status, which could lead to curbs on its software bundling, with a final decision due in February.

Nvidia chief Jensen Huang told a London event that UK firms and government should use open AI models for mission-critical tasks rather than opaque ones.

Intuit Sequence deal: the Nasdaq-listed group has agreed to buy the British revenue management start-up, co-founded by Riya Grover, for a reported $200m.

The HMRC Salesforce contract, worth up to £2bn over 15 years, will move legacy tax systems onto one platform with AI tools to triage taxpayer queries.

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Living Streets has called for an outright ban on delivery robots on UK pavements as London, Stockton-on-Tees and Nottingham prepare to join the rollout.

Lisa Nandy has issued a Public Interest Intervention Notice over the BT TalkTalk deal, citing a risk to life, and told the CMA to report by…