Parents were left furious - and considerably underwhelmed - after a Willy Wonka-themed ‘experience’ in Glasgow used artificial intelligence software to generate a magical world on-screen.
But it turned out IRL to be a damp squib, held in a bare warehouse with a few lacklustre props, a small bouncy castle and not many sweets for young visitors.
Tempers flared and police were called to ‘Willy’s Chocolate Experience’ - in no way affiliated to the Timothee Chalamet film - as parents demanded refunds.
The Standard pitted two of the biggest conversational AI chatbots against each other to discover which would win a debate - sandboxed ChatGPT, or Google’s web-connected rival, Gemini.
Standard SEO editor Dan Cody inputted the AIs with the other’s responses after posing the question of which system is better for humanity.
It comes after Gemini’s image generator was pulled due what the AI itself describes as “inaccurate historical depictions” and “potential for misuse”.
PlayStation will shut down its London Studio and slash 900 jobs, as part of a wave of redundancies across the globe.
Nasa’s Odysseus moon lander has managed to beam back some photos to mission control during descent - but without undertaking its primary water-hunting mission.
Now, Odysseus will ‘die’ slowly when sunlight no longer reach its solar panels.
The Home Office is investigating after faulty mobile phone data is believed to have been used as evidence in criminal cases for over a year.
It comes as the government’s urged to ensure prisoners cannot share videos and photos on social media and brag about their crimes from behind bars.
Plus, tiny drone scans Japan’s wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant and palaeontologists unearth ancient giant crab fossil.
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