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Published on 30/07/2026 – 17:24 GMT+2 If you thought a few keystrokes would turn you into Agatha Christie, Stephen King or Ernest Hemingway, ChatGPT has some bad news. OpenAI has quietly reprogrammed the chatbot to reject direct requests to replicate or mimic a named author’s voice, whether they are still alive to object or have been dead for decades. Ars Technica was first to spot the change, running its own prompts through ChatGPT to confirm the pattern. Engadget followed up with its own tests and got the same result, noting that a study by publication No Latency had found ChatGPT…
Europe’s vast rail network not only gives travellers access to major cities and their headline attractions, but also smaller towns with hyperlocal crafts and traditions to discover. From clay-sculpting to glasswork, here are the ancient skills you can learn about and how to reach where they are still practised by train, according to booking platform Rail Europe. Faenza: The Italian city that gave its name to European ceramics In the heart of Emilia-Romagna, Faenza has been associated with ceramics for centuries. Its name even gave rise to the word “faience”, used internationally to describe a type of glazed earthenware. Today,…
LONDON — Andy Burnham said Thursday he “can’t ignore” Britain’s North Sea oil and gas resources — a point he stressed to Donald Trump last week. Britain’s new prime minister said he talked up a “pragmatic approach” to the energy sector in his first conversation with the U.S. president. “I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here,” Burnham said of the exchange. “There is a resource there — when people are…
By Giovanni Kessler Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Hermes – Center for European Studies Published on 30/07/2026 – 16:43 GMT+2 On 9 July, the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) announced that two international organizations based in Spain had been dismantled over the manufacture, distribution and trafficking of counterfeit tobacco. Authorities seized more than 20 million cigarettes, nearly 40 tonnes of tobacco, manufacturing equipment, cash, firearms and 18 vehicles. Fifty people were arrested following searches across six Spanish provinces. The operation deserves recognition. Having served as OLAF’s Director-General from 2011 to 2017, I know the importance of timely intelligence, close co-operation between…
Drone footage shows large wildfires burning across Spain’s Castellon province. Other scenes show Civil Guard officers helping elderly residents evacuate from a care home in Zamora as advancing flames threaten nearby communities. Spain is battling several major wildfires. Around 10,000 people remain under orders to leave Castellon, where the blaze is burning out of control. Emergency crews have focused on protecting homes and moving residents to safety, as fast-moving flames make it too dangerous to attack the fire directly. Authorities say the intensity of Spain’s largest recorded wildfire has forced crews to adapt their tactics, prioritising evacuations and property protection…
Microsoft shares surged by as much as 10% in pre-market trading on Thursday after the technology giant forecast stronger-than-expected revenue and accelerating growth at its Azure cloud business, offering fresh evidence that its vast investment in artificial intelligence is paying off. The company expects revenue of between $89.85bn (€78.5bn) and $90.95bn (€79.5bn) in the July-September quarter, representing growth of 16% to 17%. It also forecast that Azure revenue would grow by approximately 45% in constant currency, up from 43% in the quarter just ended. The upbeat outlook followed better-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter results. Revenue rose 18% year-on-year to $90bn (€78.7bn) in…
Turns out Brussels’ penchant for what is often perceived as overregulation is having a ripple effect well beyond the EU. Nearly half of the companies referencing the EU’s Artificial Intelligence Act in their governance disclosures are not based in the EU at all, according to new research, suggesting Brussels is beginning to set a global standard for AI governance even before the bloc’s toughest rules take full effect. The analysis, published by the Thomson Reuters Foundation using data from its AI Company Data Initiative (AICDI), draws on more than 100,000 data points collected from 2,973 companies worldwide. It found that…
By Lutz Faupel Published on 30/07/2026 – 16:07 GMT+2•Updated 16:30 Persistent heat is causing water levels in the Danube to drop in many places, bringing relics from the past to light. Near Prahovo in Serbia, numerous wrecks of German warships become visible every year; some of them are to be salvaged in the coming years, others have already been hauled ashore. Earlier this week, the magazine “Fokus” was the first to report on this. Witnesses to the advance of the Red Army The story of the wrecks begins more than 80 years ago, towards the end of the Second World War.…
The first-ever case of an artificial intelligence agent going rogue coincides with the EU’s major new powers to regulate AI. But Europe’s leverage may be limited by the U.S.-China two-way race for AI supremacy. Jul 27 6 mins read