In the latest sign of the brave new technological world, the Sony World Photography Awards winner Boris Eldagsen revealed his submission was made by artificial intelligence (AI). He says his black and white portrait of 2 women that appears straight out of the 1940s is the “first AI-generated image to win in a prestigious international photography competition”. Eldagsen entered the competition to challenge what was considered photography and called for separate competitions for AI-generated art. And AI’s rapid rise isn’t likely to slow down anytime soon… Man-about-controversy-town Elon Musk said his newly-registered X.AI firm will launch its own AI chatbot to rival ChatGPT and Google’s Bard. Having long warned of AI’s potential to cause “civilisational destruction”, Musk says his TruthGPT “might be the best path to safety” and would be “unlikely to annihilate humans”. Good to know…