26 Jan 2023

Tech: Microsoft outage, ChatGPT worries, big tech layoffs

From Nine To Noon, 11:05 am on 26 January 2023

Technology correspondent Paul Matthews looks at what caused an outage overnight for Microsoft 365 users, ChatGPT, the new AI "language model" is taking the world by storm but it's also causing concern over whether it'll fuel a rise of cheating and fake news - are we right to be worried?

More big tech companies lay off staff and Ukraine is winning the cyber-war - Paul tells Kathryn how.

ChatGPT is made by tech company OpenAI.

ChatGPT is made by tech company OpenAI. Photo: Jonathan Raa / NurPhoto / NurPhoto via AFP