Google is increasing its artificial intelligence offerings and even the world’s most popular search engine is getting an AI makeover.

The Standard’s Business & Technology Correspondent, Simon Hunt, discusses all the big announcements from the tech giant’s annual developer conference. 

We hear from Professor Ruth Travis from Oxford Population Health about their research that blood proteins ‘warn of cancer seven years before diagnosis’.

Also in this episode:

• Bumble apologises for celibacy ads: ‘We made a mistake’
• The $1.4 billion Dream Chaser plane that will take humans to space
• Scientists discover new species of giant jellyfish
• Olympics: Why parts of Paris will be off-limits without a QR code

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OpenAI rolls out the most advanced ChatGPT ever as rival Anthropic launches AI assistant Claude in the European Union.

Study claims weight loss jabs like Ozempic and Wegovy ‘cuts risk of heart attack and stroke’.

Another chance to see The Northern Lights in the UK? Scientists’ prediction as the Sun approaches ‘solar maximum’.

Also in this episode:

• More than 20,000 people join search for new dementia treatments
• Hunting may have helped humans become long-distance runners
• Marvel Rivals apologises after banning negative reviews 

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An inquiry into traumatic childbirths has called for an overhaul of the UK's maternity and postnatal care.

University of Cambridge’s Professor Henrik Salje discusses his research which suggests babies born from C-section ‘need two measles jabs for full protection’.

Two professional skydivers successfully complete the world’s first wingsuit flight through London’s Tower Bridge. 

Also in this episode:

• Study finds internet use linked to higher wellbeing
• Wales becomes first UK nation to join metaverse
• ‘Source of sugar, not just amount, could impact weight in children’
• Why Great British insults are dying out

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After Hugh Grant called it a “destruction of human experience”. Neuralink brain implant test suffers technical issues. TikTok set to introduce new tools to flag AI-generated content. Release year revealed for new Lord of the Rings movie. Also in this episode:

• Stanford engineers say they’ve produced a ‘leap forward’ for augmented reality
• Tailored psychotherapy could improve the lives of patients with MND
• Running under a four-minute mile could be the key to a long and healthy life
• Battery fires from discarded electronics on the rise

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AI research finds 505 hazardous chemicals formed from vaping. 18-month old girl has hearing restored in new gene therapy trial. Why AstraZeneca has withdrawn its Covid vaccine. Has China sent a secret robot to the moon? Also in this episode:

• Study: AI chatbots that simulate the dead risk digitally haunting the bereaved
• DeepMind’s AI can ‘predict how all of life’s molecules interact with each other’
• Tiny wraparound implants ‘represent new approach for spinal cord injuries’

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Plus, will the new pencil pro and magic keyboard make MacBooks redundant? OpenAI exec says today's ChatGPT will be 'laughably bad' in 12 months. The air-breathing spacecraft boosting Earth observation and communications. Also in this episode:

• Dr Mansur Tisaev from the University of Surrey describes their plans for low-orbit air-propelled spacecraft
• Tech firms must ‘tame aggressive algorithms’ under Ofcom online safety rules
• Scientists discover Sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'
• Researchers: chimps may be lifelong learners, just like humans
• The Nokia 3210 is being reborn 

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Boeing's Starliner capsule launch called off two hours before launch due to valve issue. Nintendo announces a Switch 2 is in the works. Armed forces personnel's bank data compromised in Ministry of Defence hack. Can prehistoric DNA help modern-day crops cope with climate change? Also in this episode:

• Researchers say tourist influx turns Lake Windermere green
• World’s purest silicon brings scientists one step closer to scaling up quantum computers
• Insurers warn about fake and manipulated images being used in claims
• Scientists say they have identified a new genetic form of Alzheimer’s disease

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China has blasted off its Chang’e-6 robotic spacecraft bound for the moon’s dark side as part of a trio of missions aiming to get boots on the lunar surface. Nasa maps space weather 280 light-years away. Immunotherapy hope for cancer treatment after cell discovery. Apple examines 'iPhone alarm bug'. Puppy yoga banned over animal welfare fears.

Also in this episode:

• Fitness life quality boost for middle-aged women
• Swarm of GPS-powered giant robot bees
• Wild orangutan ‘uses plant medicine to treat wound’
• Sprocket, is that you? Fraggle Rock-inspired dancing robo-dog 

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A proposed law heralding self-driving cars on Britain’s roads received the green light in the House of Commons. WhatsApp lobbying ‘should be monitored like IRL’. World Passwords Day: importance of strong keys.

Also in this episode:

• A-miaow-zon...cat mistakenly mailed in e-returns box
• Vegan diet ‘beneficial for bowel cancer’
• Illness and death study reveals gender divide
• Men ‘more likely to have health conditions leading to early death’
• Who's beaking, please? How parrots video call pals.

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A major study will vet methods of screening men for prostate cancer for effectiveness in a bid to save thousands of lives each year. How ‘wall of death’ space workout keeps astronauts fit - with Alberto Minetti, professor of physiology at the University of Milan. Infected blood scandal compensation schedule agreed.

Also in this episode:

Perimenopausal women ‘more likely to suffer depression’

Half of London children not getting exercise hour.

Climate change UK spider influx warning

World’s largest blue hole found

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