Month: February 2023

We must recognise the critical importance of strong copyright law and fair remuneration, writes Christian Zimmermann Artists, illustrators and photographers have often led the way in embracing new technology. The concerns that creators such as Harry Woodgate have about AI programs (‘It’s the opposite of art’: why illustrators are furious about AI, 23 January) that …

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The verdict comes after a three-week trial that pitted shareholders against the billionaire and company CEO A US jury has found Elon Musk and Tesla not liable in a securities fraud case over a pair of 2018 tweets that said he “funding secured” to take the electric carmaker private, a claim investors argued cost them …

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Alphabet CEO says company well positioned in AI field, as analysts say ChatGPT has reached 100m users Google is to make its chatbot technology available to the public in “the coming weeks and months” as it responds to the success of ChatGPT, a Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence chatbot that has become a global phenomenon after it …

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Take a break from news about real-life megacorps raking in billions while we all struggle to pay our gas bills, and revisit gaming’s most evil companies Squaresoft’s environmentalist fable pitches a small group of eco-rebels against the might Shinra Electric Power Company – part energy supplier, part terrifying interplanetary dictatorship. The designers were prescient in …

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Information about trial in Chile, Peru and Costa Rica has since been taken down after being shared across help centre pages Netflix has mistakenly launched a set of guidelines for cracking down on password sharing to global users. The streaming service said the guidelines being trialled in Chile, Peru and Costa Rica had been posted …

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Move to pay-for-access application program interface continues platform owner’s push for revenue Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast The latest set of changes to Twitter will likely spell the end of some of your favourite accounts, tools and …

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Juan Manuel Padilla asked the AI tool how laws applied in case of autistic boy’s medical funding, while also using precedent to support his decision A judge in Colombia has caused a stir by admitting he used the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT when deciding whether an autistic child’s insurance should cover all of the costs …

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Supply chain issues and slowing demand for the iPhone caused a rare slump for the tech giant as CEO Tim Cook took a pay cut Apple shares slid more than 4% on Thursday after the company posted a disappointing first quarter earnings report, including rare misses on revenue, profit and sales. The iPhone maker missed …

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Unprecedented take-up may make AI chatbot the fastest-growing consumer internet app ever, analysts say ChatGPT, the popular artificial intelligence chatbot, has reached 100 million users just two months after launching, according to analysts. It had about 590m visits in January from 100 million unique visitors, according to analysis by data firm Similarweb. Analysts at investment …

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Exclusive: Hollie Dance, who fought legal battle to stop her son’s life support being switched off, says he received threatening messages From discovering her son unconscious with a ligature over his head to the lengthy but ultimately unsuccessful legal battle to stop his life support being switched off, Archie Battersbee’s mother has experienced heartbreak that …

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