Month: March 2023

Temporary measure is in place ‘until ChatGPT respects privacy’, says Italian Data Protection Authority Italy’s privacy watchdog has temporarily banned ChatGPT, after raising concerns about a recent data breach and the legal basis for using personal data to train the popular chatbot. The Italian Data Protection Authority described the move as a provisional measure “until …

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Chinese-owned firm caught in geopolitical standoff, with US lawmakers leading charge against it Sitting at the heart of youth culture, TikTok is beloved of its more than 1 billion users worldwide. With a range of compelling content that extends from viral dances to comedy skits, cleaning hacks, BookTok, music and the Gen Z melancholy of …

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Experts have sounded a warning on artificial intelligence as it becomes increasingly sophisticated and harder to detect Generative AI – including large language models such as GPT-4, and image generators such as DALL-E, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion – is advancing in a “storm of hype and fright”, as some commentators have observed. Recent advances in …

Misinformation, mistakes and the Pope in a puffer: what rapidly evolving AI can – and can’t – do Read More »

April dates come as GMB union prepares to test support for stoppages at five other sites Workers at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse have announced six fresh strike dates, as the GMB union prepares to test support for stoppages among staff at another five of the delivery company’s sites. Strikes at the vast Coventry centre, known as …

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The were gasps in the crowd as a cult indie shooter beat the blockbusters to the key award of the night It must be one of the biggest shock wins in the history of the Bafta Games Awards. Up against huge blockbuster titles such as Elden Ring and God of War Ragnarök, the best game …

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The annual event, which faced years of Covid disruption, will not return in 2023 E3, the video game industry’s biggest annual expo, has been cancelled. The show had been due to make a return after years of Covid-19 disruption this June in Los Angeles, but in a joint statement, the US’s Entertainment Software Association (ESA) …

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Social media highlights remarkable timing of verdicts in unusual cases that gripped a nation An ex-president indicted for alleged hush money payments to a porn star. A wealthy actor and wellness guru vindicated in a nail-biting fight for justice against a retired optometrist. And all in the space of a few hours. The reaction on …

Trump loses, Paltrow wins: Twitter marks a historic afternoon for America Read More »

• Documents leaked by whistleblower angry over Ukraine war • Private Moscow consultancy bolstering Russian cyberwarfare • Tools support hacking operations and attacks on infrastructure • Documents linked to notorious Russian hacking group Sandworm • Russian program aims to control internet and spread disinformation The inconspicuous office is in Moscow’s north-eastern suburbs. A sign reads: …

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Documents leaked from Vulkan cybersecurity firm also raise questions about role of IT engineers behind information-control project A consortium of media outlets have published a bombshell investigation about Russia’s cyber-capabilities, based on a rare leak of documents. The files come from NTC Vulkan, a cybersecurity firm in Moscow that doubles as a contractor to Russian …

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Sad clips from films, TV shows and TikTok are being spliced together over melancholy music – and they’re raising a smile among hopeless young people Jimmy Nguyen, an 18-year-old student, saw his first “corecore” video on TikTok in January. He can’t remember which one it was – there are so many of them now. But …

‘Why am I crying over this?’: how corecore TikTok videos caught the mood of Gen Z Read More »