Will technological advantages be enough for China to replace the US as the world’s AI superpower? The Bible maintains that “the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong”, but, as Damon Runyon used to say, “that is the way to bet”. As a species, we take the same view, which …
Many have protested the ban the beleaguered app is facing, saying it would affect small businesses, educators and communities TikTok is at an existential crossroads, facing an unprecedented global crackdown and a potential ban in the US – and TikTok creators are caught in the balance. The platform is under bipartisan scrutiny over allegations that …
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Whether it’s celebrity fads or wacky creations such as lasagne-filled yorkshire pudding, how food plays online is now key to brands Sometimes you just need some vodka pasta sauce – especially when you’ve been grounded for trying to charter a helicopter on your dad’s credit card. When Sofia Coppola’s 16-year-old daughter, Romy Mars, set the …
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A year after a ‘historic’ victory in Staten Island, New York, hope for a wave of union victories is looking less momentous A year ago, Amazon workers in Staten Island, New York won a “historic” victory – overcoming a multimillion-dollar campaign by the multibillion-dollar corporation to win the right to organize Amazon’s first-ever union. A …
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Cameras affixed on cars sent videos of customers and their property to the EV maker’s offices and spread ‘like wildfire’ Tesla assures its millions of electric car owners that their privacy “is and will always be enormously important to us”. The cameras it builds into vehicles to assist driving, it notes on its website, are …
Sales fall at world’s biggest memory chip maker amid decline in global demand for semiconductors Samsung Electronics will cut back on chip production, as it faces a sharp decline in global demand for semiconductors that has sent prices plunging. The world’s biggest memory chip maker said it would make a “meaningful” cut to chip output …
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Half a century after its debut, the end of the combustion engine Golf is nigh – but it will always have a place in drivers’ hearts After nearly 50 years in production, the Golf Mark 8 will be the last combustion engine version of the VW Golf. For many drivers, it spells the end of …
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Mainstream adoption of generative AI and conversational bots has left few spaces untouched, even religious communities “Write a sermon in the voice of a rabbi of about 1,000 words that relates the Torah portion Vayigash to intimacy and vulnerability. Cite Brené Brown’s scholarship on vulnerability.” That was the prompt rabbi Joshua Franklin put in ChatGPT, …
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‘Finfluencers’ to be asked to consult checklist before accepting deals for ‘get-rich-quick’ schemes The UK financial and advertising regulators have warned social media influencers of the risks of promoting “get-rich-quick schemes” such as cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens to their followers. The Financial Conduct Authority and Advertising Standards Authority have launched a campaign to prevent content …
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With swaths of white collar jobs at risk, the clock is ticking on the development of policy to meet this huge societal challenge Elon Musk is not most people’s idea of a classic technophobe, so when the owner of Twitter warns of the dangers of artificial intelligence, it is worth sitting up and taking notice. …
