Tech companies remain secretive over the amount of energy and water it takes to train their complex programs and models One question that ChatGPT can’t quite answer: how much energy do you consume? “As an AI language model, I don’t have a physical presence or directly consume energy,” it’ll say, or: “The energy consumption associated …
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Company denies union claim it drafted in more than 1,000 extra workers to thwart push for formal recognition The GMB has reluctantly withdrawn its attempt to win formal union recognition at Amazon’s Coventry warehouse, accusing the firm of drafting in more than 1,000 extra workers to skew the decision. GMB members at the site made …
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From ‘lab leak’ theories to market stalls rumours, former BBC China correspondent John Sudworth investigates in Fever. Plus: five of the best podcasts for fathers Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Podcasting’s love affair with the news continues apace. A couple of weeks ago, Jayde Adams’s Welcome to the Neighbourhood …
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PM uses Washington visit to push Britain as global centre for technology and seek US involvement in safety summit Rishi Sunak has used a trip to Washington to push the UK as a global centre for artificial intelligence regulation, insisting its record in the sector will make others listen to “this mid-sized country”. Downing Street …
UK data watchdog says science of monitoring brain and nervous system is expanding fast but holds ‘real danger’ of discrimination Mind-reading technologies pose a “real danger” of discrimination and bias, the Information Commissioner’s Office has warned, as it develops specific guidance for companies working in the sci-fi field of neurodata. The use of technology to …
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From October, firms will also have to offer new buyers a ‘cooling off’ period before they invest Crypto firms must warn customers they should not expect protection if their investment goes wrong and introduce a “cooling off” period for first-time investors, under new rules imposed by the UK financial watchdog. The Financial Conduct Authority said …
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But whistleblower says 2013 surveillance ‘child’s play’ compared to technology today Edward Snowden has warned that surveillance technology is so much more advanced and intrusive today it makes that used by US and British intelligence agencies he revealed in 2013 look like child’s play. In an interview on the 10th anniversary of his revelations about …
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The Stanford Internet Observatory documented how a web of social media accounts advertises and distributes abuse materials Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has set up a taskforce to investigate claims that Instagram is hosting the distribution and sale of self-generated child sexual abuse material, with the platform’s algorithms helping advertise illicit content. The move by the Facebook …
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A cybercrime group has exploited a flaw in MOVEit software, and is now demanding a ransom British Airways, Boots and the BBC have been hit with an ultimatum to begin ransom negotiations from a cybercrime group after employees’ personal data was stolen in a hacking attack. On Wednesday it emerged that the gang behind a …
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Zelda opens up an endless world of possibility, Street Fighter delivers another KO and Star Wars finally gets the game it deserves. We round up the top releases of the past six months Nintendo SwitchIn its long-awaited follow-up to Breath of the Wild, Nintendo has created a world that feels endless, and empowers players to …
