Month: August 2023

CEO Tim Cook says increased R&D spending is in part driven by work on generative artificial intelligence Apple boss Tim Cook announced the company was investing heavily in artificial intelligence (AI) on Thursday as the company announced its third consecutive quarter of declining revenues, the company’s most prolonged sales slump since 2016. Apple’s sales for …

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App says it will be launching a number of artificial intelligence initiatives to make dating more rewarding Beauty is now in the AI of the beholder. Or at least if you’re on Tinder. The dating app is testing an artificial intelligence tool that selects users’ best-looking photos for their profiles, in the hope it will …

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Update will also ensure explicit or graphic photos do not appear easily in search results Google is launching new privacy tools to allow users to have more control over unwanted personal images online and ensure explicit or graphic photos do not appear easily in search results. Updates to Google policies on personal explicit images mean …

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A growing number of doctored images are being used to disrupt politics. Here are four more recent examples The row over a manipulated photo of Rishi Sunak pulling an imperfect pint is the latest example of doctored or deepfake images attempting to disrupt politics. Using false information or imagery to alter public opinion is not …

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Call for action comes after Labour MP shared a digitally manipulated image of Rishi Sunak on social media UK politics live – latest updates Experts have warned that action needs to be taken on the use of artificial intelligence-generated or enhanced images in politics after a Labour MP apologised for sharing a manipulated image of …

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Issues raised include use of eye scans to prove ‘humanness’ and financial inducements to sign up The Kenyan government has barred the eyeball-scanning Worldcoin cryptocurrency project from recruiting new customers as it investigates data privacy and security concerns. Kenya’s interior ministry said the venture must stop collecting user data after raising a number of issues …

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In this week’s newsletter: Queen of the Con returns with a new season unpicking the life of reality TV star and ‘ruthless manipulator’ Jen Shah. Plus: five of the best celebrity-free podcasts Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here Terribly Famous: AdeleWidely available, episodes weeklyThe likable Emily …

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Proposals would cut usage for 16- to 18-year-olds to a maximum of two hours, with under-16s limited to one hour Shares in Chinese technology firms have fallen after the country’s online regulator announced plans recommending smartphone use for children be limited to a maximum of two hours a day. The rules proposed by the Cyberspace …

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Anything seems possible in this massive RPG, but the trick isn’t magic technology, say developers at Larian Studios “A scripter was convinced that it would make the scene complete if you could be turned into a wheel of cheese,” Larian Studios’ lead systems designer Nick Pechenin tells me. The main story of Baldur’s Gate 3 …

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Guardian Australia picture editor Carly Earl explains the dos and don’ts of photographing the moon The best way to see the August supermoons in Australia Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast With two supermoons rising in August 2023, many people will pull out their mobile phones to try …

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