Deputy prime minister to urge UN general assembly to create international regulatory system Artificial intelligence is developing too fast for regulators to keep up, the UK’s deputy prime minister is to announce as he aims to galvanise other countries to take the threat seriously in advance of the UK’s AI safety summit in November. Oliver …
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The $69bn acquisition is expected to go ahead as revised proposal addresses regulator’s concerns Microsoft’s $69bn (£54bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, looks set to be cleared after the UK competition regulator said a revised deal had addressed its concerns. The Competition and …
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Meet Cute on company’s intranet allows employees to advertise family and acquaintances to colleagues TikTok has an internal matchmaking service for employees to introduce their colleagues to friends and family members, it has been revealed. The channel, called Meet Cute, sits on the workplace tool used by thousands of TikTok employees around the world for …
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Many feel decision to delay ban of petrol and diesel cars flies in face of environment and industry alike, while some see it as pragmatism Rishi Sunak’s announcement that he will delay banning the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by five years to 2035 in a U-turn on the government’s climate commitments has …
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As Square Enix gears up to release the second chapter of its FFVII Remake trilogy, the game’s creators reflect on making the original – and remaking a classic There are few fictional locales as iconic as Final Fantasy VII’s Midgar. Originally envisioned as a rain soaked New York-esque metropolis, the final sprawling cityscape kept the …
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From stalkers to authoritarian states, the use and abuse of facial recognition tech Get people talking about the gadgets they wish existed but don’t, and soon the idea of “glasses with a computer built in that tells you who you’re looking at” comes up. Such “augmented reality” devices seem so obviously desirable that someone usually …
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Tech company faces negligence lawsuit after Philip Paxson died from driving off a North Carolina bridge destroyed years ago The family of a North Carolina man is suing Google for negligence after he died from crashing into a creek below a collapsed bridge at the alleged behest of Google Maps, the Associated Press reported. On …
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Physicist Max Tegmark says competition too intense for tech executives to pause development to consider AI risks The scientist behind a landmark letter calling for a pause in developing powerful artificial intelligence systems have said tech executives did not halt their work because they are locked in a “race to the bottom”. Max Tegmark, a …
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Climate coalition cites Twitter’s lack of clear policies to stop incorrect information and confusion from Musk takeover A report ranking climate change misinformation gave Twitter (recently rebranded as X) only a single point out of a 21-point scorecard when assessing policies aimed at reducing inaccurate information – the worst out of five major tech platforms. …
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