Month: October 2023

Jane Rosenberg’s viral illustrations paint a changing picture of the crypto mogul as his trial continues A courtroom sketch supposedly drawn of Sam Bankman-Fried made rounds on Twitter this week, giving the alleged cryptocurrency fraudster and self-professed “math nerd” the Hollywood treatment. With his razor-sharp jawline, high cheekbones and artfully messy hair, SBF could have …

Buff and hulking or small and meek? Courtroom artist on sketching Sam Bankman-Fried Read More »

Regulator figures show huge differences in banks’ treatment of fraud victims, from 94% of claims refunded by TSB to 6% at Monzo The shocking disparity in the way the banks refund fraud victims has been laid bare in figures that show TSB refunded 94% of customer fraud claims in full last year, while for Monzo …

TSB reimbursed 15 times more customers’ fraud losses than Monzo in 2022 Read More »

The case was filed in California by two passengers who survived a 2019 crash, in which the driver died Tesla on Tuesday won the first US trial over allegations that its autopilot driver assistance feature led to a death, a major victory for the automaker as it faces several similar lawsuits across the country. The …

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BetterBlends promised to invest in the city’s beleaguered downtown but closed its doors in under two months In September, a “bespoke AI nutrition” store opened in beleaguered downtown San Francisco to much fanfare, promising smoothie concoctions generated by AI and a much-needed boost to the area. Less than two months later, it has seemingly closed …

An AI smoothie shop opened in San Francisco with much hype. Why is it closed already? Read More »

Gather round and hear three of the latest scary stories from Silicon Valley and beyond that will frighten you long after the candy is eaten • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The nights are drawing in, the carved pumpkins are in windows and the neighbourhood children are preparing to cause …

TechScape: Crypto in the dock, Musk in the frame and fiendish puzzles – three chilling tech tales for Halloween Read More »

The prime minister wants progress on this tech to be his legacy, but in truth he is failing to equip us for the challenges it brings The UK’s AI safety summit opens at Bletchley Park this week, and is the passion project of Rishi Sunak: a prime minister desperate for a good news story as …

Rishi Sunak’s AI safety summit appears slick – but look closer and alarm bells start ringing | Chris Stokel-Walker Read More »

Educators are trying to understand how these tools work and, perhaps most pressingly, how they can be misused In the year since OpenAI released ChatGPT, high school teacher Vicki Davis has been rethinking every single assignment she gives her students. Davis, a computer science teacher at Sherwood Christian Academy in Georgia, was well-positioned to be …

‘Is this an appropriate use of AI or not?’: teachers say classrooms are now AI testing labs Read More »

In gaming as in cinema, all of the most personal, creative and risk-taking horror can be found away from the mainstream. And happily it’s also a genre in which budget constraints can be turned into an advantage Leaf through the history of independent video games and the pages are drenched in horror. It was there …

Little monsters: why indie developers make the best horror games Read More »

Experts say focus of the UK’s global AI summit on ‘frontier AI’ distracts from regulation of existing ills of technology In the spring of 2023, the UK government set out its plans to address the rapidly evolving AI landscape. In a white paper titled “A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation” the secretary of state for …

How the UK’s emphasis on apocalyptic AI risk helps business Read More »

PM hopes Bletchley Park summit will be the first of many, as No 10 denies some world leaders have ‘snubbed’ event Global leaders, tech executives and experts are gathering on Wednesday and Thursday at Bletchley Park, the home of second world war codebreakers, for a landmark summit on safety in artificial intelligence. In a speech …

Who is attending Sunak’s AI safety summit – and what will they discuss? Read More »