Month: November 2023

Experts say figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson bringing ‘great replacement’ theory mainstream signals growing extremism The racist and antisemitic “great replacement” theory is encroaching out of the far-right and more visibly into mainstream US politics in the wake of its platforming by major figures like Elon Musk and Tucker Carlson, in a move …

Rightwing personalities use X to bring antisemitic theories to light in US Read More »

How the Streets of Rage and Etrian Odyssey composer was inspired by disco, city pop, and slyly recording music from arcade cabinets From the urban warzones of Shinobi and Streets of Rage to the high fantasy realms of Ys and Etrian Odyssey, Japanese composer Yuzo Koshiro has seen (and heard) it all. His engineering wizardry …

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Not content with a billion fans, The Pokémon Company’s COO Takato Utsunomiya talks about his plan to catch the rest of humanity – and for the far-reaching franchise to outlive us all When Satoshi Tajiri was a child, he developed a fascination with insects. Growing up in the greater Tokyo suburb of Machida, he’d spend …

‘Our goal is to keep Pokémon alive for hundreds of years’: Pokémon’s chief’s plans for Pikachu and pals Read More »

Companies such as IBM and Comcast pulled ads from the firm after the non-profits’s report said ads appeared next to harmful content Social media platform X on Monday sued media watchdog group Media Matters, alleging the organization defamed the platform after it published a report that said ads for major brands had appeared next to …

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OpenAI has been at the centre of a Silicon Valley corporate drama since the recent sacking of CEO Sam Altman OpenAI staff threaten to quit en masse unless Altman reinstated Altman’s OpenAI exit leads to rollercoaster for sector The firing of Sam Altman as chief executive of OpenAI on Friday took the tech world by …

What’s been going on at the company behind ChatGPT – and why it matters Read More »

From Gen Z to boomers, each generation engages in some truly reprehensible smartphone behaviour. Don’t get me started on voice notes… When Debrett’s issued their ten commandments of mobile etiquette, the most surprising thing was that the first six were all a variation on “don’t just call someone, send a text first”. So, in no …

Forget Debrett’s. Here is my phone etiquette advice – whatever your age | Zoe Williams Read More »

Thinktank study highlights productivity gains, as well as improvement in work-life balance for 28% of the workforce in Britain and the US, as a result of implementing artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence could enable millions of workers to move to a four-day week by 2033, according to a new study focusing on British and American workforces. …

Use of AI could create a four-day week for almost one-third of workers Read More »

More than 500 employees demand resignation of board after shock firing of chief executive Business live – latest updates Hundreds of OpenAI staff members have threatened to quit en masse if the board overseeing the ChatGPT developer does not reinstate its ousted chief executive Sam Altman and then step down. In an open letter, 550 …

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Readers find themes that align with their values as they seek to ‘grow empathy’ for a religion long vilified in the west Megan B Rice loves reading. She started a romance novel club on the instant messaging platform Discord and posts book reviews on TikTok. Last month Rice, who is 34 and lives in Chicago, …

Young Americans are picking up the Qur’an ‘to understand the resilience of Muslim Palestinians’ Read More »

The board has reportedly installed Emmett Shear, co-founder of video streaming site Twitch, as its third head in as many days after Altman firing Sam Altman will reportedly not be returning as chief executive of ChatGPT developer OpenAI after talks to reinstate him failed. The non-profit board of the San Francisco-based company has instead installed …

Sam Altman will not return as OpenAI CEO after talks fail – reports Read More »