The rise of artificial intelligence has sparked a panic about computers gaining power over humankind. But the real threat comes from falling for the hype In Arthur C Clarke’s short story The Nine Billion Names of God, a sect of monks in Tibet believes humanity has a divinely inspired purpose: inscribing all the various names …
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Alex Hern reports on recent problems artificial intelligence companies have faced and asks whether the billions invested are paying off “Even if the AI boom turns out to be an AI bubble, the LLMs aren’t going anywhere,” the Guardian’s UK technology editor, Alex Hern, tells Michael Safi. “Whether or not OpenAI goes bust, whether or …
Our video games writers get their children to play the games they loved as kids – and get to grips with the ones they adore now. Will they be bored, baffled – or hooked? Keza MacDonald plays Pokémon Shield Continue reading… Our video games writers get their children to play the games they loved as …
‘This is impossible!’ Can kids master the video games their parents loved? Read More »
In this week’s newsletter: This autumn may not deliver its usual raft of franchise mega-titles, so use this time to embrace the weird, wonderful and original instead • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Earlier this week, the culture desk asked me to recommend four games for our annual autumn …
No AAA releases? It’s the hidden gaming gems’ time to shine Read More »
Analysis of more than 200,000 chatbot conversations shows how the new tech is actually being used. Turns out quite a lot of it is ‘racy role play’ … Name: AI dirty talk. Age: Since 2022. Continue reading… Analysis of more than 200,000 chatbot conversations shows how the new tech is actually being used. Turns out …
Dirty talk: how AI is being used in the bedroom – and beyond Read More »
From card sharps to crypto traders, a statistician asks what we can learn from the people prepared to gamble everything Nothing is more interesting to poker players and less interesting to everyone else than a breathless recounting of who bet how much with a jack and six of clubs in some game years ago. There’s …
On the Edge by Nate Silver review – the art of risk-taking Read More »
With 550m users, the social network has been accused of providing a platform for organising riots in the UK With 550 million users, Telegram is the biggest underground app in the world. A hybrid messaging service and social network, the company seems to make controversy a core part of its business. From its early days …
Why Telegram is the go-to app for those wanting to spread toxic information Read More »
Vacation rental company reports second-quarter profit of $555m compared with last year’s $650m The vacation rental company Airbnb forecast third-quarter revenue below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday and reported a lower second-quarter profit, as it flagged weakening demand from US customers. Shares of the company were down about 12% after the bell. Continue reading… Vacation …
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The ruling found Google broke antitrust laws by making multibillion-dollar deals. Will those agreements evaporate? Google lost its landmark antitrust case against the US Department of Justice this week after a federal judge ruled the tech giant had built an illegal monopoly over the online search and advertising industry. The decision will likely have immense …
A US judge ruled that Google built an illegal monopoly. What happens next? Read More »
X said the companies worked against their economic self-interests in a conspiracy violating US antitrust law Elon Musk’s social media platform X on Tuesday sued a global advertising alliance and several major companies, including Unilever, Mars and CVS Health, accusing them of unlawfully conspiring to shun the social network and intentionally causing it to lose …
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