Month: August 2024

Owner of X uses platform to promote conspiracy theory that white far-right ‘protesters’ involved in disorder are treated more severely than minorities Elon Musk has called the prime minister “two-tier Keir” in reference to the conspiracy theory that police are treating white far-right “protesters” are being treated more harshly than minority groups. The billionaire owner …

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Assemble a crew of navy seers and necro medics to take down a dictatorship in a spellbinding new game inspired by XCOM, but without the punishment We’re only just over half way through the year, but Tactical Breach Wizards is already a contender for best video game title of 2024. At once exquisitely silly and …

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LLMs’ ‘reversal curse’ leads it to fail at drawing relationships between simple facts. It’s a problem that could prove fatal In 2021, linguist Emily Bender and computer scientist Timnit Gebru published a paper that described the then-nascent field of language models as one of “stochastic parrots”. A language model, they wrote, “is a system for …

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CEO Linda Yaccarino reportedly said Bay Area employees will be relocated to Silicon Valley in an internal email X, the social media company formerly known as Twitter, will shut down its flagship San Francisco office “over the next few weeks”, the New York Times reported. The internal announcement comes after owner Elon Musk stated last …

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Ruling states ‘Google is a monopolist’ in decision that could have major implications for how people use the internet Google violated antitrust laws as it built an internet search empire, a federal judge ruled on Monday in a decision that could have major implications for the way people interact with the internet. Judge Amit Mehta …

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Tesla CEO alleges his former partners, including CEO Sam Altman, manipulated him into co-founding the company Elon Musk is once again suing OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, resurrecting a case against his former partners that now claims they manipulated him into co-founding the artificial intelligence company. Months after abruptly withdrawing a similar lawsuit …

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X’s Grok AI chatbot falsely told users ‘ballot deadline has passed for several states’ Five secretaries of state plan to send a letter to Elon Musk calling on the billionaire owner of X to make changes to the social media platform’s Grok AI chatbot after it gave users misinformation about Kamala Harris appearing on the …

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The use of fake AI vocals – including those of Donald Trump – is sending shockwaves through this historic scene. At a Montego Bay clash, performers debate their culture’s future Four days after the attempt on his life, the voice of Donald Trump booms from the speakers in Montego Bay, Jamaica: “If they needed an …

Sound clashes are a thrilling reggae tradition. Will AI ruin them? Read More »

The developers behind Moncage challenge you to sit still in this irreverent waiting simulator Although it can be frustrating to be told “patience is a virtue” while you wait for something menial, bored out of your mind, there is sometimes enjoyment and peace to be found in the everyday mundane. This is something California studio …

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Lighter weight, better screens, faster chip and fancy AI features are all welcome, but feel iterative for the price Samsung’s most advanced, hi-tech folding phone for 2024 is the Galaxy Z Fold 6, which looks to see off rivals from Google, OnePlus and others with a lighter frame, bigger and better screens, and the fastest …

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