Month: January 2025

Meta never cared about factchecking. What it wants is friction-free oligarchy

The company’s plan to end its factchecking program is about appeasing Trump. That signals the making of a mafia state This week Meta announced the elimination of its factchecking program in the US and rollbacks to content moderation policies on “hateful conduct”. These measures undoubtedly open the floodgates to more hateful, harassing, and inciting content …

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Collaborative research on AI safety is vital | Letters

If we are to take seriously the risk facing humanity, regulators need the power to ‘recall’ deployed models, as well as assess leading, not lagging, indicators of risk, writes Prof John McDermid Re Geoffrey Hinton’s concerns about the perils of artificial intelligence (‘Godfather of AI’ shortens odds of the technology wiping out humanity over next …

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The best slow cookers for effortless homemade meals, tried and tested

Whether you’re making comforting curries, casseroles or chilli con carne, we’ve tested the top slow cookers for serving up winter warmers • The best blenders to blitz like a pro, tried and tested, from Ninja to Nutribullet As January beds in and our craving for cosiness increases, you may be minded to dig out the …

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Elon Musk heaps praise on AfD’s Alice Weidel during live talk on X

X owner and far-right politician appear to agree on everything, as Musk faces accusations of meddling in German election Elon Musk has praised the co-leader of Germany’s far-right Alternative für Deutschland party, as he repeated his claim that “only the AfD can save Germany” during a controversial live talk on his social media platform X. …

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Grunn review – part gardening sim, part survival horror thriller

PC; Tom van den Boogaart/SokpopPleasant pottering tending the hedgerows turns into an eerie puzzler full of peril, delivering more than the rural idyll it first promises It sounds like a delightful getaway. A week in a remote Dutch village tending to the garden of an absent homeowner; birds tweeting in the trees, a picturesque church …

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Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund

Tech giants follow footsteps of other major companies, including Amazon, Meta, OpenAI and Uber Google and Microsoft have donated $1m each to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, following in the footsteps of other major companies including Amazon, Meta, OpenAI and Uber. “Google is pleased to support the 2025 inauguration, with a livestream on YouTube and a …

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Elon Musk says all human data for AI training ‘exhausted’

Tech entrepreneur suggests move to self-learning synthetic data created by artificial intelligence models Business live – latest updates Artificial intelligence companies have run out of data for training their models and have “exhausted” the sum of human knowledge, Elon Musk has said. The world’s richest person suggested technology firms would have to turn to “synthetic” …

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Meta has ‘heard the message’ from Trump, says whistleblower Frances Haugen

Mark Zuckerberg’s move to end factchecking in US reflects president-elect’s views on social media, says Haugen Mark Zuckerberg has “heard the message” from Donald Trump on restricting online content, and his Meta platforms will intervene “less and less” on users during the president-elect’s administration, according to the whistleblower Frances Haugen. Haugen, who revealed the Facebook …

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