Month: May 2025

CEO, Sam Altman, says decision to backtrack was made ‘after hearing from civic leaders’ and state attorneys general OpenAI has reversed course in the process of transforming into a for-profit entity, announcing on Monday that its non-profit arm would continue to control the business that makes ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence (AI) products. Previously, the …

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Smarsh, which runs app used by Trump’s former national security adviser, investigating ‘potential security incident’ The communications app used by Mike Waltz, Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, says it is temporarily suspending services following a reported hack that exposed some of its potentially sensitive messages. Oregon-based Smarsh, which runs the TeleMessage app, said in …

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The billionaire fired thousands of workers, but savings are minimal and offset by degradation of services, critics say As Elon Musk steps back from his role heading the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge), many experts on government operations complain that Doge has done nothing to improve the quality of services the government provides to …

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US health secretary claims data will be used for research but has not addressed privacy concerns and potential misuse Autism researchers and advocates are pushing back against the creation of an autism database – meant to track the health of autistic people in a major research study – and pointing to the ways such databases …

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We gave you gardening tips, a spring fashion edit, the ultimate guide to anti-ageing and more. Here are the picks that inspired you most in April The year always seems to pick up pace in spring, with the big house and garden tidy-up becoming all-consuming. The early spring sunshine has been wonderful (for those of …

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Experts say online retailer has ethical responsibility to guard against chatbot-generated work on sensitive topics Amazon is selling books marketed at people seeking techniques to manage their ADHD that claim to offer expert advice yet appear to be authored by a chatbot such as ChatGPT. Amazon’s marketplace has been deluged with AI-produced works that are …

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Every day, members dig deep into their sick and twisted minds to unearth linguistic miracles. It’s both delightful and deranged Read more in the Internet wormhole series I remember exactly where I was when I found it. At uni. In a cavernous lecture hall. Slouched in a vaguely uncomfortable seat. Ping. A notification on Messenger. …

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Technology will soon be able to do everything we do – only better. How should we respond? Right now, most big AI labs have a team figuring out ways that rogue AIs might escape supervision, or secretly collude with each other against humans. But there’s a more mundane way we could lose control of civilisation: …

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Cryptocurrency mining facilities can blanket towns with ‘constant’ noise. They’re likely to get louder under Trump First came the dogs’ balding – leathery pink patches on otherwise glossy fur coats. The veterinarian told Shenice Copenhaver it was genetic. But it wasn’t long before one of the hairless puppies began stealing blankets to burrow beneath furniture …

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How to beat the scam, from setting up new passwords and telling your bank exactly what you are doing “Hi mum,” the first message starts, “I’ve lost my phone.” It carries on with a tale of woe: for some reason the sender has also been locked out of his or her bank account. Luckily a …

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