The video platform previously had a carve out in the November draft legislation but the online safety regulator has recommended it be included in the ban Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Australia’s online safety regulator has recommended YouTube not be exempt from the …
Writers accused Facebook owner of breach over using books without permission to train its AI system Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has won the backing of a judge in a copyright lawsuit brought by a group of authors, in the second legal victory for the US artificial intelligence industry this week. The writers, who included Sarah Silverman …
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Longtime Zuckerberg lieutenant Andrew Bosworth calls donning fatigues with Palantir and OpenAI brass ‘great honor’ Meta’s chief technology officer has called it “the great honor of my life” to be enlisted in a new US army corps that defence chiefs set up to better integrate military and tech industry expertise, including senior figures from top …
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The comedian wants you to know he does not have social media. So this is a list of things he watches on his TV through YouTube in the middle of the night Get our weekend culture and lifestyle email I buy the Guardian from the newsagent. The digital seeps into the analogue so you can …
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A conference in Cambridge this week will explore a raft of geoengineering ideas to cool the region down – and attempt to address the fears of those who argue the risks outweigh the benefits When the glaciologist John Moore began studying the Arctic in the 1980s there was an abundance of suitable sites for him …
If you were born after 2000, or know someone who is, the chances are you’ve come across this ludicrous AI-generated meme. If not, be reassured that its chaotic, nonsensical banality is the point When one of Tim’s year 8 pupils asked him about his “favourite Italian brain rot animal”, he thought he’d misheard. “My hearing …
Desperate for news on war with Israel, people search for proxy links to route messages through servers outside Iran • Middle East crisis – live updates Amir* hasn’t slept much in days. From his apartment in northern Tehran, the 23-year-old spends his nights searching for proxy links, fragile digital lifelines that briefly break through the …
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In Kojima’s latest epic, the Australian outback becomes a shifting, spectral landscape that you can get lost in As a teenager in the late 1980s, I became obsessed with Australian new wave cinema, thanks partly to the Mad Max trilogy, and partly to an English teacher at my high school, who rolled out the TV …
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US academics say computer code systematically raised fares at expense of drivers and passengers A second major academic institution has accused Uber of using opaque computer code to dramatically increase its profits at the expense of the ride-hailing app’s drivers and passengers. Research by academics at New York’s Columbia Business School concluded that the Silicon …
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Xbox is putting a lot behind its new space action-RPG sequel – which will be the first $80/£70 video game from Microsoft. Does it earn its price tag? We asked the developer what went into it The Outer Worlds 2, from RPG makers Obsidian, will be the first first-party Xbox game to cost $80 (£70). …
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