We report from California’s Silicon Valley, where billionaires pour money into midterms, and the AI Impact summit, where India pushes back on ‘AI monopoly’ held by US and China Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, we’re examining the tech industry’s push for influence in two places separated by a time difference of 13 hours …
Scenario posted on Substack envisages a near-future in which autonomous systems upend the entire US economy US stock markets have been hit by a further wave of AI jitters, this time from yet another viral – and completely speculative – warning about the impact of the technology on the world’s largest economy. The latest foreboding …
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Information Commissioner’s Office imposes largest fine yet for a breach of children’s privacy The UK information regulator has fined the social news service Reddit £14.5m for using the data of children under the age of 13 unlawfully and potentially exposing them to inappropriate and harmful content. The hefty punishment from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) …
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Before she took her own life at 14, Molly Russell accessed thousands of harmful posts on Instagram and Pinterest. A new documentary recreates the inquest where her father was told the images were safe Molly Russell was 14 when she took her own life in 2017 after months of viewing content relating to self-harm and …
Facebook owner’s investment described by semiconductor company as ‘big bet’ on artificial intelligence Business live – latest updates The owner of Facebook has agreed to buy $60bn (£44.5bn) of artificial intelligence chips from the US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices despite fears over the vast sums being spent on the AI industry. Meta, which also …
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Add percussive therapy to your post-workout routine with our expert picks, including mini and deep-tissue models. Plus, a brand new frontrunner now in top spot • The best running shoes, tested Massage guns are often pitched at the highly active. They can help you warm up for workouts, accelerate recovery and generally keep things loose …
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Exclusive: NCA’s Alex Murray says he hopes new £115m police AI centre can limit unfairness found in tools ‘It’s not Robocop’: UK police embrace AI ‘efficiency’ in complex investigations A police chief has admitted artificial intelligence used to boost crime fighting will contain bias but pledged to combat the risks. Labour wants a dramatic expansion …
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We explore the strange food-obsessed world of a new game whose tech was once called ‘an insult to life itself’ by Hayao Miyazaki, the film-maker behind Spirited Away A strange piece of software has recently landed on the PC gaming store Steam. And “software” feels like the cleanest way to describe it. Existing somewhere between …
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Anthropic says three Chinese firms used ‘distillation’ technique to extract information from its Claude chatbot US artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on Monday it had uncovered campaigns by three Chinese AI firms to illicitly extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot, in what it described as industrial-scale intellectual property theft. OpenAI leveled similar charges last month. …
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When the most profound human emotion becomes an automated transaction in an online shop, the techlords have won The Guardian reported on the arrival of “Fate” and, friends, I laughed. Or maybe I cried. It’s apparently the first “agentic AI dating app”. An AI personality named “Fate” interviews users, runs data matches on their hopes …
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