A subreddit tracking apocalyptic news in a calm, logical way comforts users who believe the end times are now The threat of nuclear war, genocide in Gaza, ChatGPT reducing human cognitive ability, another summer of record heat. Every day brings a torrent of unimaginable horror. It used to be weeks between disasters, now we’re lucky …
Wayfinding technology is intended to help partially sighted and disabled fans to better access live sports “In 19ft turn slightly left,” said a robotic voice from the iPhone in Moshfique Ahmed’s hand as he tried to find a seat at Lord’s cricket ground in London. “Take the stairs,” it said as Ahmed, an England visually …
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Generative AI is causing new and unusual problems for developers as players become more sensitive to the use of artificially generated ‘slop’ images In April, game developer Stamina Zero achieved what should have been a marketing slam-dunk: the launch trailer for the studio’s game Little Droid was published on PlayStation’s official YouTube channel. The response …
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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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 …
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 …
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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