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A first-of-its-kind public archive of UFO records opens in New Mexico as New Jersey is gripped by drone panic A widespread panic about drones or other unknown low-flying objects has gripped New Jersey in recent days, but many other parts of the US remain cheerfully gripped by another very American mystery in the skies that …

From UFOs to drones, the US fascination with – and fear of – ‘anomalous detections’ Read More »

The man behind Amy and Senna has turned his attention to ‘techno-authoritarianism’ in the genre-defying 2073. He talks to our journalist – one of the movie’s unlikely stars – about the events that fed his dystopian vision It was some time in the early 2000s and Asif Kapadia, already a successful film director, a wunderkind …

‘Trump has been explicit about revenge’: Asif Kapadia on his new film about the threat to democracy Read More »

More than half of students are now using generative AI, casting a shadow over campuses as tutors and students turn on each other and hardworking learners are caught in the flak. Will Coldwell reports on a broken system The email arrived out of the blue: it was the university code of conduct team. Albert, a …

‘I received a first but it felt tainted and undeserved’: inside the university AI cheating crisis Read More »

Despite a stellar reference from a landlord of 17 years, Mary Louis was rejected after being screened by firm SafeRent Three hundred twenty-four. That was the score Mary Louis was given by an AI-powered tenant screening tool. The software, SafeRent, didn’t explain in its 11-page report how the score was calculated or how it weighed …

She didn’t get an apartment because of an AI-generated score – and sued to help others avoid the same fate Read More »

From voters picking up ‘bad vibes’ to the Brat girl summer, vague instincts now make the world go round. Does this represent a crisis of seriousness or has it always been feelings that make us human? Facts were cool for about 250 years. From the Enlightenment until this century, facts were where it was at. …

‘It’s game over for facts’: how vibes came to rule everything from pop to politics Read More »

Notifications from a new Apple product falsely suggested the BBC claimed the New York gunman Luigi Mangione had killed himself The BBC says it has filed a complaint with the US tech giant Apple over AI-generated fake news that was shared on iPhones and attributed to the broadcaster. The Apple Intelligence, which was launched in …

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Ruling means short-video app and Chinese parent ByteDance must appeal to supreme court by 19 January A US appeals court on Friday rejected an emergency bid by TikTok to temporarily block a law that would require its Chinese parent company ByteDance to divest of the short-video app by 19 January or face a ban on …

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OpenAI’s Sam Altman also announced a $1m personal donation to Trump on the same day, joining Meta Amazon is the latest tech giant to donate to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund. The company plans to give $1m to the fund, first reported by the Wall Street Journal. Amazon follows Meta, Facebook’s parent company, also handing over …

Amazon donates $1m to Trump’s inaugural fund as tech cozies up to president-elect Read More »

OpenAI’s new ‘o1’ system seeks to solve the limits to growth but it raises concerns about control and the risks of smart machines More than 300 million people use OpenAI’s ChatGPT each week, a testament to the technology’s appeal. This month, the company unveiled a “pro mode” for its new “o1” AI system, offering human-level …

The Guardian view on AI’s power, limits, and risks: it may require rethinking the technology Read More »

Sports stars are rushing to promote coins and exchanges. But they are stepping into a world of which they often have scant knowledge Scottie Pippen is selling out his NBA legacy again, to be world champion of crypto. In his heyday, the hall of famer was happy to be the Robin to Michael Jordan’s Batman. …

Scottie Pippen and the heady rise of the athlete turned crypto bro Read More »