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Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach An artificial intelligence system used by the UK government to detect welfare fraud is showing bias according to people’s age, disability, marital status and nationality, the Guardian can reveal. An internal assessment of a machine-learning …

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The only hospital in the country using foetal safety software has seen baby fatalities drop by 82% in three years When Ellen Kaphamtengo felt a sharp pain in her lower abdomen, she thought she might be in labour. It was the ninth month of her first pregnancy and she wasn’t taking any chances. With the …

How AI monitoring is cutting stillbirths and neonatal deaths in a clinic in Malawi Read More »

Amazon billionaire known for previously frosty relations with president-elect signals willingness to collaborate Amazon’s billionaire founder, Jeff Bezos, is the latest tech mogul to offer a new wave of support for Donald Trump’s incoming presidency, endorsing the former president’s plans to reduce government regulation and signalling a willingness to collaborate. Speaking at the New York …

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In a Hear Here special, we round up five of the best unscripted shows, and five of the best video game podcasts Rachel Aroesti chooses five of the best unscripted podcasts, from a long-running improv sketch show to a musical podcast with a difference Off Book: The Improvised MusicalImprov is one of the bedrocks of …

Podcast picks of the week: Julia Davis turns agony aunt, the history of Grand Theft Auto and more Read More »

Largest cryptocurrency, prone to volatile market surges, lifts amid hopes of lighter regulation with Trump’s return Bitcoin has crossed $100,000 for the first time, scaling a fresh record high amid a euphoric rally sparked by Donald Trump’s election victory. The world’s largest and most valuable cryptocurrency – prone to volatile market surges and routs – …

Bitcoin price hits record-high $100,027 as Trump win fuels crypto fever Read More »

Cyber-espionage group ‘Salt Typhoon’ targeting ‘at least’ eight US telecom and telecom infrastructure firms A large number of Americans’ metadata has been stolen in the sweeping cyber-espionage campaign carried out by a Chinese hacking group dubbed “Salt Typhoon”, a senior US official told journalists on Wednesday. The official declined to provide specific figures but noted …

Many Americans’ cellphone data being hacked by China, official says Read More »

Mashinksy, 59, who led Celsius and was charged last year on seven criminal counts, agrees to plead guilty to two Alex Mashinsky, the founder of bankrupt cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, said on Tuesday he intends to plead guilty to two counts of fraud. The former CEO, 59, was indicted in July last year on seven …

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Name was mistakenly flagged and prevented from appearing in responses, says chatbot’s developer Last weekend the name was all over the internet – just not on ChatGPT. David Mayer became famous for a moment on social media because the popular chatbot appeared to want nothing to do with him. Continue reading… Name was mistakenly flagged …

ChatGPT’s refusal to acknowledge ‘David Mayer’ down to glitch, says OpenAI Read More »

Report by committee of experts also calls for doctors to ask about screen time during checkups Smartphones sold in Spain should carry a label warning users about their potential health impacts, experts have told the Spanish government, in a report that calls for doctors to ask about screen time during checkups. As Madrid pushes forward …

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The board of the non-profit Code for Science & Society blocked a statement against genocide. The fallout tore the high-profile organization apart Miliaku Nwabueze, a senior program manager at Code for Science & Society, had been concerned for some time about the role of technology in state violence. Then, on 7 October of last year, …

‘Progressive except for Palestine’: how a tech charity imploded over a statement on Gaza Read More »