City to pay $300,000 to Robert Williams, whose driver’s license was incorrectly flagged in shoplifting investigation The city of Detroit has agreed to pay $300,000 to a Black man who was wrongly arrested for shoplifting and to also change how police use facial recognition technology to solve crimes after the software identified him as a …
Leading politicians victimised by online material including AI deepfakes, investigation finds British female politicians have become the victims of fake pornography, with some of their faces used in nude images created using artificial intelligence. Political candidates targeted on one prominent fake pornography website include the Labour deputy leader, Angela Rayner; the education secretary, Gillian Keegan; …
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Clampdown follows fatal stabbing of Chinese woman who tried to stop attack on Japanese mother and child China’s internet companies have announced a crackdown on “extreme nationalism” online, particularly anti-Japanese sentiment, after a Chinese woman was fatally stabbed while protecting a Japanese mother and child in Suzhou. Tencent and NetEase, two of the biggest firms, …
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Look out for surplus fingers, compare mannerisms with real recordings and apply good old-fashioned common sense and scepticism, experts advise In a crucial election year for the world, with the UK, US and France among the countries going to the polls, disinformation is swirling around social media. There is much concern about deepfakes, or artificial …
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European Commission says ‘pay or consent’ model does not comply with Digital Markets Act Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has breached the EU’s new digital laws with an advertising model that charges users for ad-free versions of Facebook and Instagram, according to the European Commission. Meta launched a “pay or consent” model last year in an effort …
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The England player’s impromptu move took me back to the noughties, when PES 4-6 was ‘the illusion of control in a sandbox of chaos’. It was the beautiful video game Football, like everything else important in life, is about stories. People implant themselves into the narrative: where they were when they saw Maradona’s handball, the …
Jude Bellingham’s late stunner reminded me why Pro Evolution Soccer hit the target Read More »
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh From Donkey Kong to Halo 3, the entirety of video game evolution is here – and you can play almost every console and cabinet Walking through the doors of this exhibition, you are immediately greeted by the PDP-10 – the gigantic mainframe computer that was used to program SpaceWar, considered …
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This month’s picks include a Starlight Express intro for kids, a rollicking wedding play at the National and an explosive hour of dance Micheál Mac Liammóir’s 1960 solo show interweaved the private and public lives of Oscar Wilde with excerpts from the great Irish wit’s oeuvre. Alastair Whatley – who directed The Importance of Being …
Most UK children have their own phone by the age of 11. But what if we didn’t give them one? A group of parents wants their kids to enjoy a phone-free childhood – and their numbers are growing Last year, Daisy Greenwell and Clare Fernyhough, longtime friends who have eight- and nine-year-old daughters, began having …
A disturbing documentary explores tech’s questionable ability to bring digital ‘comfort’ to the bereaved Death is a booming business. For one thing, it’s inevitable. For another, it brings a uniquely vulnerable and receptive market for any product that promises to numb the grief. Enter artificial intelligence. This thought-provoking and bang-up-to-the-minute documentary explores a morally questionable …
Eternal You review – thought-provoking look at new AI product for the grieving Read More »
