Non classé

Rising GMB membership, cross-border action and a probable new government point to better times for thousands of workers Ten months after their first historic walkout, GMB members at Amazon’s huge Coventry warehouse are staging a 28th day of strike action this week, to coincide with Black Friday. The seeds of the dispute were sown in …

Black Friday strike could mark the beginning of the end for Amazon’s war on unions Read More »

Boss was sacked by ChatGPT developer over failure to be ‘candid in his communications’ Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking Opinion: Altman was trusted face of AI. His firm is more complex Sam Altman is being lined up for a surprise return as the chief executive of the ChatGPT developer OpenAI amid pressure …

OpenAI investors push for return of ousted CEO Sam Altman Read More »

The rise of intrusive software that lets employers monitor workers’ every move is part of ruthless corporate mindset, but its origins go back to 1900s scientific management theories “There are,” F Scott Fitzgerald once observed, “no second acts in American lives.” Except when there are. Exhibit A in this connection is Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1915), …

If you think ‘bossware’ surveillance culture in the workplace is new, think again | John Naughton Read More »

The conflicts of interest built into OpenAI’s corporate structure may be a bigger story than the loss of its leader The news on Friday that Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, had been abruptly sacked by the company’s board came as a shock to the tech industry. “Mr Altman’s departure,” said the ponderous announcement, …

Sam Altman was the trusted face of AI. His firm, though, is much more complex Read More »

Another space launch failed, but it’s the loss of major advertisers on X that has enraged the tycoon It has been an explosive weekend for Elon Musk. The American billionaire has had to witness not only the public “rapid unscheduled disassembly” of another of his rockets, but also watch while a group of well-known global …

Rows and rockets blow up as Elon Musk’s firms endure turbulent weekend Read More »

When four gay men with an average age of 74 started appearing on TikTok, they became an instant hit. They talk about how, as their audience has grown, their outfits have shrunk No written description quite captures the joy-inducing positivity of their online videos: bopping along to Taylor Swift in slinky striped swimwear; countless dance …

‘We don’t hold anything back’: meet the Old Gays, TikTok’s most influential pensioners Read More »

Could a computer ever rival their astonishing feats? The idea seemed preposterous ‘Your memory could fill the Albert Hall,’ proclaimed the Observer on 21 March 1971, explaining that ‘a computer to perform even the simpler functions of the human brain would need to be at least as big as the Albert Hall.’ Now we outsource …

Among the ‘memory athletes’, 1971 Read More »

OpenAI said to be in turmoil following the exodus The crisis at artificial intelligence firm OpenAI deepened this weekend amid a reported exodus of senior staff in the wake of boss Sam Altman’s mystery firing. OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT bot, abruptly ousted Altman on Friday for allegedly misleading the board. In a statement, …

‘Earthquake’ at ChatGPT developer as senior staff quit after sacking of boss Sam Altman Read More »

Six Group, which operates the Swiss and Spanish bourses, is a target for cyberwarfare and must be on guard, its boss says Six Group counts its profit in millions, but the financial pipework it controls moves billions. Its operations, which include the Spanish and Swiss stock exchanges, count as critical national infrastructure and this gives …

‘I employ a lot of hackers’: how a stock exchange chief deters cyber-attacks Read More »

The Japanese photographer finds beauty in an Osaka traffic jam “One evening after finishing work, I looked out of my hotel room window and saw a long traffic jam on the expressway below,” says Koichi Miyase, a Japanese freelance photographer. “I was struck by how the cars’ lights flowed like a river through the city’s …

‘The cars’ lights flowed like a river’: Koichi Miyase’s best phone picture Read More »