In this week’s newsletter: Too often games are a source of stress for parents and kids. But working through Mario Wonder’s madcap worlds with my son has shown me they can be shared adventures • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here I am delighted to report that with the release …
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US vice-president to say short-term problems with technology as pressing as existential ones, before UK summit UK politics live – latest updates Short-term threats posed by artificial intelligence to democracy and privacy need to be addressed as urgently as longer term existential threats, Kamala Harris, the US vice-president, is expected to say in a speech …
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Creatures Inc pulls back the curtain on the specially commissioned artists and dedicated team of testers behind their trading card game phenomenon This year in the Japanese city of Yokohama the streets were paved with gold – in the form of giant Pokémon cards. From rare holographics on glass palisades to a Pikachu card the …
Publisher says poll speculating on cause of woman’s death that appeared next to Guardian article caused ‘significant reputational damage’ The Guardian has accused Microsoft of damaging its journalistic reputation by publishing an AI-generated poll speculating on the cause of a woman’s death next to an article by the news publisher. Microsoft’s news aggregation service published …
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At a table where democratic accountability should dominate, a diminished nation is trading in Silicon Valley celebrity Who is the more trustworthy custodian of machines capable of diverting the course of human civilisation: Elon Musk or the Chinese Communist party? Will it be the billionaire megalomaniac tycoon who meddles in international crises as if they …
Meta executive’s comments show regulation discussions at UK summit could face tough resistance Nick Clegg has compared the clamour over artificial intelligence to the 80s-era “moral panic” over video games, firing a warning shot to international politicians and regulators as they gather for a two-day summit on AI safety. The former UK deputy prime minister …
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My possessions were dumped outside and there was no way I could get help On the last night of my stay in a Washington DC Airbnb, I returned late to find all my possessions – including my passport – dumped in the street outside the apartment in carrier bags. Eerily, the apartment had been cleaned. …
My Airbnb host threw me out on the street at midnight Read More »
Chosen from a list that includes ‘greedflation’, ‘nepo baby’ and ‘deinfluencing’, use of term has quadrupled this year The technology that is set to dominate the future – for good or ill – is now the word of the year. “AI” has been named the most notable word of 2023 by the dictionary publisher Collins. …
‘AI’ named most notable word of 2023 by Collins dictionary Read More »
Jane Rosenberg’s viral illustrations paint a changing picture of the crypto mogul as his trial continues A courtroom sketch supposedly drawn of Sam Bankman-Fried made rounds on Twitter this week, giving the alleged cryptocurrency fraudster and self-professed “math nerd” the Hollywood treatment. With his razor-sharp jawline, high cheekbones and artfully messy hair, SBF could have …
Buff and hulking or small and meek? Courtroom artist on sketching Sam Bankman-Fried Read More »
Regulator figures show huge differences in banks’ treatment of fraud victims, from 94% of claims refunded by TSB to 6% at Monzo The shocking disparity in the way the banks refund fraud victims has been laid bare in figures that show TSB refunded 94% of customer fraud claims in full last year, while for Monzo …
TSB reimbursed 15 times more customers’ fraud losses than Monzo in 2022 Read More »
