The case was filed in California by two passengers who survived a 2019 crash, in which the driver died Tesla on Tuesday won the first US trial over allegations that its autopilot driver assistance feature led to a death, a major victory for the automaker as it faces several similar lawsuits across the country. The …
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BetterBlends promised to invest in the city’s beleaguered downtown but closed its doors in under two months In September, a “bespoke AI nutrition” store opened in beleaguered downtown San Francisco to much fanfare, promising smoothie concoctions generated by AI and a much-needed boost to the area. Less than two months later, it has seemingly closed …
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Gather round and hear three of the latest scary stories from Silicon Valley and beyond that will frighten you long after the candy is eaten • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The nights are drawing in, the carved pumpkins are in windows and the neighbourhood children are preparing to cause …
The prime minister wants progress on this tech to be his legacy, but in truth he is failing to equip us for the challenges it brings The UK’s AI safety summit opens at Bletchley Park this week, and is the passion project of Rishi Sunak: a prime minister desperate for a good news story as …
Educators are trying to understand how these tools work and, perhaps most pressingly, how they can be misused In the year since OpenAI released ChatGPT, high school teacher Vicki Davis has been rethinking every single assignment she gives her students. Davis, a computer science teacher at Sherwood Christian Academy in Georgia, was well-positioned to be …
In gaming as in cinema, all of the most personal, creative and risk-taking horror can be found away from the mainstream. And happily it’s also a genre in which budget constraints can be turned into an advantage Leaf through the history of independent video games and the pages are drenched in horror. It was there …
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Experts say focus of the UK’s global AI summit on ‘frontier AI’ distracts from regulation of existing ills of technology In the spring of 2023, the UK government set out its plans to address the rapidly evolving AI landscape. In a white paper titled “A pro-innovation approach to AI regulation” the secretary of state for …
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Charges of €12.99 a month smartphone users for and €9.99 for desktop introduced to comply with EU data privacy rules Facebook and Instagram users in the European Union will be charged up to €12.99 a month for ad-free versions of the social networks as a way to comply with the bloc’s data privacy rules, parent …
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PM hopes Bletchley Park summit will be the first of many, as No 10 denies some world leaders have ‘snubbed’ event Global leaders, tech executives and experts are gathering on Wednesday and Thursday at Bletchley Park, the home of second world war codebreakers, for a landmark summit on safety in artificial intelligence. In a speech …
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US and French presidents will not attend conference being held this week in Bletchley Park Downing Street has insisted Rishi Sunak is not being snubbed by other world leaders, despite many of them not being expected to attend his summit on artificial intelligence at Bletchley Park this week. No 10 said the government was pleased …
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