To understand how ChatGPT will infiltrate the world, cast your mind back to Google’s decision to map the entire planet Cheered by the news that OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had released a free iPhone app for the language model, I went to the Apple app store to download it, only to find that it …
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Observer investigation reveals Meta Pixel tool passed on private details of web browsing on medical sites NHS trusts are sharing intimate details about patients’ medical conditions, appointments and treatments with Facebook without consent and despite promising never to do so. An Observer investigation has uncovered a covert tracking tool in the websites of 20 NHS …
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Ham radio users, from teenagers to eightysomethings, are ready to communicate in the next crisis – be it a wildfire, pandemic or ‘the big one’ There’s an ancient fable that Glenn Morrison, a pony-tailed, 75-year-old who lives in the California desert, likes to tell to prove a point. As the lesson goes, one industrious ant …
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The Ethiopian photographer on the thrill of taking to the streets “Serendipity plays a major role in street photography,” Girma Berta says. He shot this in Mali, but lives in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa, and had never seen a woman in a dress driving a motorcycle. “Not many women in Addis ride motorcycles, and those …
The challenge seems daunting. But we have overcome terrifying dangers before It started with an ick. Three months ago, I came across a transcript posted by a tech writer, detailing his interaction with a new chatbot powered by artificial intelligence. He’d asked the bot, attached to Microsoft’s Bing search engine, questions about itself and the …
Shares in some firms involved in AI technology more than double in value as traders bet on massive growth in industry A rush of interest in artificial intelligence (AI) has helped to fuel a $4tn (£3.2tn) rally in technology stocks this year, with the US Nasdaq exchange reaching its highest level since last August in …
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Crypto exchange says it will do everything possible to change UK watchdog’s mind but opacity remains an issue for US as well In 2021, the Financial Conduct Authority was adamant: Binance is not capable of being regulated in the UK. Executives at the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange are not taking no for an answer. This …
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Whistleblower leaks data revealing customer and employee information plus complaints about driver assistance system Tesla has failed to adequately protect data from customers, employees and business partners and has received thousands of customer complaints regarding the carmaker’s driver assistance system, Germany’s Handelsblatt has reported, citing 100 gigabytes of confidential data leaked by a whistleblower. The …
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PM pushes allies to draw up agreement that could lead to global regulator, as industry warns new white paper is already out of date • Is No 10 waking up to dangers of AI? Rishi Sunak is scrambling to update the government’s approach to regulating artificial intelligence, amid warnings that the industry poses an existential …
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Debate among UK ministers appears to be shifting as warnings about fast-moving AI industry are taken more seriously • Sunak races to tighten AI rules amid fears of existential risk James Phillips is a weirdo and a misfit. At least, he was one of those who responded to a request by Dominic Cummings, Boris Johnson’s …
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