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From lawsuits to IT hacks, the creative industries are deploying a range of tactics to protect their jobs and original work from automation No need for more scare stories about the looming automation of the future. Artists, designers, photographers, authors, actors and musicians see little humour left in jokes about AI programs that will one …

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UK has removed app over concerns data can be monitored by Chinese state, but public remain vulnerable TikTok is wildly popular, with more than 1 billion people consuming its short video posts around the world. But the app is less favoured by politicians in key markets such as the US and UK, where it has …

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Sam Altman stresses need to guard against negative consequences of technology, as company releases new version GPT-4 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, the company that developed the controversial consumer-facing artificial intelligence application ChatGPT, has warned that the technology comes with real dangers as it reshapes society. Altman, 37, stressed that regulators and society need to …

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I have seen enough to know that it’s going to alter our lives. Just think what AI tools could do when used by creative people in fashion or architecture The recent flurry, or rather blizzard, of announcements of new variants of generative AI have brought a storm of hype and fright. OpenAI’s ChatGPT already appeared …

GPT-4 has brought a storm of hype and fright – is it marketing froth, or is this a revolution? | Charlie Beckett Read More »

Menier Chocolate Factory, LondonAnne Reid shines in this delicately written drama about a woman with dementia living with a robot re-creation of her late husband as a young man Jordan Harrison’s gently uncanny play imagines a future solution for a person in mourning: the recreation of someone you love as an artificial intelligence. In the …

Marjorie Prime review – gently uncanny sci-fi shows us how to love an AI Read More »

Capcom; PC, PS4/5, Xbox Series S/XThis reimagining includes all the design knowledge of the whole series, from the awkward shuffling tension of the first version to the gory horror of Resident Evil 7 It begins in the way it always has. Leon Kennedy, the bruised, damaged rookie cop from Resident Evil 2 is now a …

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Shares plummet after Ernie Bot AI chatbot software falls short of expectations at unveiling in Beijing The Chinese search engine company Baidu’s shares have fallen by as much as 10% after it presented its ChatGPT-like artificial intelligence software, with investors unimpressed by the bot’s display of linguistic and maths skills. The AI-powered ChatGPT, created by …

Chinese ChatGPT rival from search engine firm Baidu fails to impress Read More »

The US says the extremely popular video-sharing app ‘screams’ of national security concerns and considers a countrywide ban TikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-sharing app with the Chinese government, or push propaganda and misinformation on its behalf. China’s foreign ministry …

The TikTok wars – why the US and China are feuding over the app Read More »

In the wake of the bank’s crisis, venture capitalists have been trading accusations over who is responsible for the collapse Facing heat for his investment fund’s role in triggering the run on the Silicon Valley Bank last week, billionaire Peter Thiel told the Financial Times that he had $50m of his own money “stuck” in …

Billionaire Peter Thiel claims he has $50m of his own money stuck in SVB fall Read More »

TikTok will be concerned Rishi Sunak will match each upward ratchet in pressure from his allies When asked this week whether the UK would ban TikTok on government phones, Rishi Sunak’s response signalled a change in stance: “We look at what our allies are doing.” Previously ministers had seemed sanguine, even saying that whether or …

Will UK follow US in demanding TikTok be sold by its Chinese owner? Read More »