As the US, China and now the EU compete for the fruits of the green economy, the UK is hamstrung by Tory dogma, dither and delay The United States is out of the blocks. The European Union is hurrying along the track. China is competing too. Here in dear old blighty, we are not even …
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The surreal Nothing, Forever, streaming 24 hours a day, is an eerie experiment in digital creativity Seinfeld went off the air in 1998, but it’s never really gone away – it’s been the subject of modern recreations, dedicated social media accounts and hip-hop/TV fusions. Its latest incarnation, however, is the oddest yet. Nothing, Forever is …
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The new chatbot is generating a lot of hype, but we would do well to consider its human and environmental cost Sometimes, those who would forget history are condemned to repeat it. For those of us with long memories, the current fuss – nay hysteria – surrounding ChatGPT (and “generative AI” generally) rings a bell. …
Nicky Morgan and other Tory peers plan amendment to boost Ofcom’s powers to penalise social media firms Tougher rules are needed to target misogyny online as part of the online safety bill, a group of peers has said. Under the online safety bill, which is being finalised, social media firms will be legally required to …
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Jenny Radcliffe is a professional ‘people hacker’ – someone who claims she can get past anyone and get in anywhere. No building is secure. How does she do it? Plus, an extract from her memoir ‘Do I look like someone to mess with?” says Jenny Radcliffe, folding her arms in a really-don’t-mess-with-me kind of way. …
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We must recognise the critical importance of strong copyright law and fair remuneration, writes Christian Zimmermann Artists, illustrators and photographers have often led the way in embracing new technology. The concerns that creators such as Harry Woodgate have about AI programs (‘It’s the opposite of art’: why illustrators are furious about AI, 23 January) that …
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The verdict comes after a three-week trial that pitted shareholders against the billionaire and company CEO A US jury has found Elon Musk and Tesla not liable in a securities fraud case over a pair of 2018 tweets that said he “funding secured” to take the electric carmaker private, a claim investors argued cost them …
Alphabet CEO says company well positioned in AI field, as analysts say ChatGPT has reached 100m users Google is to make its chatbot technology available to the public in “the coming weeks and months” as it responds to the success of ChatGPT, a Microsoft-backed artificial intelligence chatbot that has become a global phenomenon after it …
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Take a break from news about real-life megacorps raking in billions while we all struggle to pay our gas bills, and revisit gaming’s most evil companies Squaresoft’s environmentalist fable pitches a small group of eco-rebels against the might Shinra Electric Power Company – part energy supplier, part terrifying interplanetary dictatorship. The designers were prescient in …
Information about trial in Chile, Peru and Costa Rica has since been taken down after being shared across help centre pages Netflix has mistakenly launched a set of guidelines for cracking down on password sharing to global users. The streaming service said the guidelines being trialled in Chile, Peru and Costa Rica had been posted …
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