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‘It’s very hard to get spare parts’: London museum ‘retires’ treasure-trove gallery of household gadgets
Published: May 19, 2024 14:00
Science Museum’s Secret Life of the Home collection, including tea-making machines, early microwave cookers, gramophones and the first flushing toilets will close on 2 JuneThey changed our parents’ and grandparents’ lives by using technology to tackle the…
Spam, junk … slop? The latest wave of AI behind the ‘zombie internet’
Published: May 19, 2024 13:00
Tech experts hope new term for carelessly automated AI webpages and images can illuminate its damaging impactYour email inbox is full of spam. Your letterbox is full of junk mail. Now, your web browser has its own affliction: slop.“Slop” is what you get…
Google remains focused on its long quest for your eyeballs
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/19/google-ai-overview-attention
Published: May 19, 2024 12:00
AI Overviews, announced this week, are the culmination of a long line of products dedicated to keeping you on Google.comGoogle announced this week that it would begin the international rollout of its new artificial intelligence-powered search feature,…
How a smear campaign against NPR led Elon Musk to feud with Signal
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/18/npr-elon-musk-signal
Published: May 18, 2024 12:00
Rightwing media personalities on X transmuted a screed against NPR’s CEO into a fight over encryption via the Transitive Property of Bad PeopleFor nearly two weeks, an esoteric debate has raged on X, formerly Twitter: could users concerned about privacy…
‘Personalising stuff that doesn’t matter’: the trouble with the Zoe nutrition app
Published: May 18, 2024 12:00
The wellness project claims to help users make ‘smarter food choices’ based on ‘world-leading science’. But many scientists claim its fee-based services are no better than generic advice“Your body is unique, so is the food you need.” This is the central…
OpenAI putting ‘shiny products’ above safety, says departing researcher
Published: May 18, 2024 09:44
Jan Leike, a key safety researcher at firm behind ChatGPT, quit days after launch of its latest AI model, GPT-4oA former senior employee at OpenAI has said the company behind ChatGPT is prioritising “shiny products” over safety, revealing that he quit…
As the AI world gathers in Seoul, can an accelerating industry balance progress against safety?
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/18/ai-seoul-global-summit-safety-openai-meta
Published: May 18, 2024 09:00
Companies such as OpenAI and Meta push ahead, but it is clear that biggest changes are yet to comeThis week, artificial intelligence caught up with the future – or at least Hollywood’s idea of it from a decade ago.“It feels like AI from the movies,” wrote…
How China is using AI news anchors to deliver its propaganda
Published: May 18, 2024 07:00
News avatars are proliferating on social media and experts say they will spread as the technology becomes more accessibleThe news presenter has a deeply uncanny air as he delivers a partisan and pejorative message in Mandarin: Taiwan’s outgoing president,…
Think before you click – and three other ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint | Koren Helbig
Published: May 17, 2024 15:00
The invisible downside to our online lives is the data stored at giant energy-guzzling datacentres It’s been called “the largest coal-powered machine on Earth” – and most of us use it countless times a day.The internet and its associated digital industry…
‘We’re the peace activists’: my surreal, soul-sucking day at Palantir’s first AI warfare conference
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/17/ai-weapons-palantir-war-technology
Published: May 17, 2024 14:00
America’s military industrial complex took center stage at AI Expo for National Competitiveness, where a fire-breathing panel set the toneOn 7 and 8 May in Washington DC, the city’s biggest convention hall welcomed America’s military industrial complex,…
UK engineering firm Arup falls victim to £20m deepfake scam
Published: May 17, 2024 12:13
Hong Kong employee was duped into sending cash to criminals by AI-generated video callBusiness live – latest updatesThe British engineering company Arup has confirmed it was the victim of a deepfake fraud after an employee was duped into sending HK$200m…
The artist behind the portal linking New York and Dublin: ‘People got carried away’
Published: May 17, 2024 07:00
Benediktas Gylys admits he was surprised by the rowdy behavior that came from the exhibit connecting people in the two citiesThe artist behind the controversial “Portal” art exhibit that visually linked New York and Dublin in real-time, but was then closed…
Researchers build AI-driven sarcasm detector
Published: May 16, 2024 14:35
Being able to detect lowest form of wit could help AI interact with people more naturally, say scientistsNever mind that it can pass the bar exam, ace medical tests and read bedtime stories with emotion, artificial intelligence will never match the marvel…
EU investigates Facebook owner Meta over child safety and mental health concerns
Published: May 16, 2024 11:16
Company’s social media platforms, which also include Instagram, may have addictive effects, says European Commission• Business live – latest updatesThe European Commission has opened an investigation into the owner of Facebook and Instagram over concerns…
What’s up with ChatGPT’s new sexy persona? | Arwa Mahdawi
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/16/openai-chatgpt-sexy-persona
Published: May 16, 2024 10:15
OpenAI’s updated chatbot GPT-4o is weirdly flirtatious, coquettish and sounds like Scarlett Johansson in Her. Why?“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,” Arthur C Clarke famously said. And this could certainly be said of the…
Meta revokes job offer to sextortion expert after he publicly criticizes Instagram
Published: May 16, 2024 09:00
Exclusive: Paul Raffile held webinar where he said app failed to protect children, and his offer was rescinded hours laterMeta revoked a job offer to a prominent cyber-intelligence analyst immediately after he criticized Instagram for failing to protect…
The stone cold truth about the scandal that rocked curling
Published: May 16, 2024 08:45
How can one broom tear apart a Canadian curling community? John Cullen investigates in Broomgate. Plus: five of the best post-apocalyptic podcasts• Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereMajor news for fans of Who Shat on the Floor at My…
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes review – eerie visuals and a thrilling story
Published: May 16, 2024 08:30
Annapurna Interactive; PC, SwitchThis compulsive atavistic mystery is told through bewildering yet tantalising non-linear narrative strands that the player must tease apartIt is both a pleasure and a relief to discover that while the titans of the…
YouTube blocks videos set to Hong Kong protest anthem
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/15/youtube-blocks-hong-kong-song
Published: May 15, 2024 15:47
Court order compels Google subsidiary to block local access to 32 videos of Glory to Hong Kong, judged to be prohibited contentAlphabet’s YouTube on Tuesday said it would comply with a court decision and block access inside Hong Kong to 32 video links…
OpenAI co-founder who had key role in attempted firing of Sam Altman departs
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/15/open-ai-cofounder-ilya-sutskever
Published: May 15, 2024 15:08
Ilya Sutskever helped orchestrate dramatic firing and rehiring of ChatGPT maker’s CEO last yearOpenAI’s co-founder and chief scientist, Ilya Sutskever, is leaving the startup at the center of today’s artificial intelligence boom.“After almost a decade, I…
Apple store workers vote to authorize first strike over bargaining delays
Published: May 15, 2024 09:00
Maryland employees at first US Apple store to unionize take historic step as progress for a first contract has stagnatedWorkers at the first Apple store in the US to have unionized, in Towson, Maryland, have voted to authorize a strike as progress in…
Tech firm Raspberry Pi readies for London stock market float
Published: May 15, 2024 08:26
Cambridge-based business could be valued at up to £500m and is boost for UK after some companies switched listingsThe British technology company Raspberry Pi has confirmed its intention to float in the UK, in a significant boost to the London Stock…
iPad Pro M4 review: ludicrously good hardware that’s total overkill for most
Published: May 15, 2024 06:00
Apple sets new standard in screen and power but Pro model verges away from consumer tablet needsApple’s latest iPad Pro is thinner and lighter, and has a stupendous new OLED screen, plus oodles of power to do practically anything. But it is no longer just…
The China-linked EV battery mega factory dividing a US township
Published: May 15, 2024 00:53
Plans for a sprawling factory in rural Michigan making batteries for electric cars offer an economic lifeline, but for some residents there is a big problem: the parent company is in ChinaSet among green rolling hills and tall pines, Lori Brock’s storybook…
Law professor says Tesla threatened to fire law firm over Musk’s huge payout
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/14/elon-musk-payout-threaten-law-firm
Published: May 14, 2024 15:59
Charles Elson accused EV company of strong-arming law firm where he consulted over his legal brief opposing Musk’s payA leading professor of corporate governance has accused Tesla of threatening to fire one of its law firms over his objections to Elon…
Amazon Web Services chief to step down, veteran named successor
Published: May 14, 2024 15:35
The head of Amazon’s most profitable and fastest-growing division will leave the company on 3 June after three yearsThe chief of the wildly profitable Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud computing unit will step down next month after a three-year term.Adam…
‘I don’t see the point of me without the politics’: video game writer Meghna Jayanth on the benefits of staying indie
Published: May 14, 2024 11:45
After a less happy time attached to triple-A games, Jayanth has settled on smaller, freer developers – and is using that freedom to speak up for causes bigger companies would rather ignoreCan a video game writer do her best work at the industry’s biggest…
The new law that could protect UK children online – as long as it works
https://www.theguardian.com/global/article/2024/may/14/techscape-online-safety-act-children-internet
Published: May 14, 2024 10:45
Thanks to a new act that could reshape the internet, TikTok, Instagram and other platforms will need to ‘tame’ harmful content and algorithms• Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereThe Online Safety Act in the UK is,…
Inside the rise and fall of Ashley Madison: ‘People literally lost their lives’
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/may/14/ashley-madison-netflix-documentary
Published: May 14, 2024 10:01
A new Netflix docuseries explores how the site that enabled married people to have affairs devolved into chaos back in 2015In theory, the internet promised, among other things, a solution to the age-old conundrum of finding a date. If you wanted romantic…
New GPT-4o AI model is faster and free for all users, OpenAI announces
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/13/openai-new-chatgpt-free
Published: May 13, 2024 18:59
Tech company reveals new flagship model that ‘is the future of interaction between ourselves and the machines’OpenAI announced on Monday that it was launching its new flagship artificial intelligence model, called GPT-4o, as well as updates that included a…
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services
Published: May 13, 2024 15:00
Ownership rights are buried in the fine print and downloading or buying physical copies may be the only ways to keep your favouritesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastWhat rights do you have to the digital movies, TV…
Spice up your spreadsheets! Should you run your relationship like a business?
Published: May 13, 2024 13:28
Could office management software such as Slack and Notion optimise your relationship? A surprising number of people are trying it outName: Office romance.Age: Recently upgraded. Continue reading...
Hades II’s audacious, invigorating spin on Greek myth makes it worth playing right now
https://www.theguardian.com/games/article/2024/may/13/hades-ii-early-access-review
Published: May 13, 2024 12:45
Developer Supergiant Games has released its hotly anticipated sequel to 2020’s Hades in an early-access, unfinished state – but its powers are already godlikeTime comes for us all, and in Hades II, even the gods are not spared its wrath. This epic…
Court ends injunction on X over videos of Sydney church stabbing
Published: May 13, 2024 06:13
Federal court refuses to extend ban on 65 posts on Elon Musk’s platform showing last months’s attack on bishop Mar Mari EmmanuelFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news…
Internet use is associated with greater wellbeing, global study finds
Published: May 12, 2024 23:01
Researcher cautions against ‘one-size-fits-all solutions’ amid growing debate over impact, particularly on young peopleSpending time online is often portrayed as something to avoid, but research suggests internet use is associated with greater wellbeing in…
The rage epidemic: is our modern world fuelling aggression?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/may/12/road-rage-epidemic-peter-abbott-abuse-fury
Published: May 12, 2024 10:00
After the video of Peter Abbott screaming road-rage abuse through a car window went viral, we ask what’s behind the fury so many feel – and expressLast week a video showing 60-year-old Peter Abbott screaming abuse at TV producer Samantha Isaacs gained a…
With its new iPad Pro ad, Apple is offering us the thin end of the wedge | Alex Clark
Published: May 12, 2024 09:00
Maybe it’s my age, but the company’s brash new vision of digital minimalism looks like a portal to a sad and lonely worldIt was my birthday last week, and being these days a quiet rural dweller with a sweet pea obsession rather than the inner-city Dorothy…
Making deepfake images is increasingly easy – controlling their use is proving all but impossible
Published: May 11, 2024 20:00
New Australian laws will make it a crime to distribute non-consensual deepfake pornography – but there are deeper issues at play, experts say“Very creepy,” was April’s first thought when she saw her face on a generative AI website.April is one half of the…
‘A world first’: project recycles polyester into yarn for new clothes
Published: May 11, 2024 14:00
A venture that uses methods applied to plastic bottles for old textiles aims to tackle the UK’s mountain of unwanted garmentsFootball shirts, sports event banners and uniforms are piled up ready to be pumped into a machine which melts them down for…
She was accused of faking an incriminating video of teenage cheerleaders. She was arrested, outcast and condemned. The problem? Nothing was fake after all
Published: May 11, 2024 08:00
The moral panic following Raffaella Spone’s ‘deepfake’ video spread around the world. She talks for the first time about being the centre of a story in which nothing was as it seemed …Madi Hime is taking a deep drag on a blue vape in the video, her eyes…