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Netflix uses generative AI in one of its shows for first time
Published: July 18, 2025 07:57
Firm says technology used in El Eternauta is chance āto help creators make films and series better, not just cheaperāNetflix has used artificial intelligence in one of its TV shows for the first time, in a move the streaming companyās boss said would makeā¦
OpenAI launches personal assistant capable of controlling files and web browsers
Published: July 17, 2025 18:37
AI agent can find restaurant reservations and go shopping for users, but OpenAI acknowledges there are āmore risksāUsers of ChatGPT will be able to ask an AI agent to find restaurant reservations, go shopping for them and even draw up lists of candidatesā¦
Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he consider resigning science fellowship
Published: July 17, 2025 16:07
Exclusive: Fellows called on academy to act over Tesla ownerās role in Trump administrationās attacks on researchThe Royal Society suggested to Elon Musk he should consider resigning his fellowship if he felt unable to help mitigate the Trumpā¦
Risk of undersea cable attacks backed by Russia and China likely to rise, report warns
Published: July 17, 2025 13:00
Spate of incidents in Baltic Sea and around Taiwan are harbinger for further disruptive activity, cybersecurity firm saysThe risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international internet traffic is likely to rise amid a spateā¦
Inside Elon Muskās plan to rain SpaceXās rocket debris over Hawaiiās pristine waters
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/17/hawaii-elon-musk-spacex-rocket-debris
Published: July 17, 2025 11:00
Texas has long been under threat from the launches and explosions of SpaceX rockets. Now Hawaii is emerging as another possible victimThe north-west Hawaiian island of Mokumanamana is said to be touched by the gods. Bisected by the Tropic of Cancerā¦
AI firms āunpreparedā for dangers of building human-level systems, report warns
Published: July 17, 2025 07:00
Future of Life Institute says companies pursuing artificial general intelligence lack credible plans to ensure safety Artificial intelligence companies are āfundamentally unpreparedā for the consequences of creating systems with human-level intellectualā¦
Sage iPhone for children review: āWould it make me want to divorce my parents?ā
Published: July 16, 2025 18:04
As a 16-year-old I can tell you that teenagers will feel disconnected using this internet-safe smartphoneā¢ Internet-safe iPhone for children goes on sale for Ā£99 a monthI was intrigued to find out how this would work but a bit freaked out too. I use myā¦
Google inks $3bn US hydropower deal as it expands energy-hungry datacenters
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/16/google-hydropower-deal-clean-energy
Published: July 16, 2025 15:22
The tech giant will buy 3GW of US hydropower in deal to fuel AI and data center growth across eastern statesGoogle has agreed to secure as much as 3GW of US hydropower in the worldās largest corporate clean power pact for hydroelectricity, the company saidā¦
WeTransfer says user content will not be used to train AI after backlash
Published: July 16, 2025 15:05
Firm revises new terms of service that had suggested uploaded files could be used to āimprove machine learning modelsāThe popular filesharing service WeTransfer has said user content will not be used to train artificial intelligence after a change in itsā¦
Top Bananza! Donkey Kongās long-awaited return is a literal smash-hit
Published: July 16, 2025 14:00
Destruction is the order of the day as DK embarks on his first standalone adventure in a decade. The team behind his return reveal allWhen you think of Nintendo, itās almost impossible not to picture Donkey Kong. The ape that started it all, Donkey Kongāsā¦
Apple inks $500m deal for rare earth magnets with US mining firm
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/16/apple-us-mining-deal-magnets
Published: July 16, 2025 12:57
China supplies most rare earth magnets to electronics manufacturers, but curbed exports earlier this yearApple has signed a $500m deal with a US firm for rare earth magnets, essential for manufacturing electronics, after China curbed exports of the scarce,ā¦
Donkey Kong Bananza review - delirious destruction derby takes hammer to platforming conventions
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2025/jul/16/donkey-kong-bananza-review-nintendo-switch-2
Published: July 16, 2025 12:00
Nintendo Switch 2; NintendoGiven that its hero can smash through any barrier ā which is delightful fun in itself ā Nintendoās new 3D platformer has a surreal freeform audacityA lot rests on Donkey Kong Bananza. As Nintendoās first major single-playerā¦
Nothing Phone 3 review: a quirky, slick Android alternative
Published: July 16, 2025 06:00
Novel design and cool software proves phones can still be fun, but this one struggles to beat flagship rivalsThe Phone 3 is London-based Nothingās latest attempt to get people to ditch Samsung or Apple phones for something a bit different, a little quirkyā¦
Elon Muskās Grok chatbot melts down ā and then wins a military contract
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/elon-musk-grok-ai-chatbot-x-linda-yaccarino
Published: July 15, 2025 14:23
It was a week of lows and highs for the tech billionaire after the CEO of X resigned and its AI chatbot declared itself a super-Nazi ā followed by scoring a contract of up to $200mHello, and welcome to TechScape. This week, Elon Muskās X, formerly Twitter,ā¦
AI chatbot āMechaHitlerā could be making content considered violent extremism, expert witness tells X v eSafety case
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/15/x-esafety-ai-chatbot-grok-ntwnfb
Published: July 15, 2025 07:55
Tribunal hearing comes days after Elon Muskās xAI apologised for antisemitic comments made by its Grok botGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe chatbot embedded in Elon Muskās X that referred to itself as āMechaHitlerā and madeā¦
xAI announces $200m US military deal after Grok chatbot had Nazi meltdown
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/us-military-xai-deal-elon-musk
Published: July 14, 2025 20:24
Defense department also inked contracts with other leading AI firms including Google, Anthropic and OpenAIThe week after its Grok chatbot identified itself as āMechaHitlerā and generated antisemitic posts, Elon Muskās xAI firm announced a contract with theā¦
Tangy kimchi, bad ice-cream and good eggs: my tests for the food filter have changed how I shop
Published: July 14, 2025 14:00
Tasting the good and the bad for the Filter; summer spritzes for aperitivo hour; and the perfect fans for keeping coolā¢ Donāt get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereMy favourite scene in the film Ratatouille is when Remy the rat tastesā¦
Muskās giant Tesla factory casts shadow on lives in a quiet corner of Germany
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/14/musk-giant-tesla-factory-germany
Published: July 14, 2025 12:14
Politics of carmakerās owner has soured sentiments in GrĆ¼nheide, south-west of Berlin, where the factory promised jobs and revitalisationWhen Elon Musk advised Germans to vote for the far-right Alternative fĆ¼r Deutschland (AfD) in elections last year, Manuā¦
The way a child plays is the way they liveā: how therapists are using video games to help vulnerable children
Published: July 14, 2025 09:00
Minecraft and other creative games are becoming recognised as powerful means of self-expression and mental health support, including for traumatised Ukrainian refugeesOleksii Sukhorukovās son was 12 when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. For months,ā¦
An AI-generated band got 1m plays on Spotify. Now music insiders say listeners should be warned
Published: July 14, 2025 06:00
The Velvet Sundown released two albums before admitting their music, images and backstory were created by AIThey went viral, amassing more than 1m streams on Spotify in a matter of weeks, but it later emerged that hot new band the Velvet Sundown wereā¦
Scientists reportedly hiding AI text prompts in academic papers to receive positive peer reviews
Published: July 14, 2025 03:14
Research papers found carrying hidden white text giving instructions not to highlight negatives as concern grows over use of large language models for peer reviewAcademics are reportedly hiding prompts in preprint papers for artificial intelligence tools,ā¦
Brenda, 95, and her soft toys become unlikely stars on TikTok
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/13/brenda-soft-toys-unlikely-stars-tiktok
Published: July 13, 2025 15:00
Brenda Allen from Cheshire amasses more than 2m views for videos featuring her quirky Jellycat figuresThe anger and polarisation often on display on social media have made it a stressful place to venture for many people, wary of its unpredictable pile-onsā¦
Are a few people ruining the internet for the rest of us?
Published: July 13, 2025 13:00
Why does the online world seem so toxic compared with normal life? Our research shows that a small number of divisive accounts could be responsible ā and offers a way outWhen I scroll through social media, I often leave demoralized, with the sense that theā¦
āScamazonā ā how fake emails are targeting Prime subscribers
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2025/jul/13/amazon-prime-scam-fake-emails-warning
Published: July 13, 2025 07:00
A surge in messages from fraudsters about automatic renewal at a higher price has prompted Amazon to email 200m users to warn themAs a frequent Amazon shopper you pay Ā£95 for an annual Prime subscription, so when an email arrives warning the price is goingā¦
āWorkforce crisisā: key takeaways for graduates battling AI in the jobs market
Published: July 13, 2025 07:00
Recruitment is powered increasingly by artificial intelligence but employers still want big (human) brainsRecruiter moves to in-person assessments as candidates apply using AIGraduates share their job-hunting woes amid the AI falloutChatGPT can certainlyā¦
New research centre to explore how AI can help humans āspeakā with pets
Published: July 12, 2025 11:00
Centre for animal sentience to look into animal consciousness and the ethical use of AI in how we treat themIf your catās sulking, your dogās whining or your rabbitās doing that strange thing with its paws again, you will recognise that familiar pang ofā¦
āI felt pure, unconditional loveā: the people who marry their AI chatbots
Published: July 12, 2025 04:00
The users of AI companion app Replika found themselves falling for their digital friends. Until ā explains a new podcast ā the bots went dark, a user was encouraged to kill Queen Elizabeth II and an update changed everything ā¦A large bearded man namedā¦