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Husam El Gomati, who reports on links between Italian government and Libya’s coastguard, fears for his sourcesA Sweden-based Libyan activist who has been a vocal critic of Italy and its dealings in Libya was alerted by WhatsApp last week that he had been targeted with military-grade spyware, raising new concerns about the possible use of powerful cyberweapons by European governments.The alleged breach of Husam El...
PC, PS4/5, Switch, Xbox; 2K Games/Fireaxis The fiendishly addictive sim returns with compelling fresh challenges across the ages. Prepare to say goodbye to a lot of free timeMany years ago, when Civilization II was on its way, I’d just started as a writer on the video game magazine Edge. As a fan of the original Civilization, a complex turn-based strategy sim about building vast kingdoms through thousands of years of...
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. How DeepSeek ripped up the AI playbook—and why everyone’s going to follow its lead When the Chinese firm DeepSeek dropped a large language model called R1 two weeks ago, it sent shock waves…
ChatGPT developer announces AI agent amid growing challenge from rivals such as China’s DeepSeekOpenAI has stepped up its development of artificial intelligence agents by announcing a new tool that crafts reports which it claims can match the output of a research analyst.The ChatGPT developer said the new tool, “deep research”, “accomplishes in 10 minutes what would take a human many hours”. Continue reading...
OpenAI has launched a new agent capable of conducting complex, multistep online research into everything from scientific studies to personalized bike recommendations at what it claims is the same level as a human analyst. The tool, called Deep Research, is powered by a version of OpenAI’s o3 reasoning model that’s been optimized for web browsing…
Then opposition leader’s address was ‘dangerously obvious’ and lacked two-factor authentication, book reportedly saysKeir Starmer stopped using a personal email account when he was opposition leader after being warned about a suspected hack by a Russian group, it has been reported.The suspected breach happened in 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, according to a book about the Labour leader, reported...
Exclusive: Cern’s next director general Mark Thomson says AI is paving the way for huge advances in particle physicsAdvanced artificial intelligence is to revolutionise fundamental physics and could open a window on to the fate of the universe, according to Cern’s next director general.Prof Mark Thomson, the British physicist who will assume leadership of Cern on 1 January 2026, says machine learning is paving the way...
Here’s a game I like to play. It’s called “Who’s Made the Cut?” and it works like this. I type a first name into my phone or laptop and…Continue reading on Medium »
I’ve always been fascinated by artificial intelligence agents, or aigents. They can change how we live and work. Aigents learn, adapt, and…Continue reading on Medium »
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsWhy can’t I stop looking at myself on video calls? It’s become obsessive, to the point where I have to turn off the camera. Daniel Brown, LondonPost your answers (and new questions) below or send them to nq@theguardian.com. A selection will be...
While privacy fears are justified, the main beef Silicon Valley has is that China’s chatbot is democratising the technologyNo, it was not a “Sputnik moment”. The launch last month of DeepSeek R1, the Chinese generative AI or chatbot, created mayhem in the tech world, with stocks plummeting and much chatter about the US losing its supremacy in AI technology. Yet, for all the disruption, the Sputnik analogy reveals less...
The first volume of the tech baron turned philanthropist’s memoirs focuses on his parent’s struggles to control him – and a painful early lossThe enduring mystery about William Henry Gates III is this: how did a precocious and sometimes obnoxious kid evolve into a billionaire tech lord and then into an elder statesman and philanthropist? This book gives us only the first part of the story, tracing Gates’s evolution...
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According to the Global Education Monitoring Report 2023: Technology in Education: A Tool on Whose Terms? (UNESCO, 2023), while technology…Continue reading on Medium »
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Discover DeepSeek’s growth, tech breakthroughs, $3B investments, and challenges amid global AI competition and export restrictions.Continue reading on Medium »
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UK will be first country to bring in tough new laws to tackle the technology behind the creation of abusive material Britain is to become the first country to introduce laws tackling the use of AI tools to produce child sexual abuse images, amid warnings from law enforcement agencies of an alarming proliferation in such use of the technology.In an attempt to close a legal loophole that has been a major concern for...
Sam found himself getting sucked deeper and deeper in to betting, sometimes risking 11,000 in a day. Now a judge has ruled he was unlawfully targetedAt 1.17pm on 15 August 2018, Sam* logged in to his online betting account and gambled five days’ worth of wages. Already deep in debt – having taken out 13 loans over three years, and with his marriage under strain – he had been desperate to quit.But Sky Betting &...
The cheap Chinese chatbot has stunned tech giants – and opened up the possibility that other countries, not just China, could now afford to enter the AI raceAt 2.16pm California time last Sunday, the US billionaire tech investor Marc Andreessen called it. “DeepSeek R1 is AI’s Sputnik moment,” he posted on X.A Chinese startup, operating since 2023 and helmed by a millennial mathematician, had unveiled a new chatbot that...
James Florence, 36, agreed to plead guilty after using victim’s information to guide chatbots in impersonationA man from Massachusetts has agreed to plead guilty to a seven-year cyberstalking campaign that included using artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots to impersonate a university professor and invite men online to her home address for sex.James Florence, 36, used platforms such as CrushOn.ai and JanitorAI, which...
Chatbots we tested can write a mean sonnet and struggled with images of clocks, but vary in willingness to talk politicsChatGPT and its owners must have hoped it was a hallucination.But DeepSeek is very real. Continue reading...
Experts say use of groups to warn others about dangerous men is indictment on governments’ failure to keep women safe“Any info on Chris* please? Thanks.” The words in a Facebook post, above three pictures of a man. In the comments, a woman replies: “He was also posted a few days ago by someone.”Further down, a second woman replies: “I’m shaking, I’m his fiancee.” Continue reading...
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Imagine you’re helping a student prepare for the most challenging test of their life. This isn’t just any test—it covers everything from…Continue reading on Medium »
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The Nvidia RTX 50 Series is here, pushing the boundaries of gaming and creative workflows with cutting-edge technology. Comprising the RTX…Continue reading on Medium »
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Francesco Cancellato, whose reporting exposes fascists within PM Meloni’s far-right party, condemns ‘violation’An Italian investigative journalist who is known for exposing young fascists within prime minister Giorgia Meloni’s far-right party was targeted with spyware made by Israel-based Paragon Solutions, according to a WhatsApp notification received by the journalist.Francesco Cancellato, the editor-in-chief of the...
In the week since a Chinese AI model called DeepSeek became a household name, a dizzying number of narratives have gained steam, with varying degrees of accuracy: that the model is collecting your personal data (maybe); that it will upend AI as we know it (too soon to tell—but do read my colleague Will’s story…
A WIRED investigation shows that the popular Chinese AI model is censored on both the application and training level.
On the heels of DeepSeek R1, the latest model from OpenAI promises more advanced capabilities at a cheaper price.