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Questions about the “AI utopia”
The answers to these questions, and how we decide to answer them, will help us understand how AI can impact our lives and society.Continue reading on Medium »
‘Pick and mix of horror’ online pushes young people to violence, UK police chief says
Counter-terrorism leader says there is often no ideology behind ‘grotesque fascinations’ with extreme contentMore young people, including children aged 10, are viewing a “pick and mix of horror” on the web that pushes them towards violence, a UK counter-terrorism leader has said.Deputy assistant commissioner Vicki Evans of the Metropolitan police, the senior national coordinator for counter-terrorism, said the nature...
Botto, the Millionaire AI Artist, Is Getting a Personality
Botto is a 'decentralized AI artist' whose work has fetched millions. As AI improves, its creators may give it fewer guardrails to test its emerging personality.
Google Maps car snaps vital clue in Spanish missing person case
Image of man leaning into boot of a car on a street in northern Spain helps lead police to make two arrestsOn a nearly deserted street in northern Spain, the images appeared to show a man hunched over the back of a red Rover car, gingerly loading a bulky white sack into the boot.A passing Google Maps camera car happened to snap the suspicious moment as it unfolded in the hamlet of Tajueco in October. Two months later,...
Uber and its CEO donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund
Donation adds to list of tech companies and executives seeking to foster favorable relationship with president-electUber and its CEO have donated $1m to Donald Trump’s inaugural fund, joining a growing list of tech companies and executives seeking to foster a favorable relationship with the incoming administration.A spokesperson for Uber Technologies confirmed to the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday that both Uber and...
More than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators diagnosed with severe PTSD
Exclusive: Lawsuit brought by former moderators against parent company Meta and outsourcer Samasource KenyaPTSD, depression and anxiety: why former Facebook moderators in Kenya are taking legal action‘The work damaged me’: ex-Facebook moderators describe effect of horrific contentMore than 140 Facebook content moderators have been diagnosed with severe post-traumatic stress disorder caused by exposure to graphic social...
‘The work damaged me’: ex-Facebook moderators describe effect of horrific content
Former workers at Samasource say violent, graphic and sexually explicit videos left them fearful to go outsideMore than 140 Kenya Facebook moderators sue after diagnoses of severe PTSDPTSD, depression and anxiety: why former Facebook moderators in Kenya are taking legal actionWhen James Irungu took on a new job for the tech outsourcing company Samasource, his manager provided scant details before his training began....
The Witcher IV, Ōkami 2 and other big reveals from the Game awards
In this week’s newsletter: There were many worthy winners in LA, but it was the new releases, surprise sequels and other end-of-year announcements that really got us excitedAlongside some worthy winners – Balatro, Astro Bot and Metaphor: ReFantazio swept the board – the Game awards last Thursday brought a generous bounty of end-of-year announcements, like unexpected gifts under the tree. In terms of newsworthy reveals,...
Sonic the Hedgehog 3 review – Jim Carrey supplies laughs and energy for hedgehog threequel
Carrey’s Dr Robotnik is the best thing in elaborate third-instalment shenanigans that are pretty good fan-service funA third Sonic film rolls off the production line with remorseless inevitability, and no little excitement among its core early-teen fanbase; the Marvel Cinematic Universe could take a lesson or two in how to keep the audience onside. The kerfuffle over Sonic’s weirdly designed teeth seems a long time ago...
The Download: AI tracking birds, and a pig kidney transplant
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. AI is changing how we study bird migration In a warming world, migratory birds face many existential threats. Scientists rely on a combination of methods to track the timing and location of their…
‘They’re looking for something’: rumors abound over unsettling drone sightings in New Jersey
At first, the relentless flocks of drones were unusual but nothing to worry about – now, people want answersKyle Breese, 36, works remotely in insurance and lives in Ocean Township, New Jersey, a sleepy suburb with tree-cloaked streets, not far from beaches. Last Saturday night, with his wife and two kids inside their home, he let out his ageing dog Bruce into the backyard and then looked up.There, in the sky, was an...
Forget charades, I have found the worst Christmas game of all time – and I love it
While ostensibly terrible, Santa’s Speedy Quest is also addictive, hilarious, only 79p – and in its own fiendish way, exactly what we need at this time of yearIf you’ve got an Xbox and any sense, you’ll be spending this Christmas playing the new Indiana Jones game. And perhaps feeling smug about the fact it’s a timed exclusive, leaving PlayStation owners to press their noses against the frosted glass like Victorian...
This is where the data to build AI comes from
AI is all about data. Reams and reams of data are needed to train algorithms to do what we want, and what goes into the AI models determines what comes out. But here’s the problem: AI developers and researchers don’t really know much about the sources of the data they are using. AI’s data collection…
Chinese AI chip firms blacklisted over weapons concerns gained access to UK technology
Imagination Technologies had licences with two Chinese firms – but said it had not ‘implemented transactions’ that would enable the use of technology for military purposesChinese engineers developing chips for artificial intelligence that can be used in “advanced weapons systems” have gained access to cutting-edge UK technology, the Guardian can reveal.Described by analysts as “China’s premier AI chip designers”, Moore...
AI is changing how we study bird migration
A small songbird soars above Ithaca, New York, on a September night. He is one of 4 billion birds, a great annual river of feathered migration across North America. Midair, he lets out what ornithologists call a nocturnal flight call to communicate with his flock. It’s the briefest of signals, barely 50 milliseconds long, emitted…
The Edgelord AI That Turned a Shock Meme Into Millions in Crypto
Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents. Then it took on a life of its own.
Bonk & Param Airdrop: New Guide to Claim Free Tokens
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Arbitrage Crypto AP: New Trading Strategy Guide
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Cosmos Airdrop Tracker: Monitor New Token Drops
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How to Access Your Xion Airdrop Login — New Guide
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The recent spate of mysterious nighttime flights across the U.S.
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OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search Goes Free—A Bold Move That Challenges Google’s Throne
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Seductive Sundays
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An Odd Phenomenon I’ve Never Seen on Medium….Until Today
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Amazon workers across US gear up to strike this week
Move comes after company fails to meet deadline to begin contract talks with workers in Staten Island, New YorkThousands of Amazon workers are gearing up to strike from Thursday, days before Christmas, over the tech giant’s refusal to begin negotiations over a contract.Union locals are preparing members for pickets and actions outside Amazon facilities around the US. Continue reading...
Roundtables: The Worst Technology Failures of 2024
Recorded on December 17, 2024 The Worst Technology Failures of 2024 Speakers: Antonio Regalado, senior editor for biomedicine, and Niall Firth, executive editor. MIT Technology Review publishes an annual list of the worst technologies of the year. This year, The Worst Technology Failures of 2024 list was unveiled live by our editors. Hear fromMIT Technology…
Mouthwashing review – 2024’s most difficult game, but not in the way you might expect
PC; Creative Reflex/Wrong OrganThe word ‘challenge’ has an accepted meaning in the world of video games, but in this engrossing sci-fi horror it’s the subject matter that’s confrontingIt is perhaps poetic that throughout this year, the 30th anniversary of the PlayStation, developers have found such a rich vein of horror in early 3D visuals. Crow Country, Fear the Spotlight and now Mouthwashing all make terrifying use...
Will the future of transportation be robotaxis – or your own self-driving car?
GM is shutting down its robotaxi business, Tesla is creating one of its own – what does the future hold for self-driving?Want TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereWelcome back. This week in tech: General Motors says goodbye to robotaxis but not self-driving cars; one woman’s fight to keep AI out of applications for housing; Salt Typhoon; and tech’s donations to Donald Trump. Thank you for joining...
A woman in the US is the third person to receive a gene-edited pig kidney
Towana Looney, a 53-year-old woman from Alabama, has become the third living person to receive a kidney transplant from a gene-edited pig. Looney, who donated one of her kidneys to her mother back in 1999, developed kidney failure several years later following a pregnancy complication that caused high blood pressure. She started dialysis treatment in…
UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI
Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and othersCampaigners for the protection of the rights of creatives have criticised a UK government proposal to let artificial intelligence companies train their algorithms on their works under a new copyright exemption.Book publishers said the proposal put out for consultation on Tuesday was “entirely untested and...
Amazon-hosted AI tool for UK military recruitment ‘carries risk of data breach’
Ministry of Defence says risk with Textio tool is low and ‘robust safeguards’ have been put in place by suppliersAn artificial intelligence tool hosted by Amazon and designed to boost UK Ministry of Defence recruitment puts defence personnel at risk of being identified publicly, according to a government assessment.Data used in the automated Textio system to improve the drafting of defence job adverts and attract more...
The Download: 2024’s biggest technology flops, and AI’s search for energy
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. The 8 worst technology failures of 2024 They say you learn more from failure than success. If so, this is the story for you: MIT Technology Review’s annual roll call of the biggest…