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The head of Google’s DeepMind says artificial intelligence could usher in an era of ‘incredible productivity’ and ‘radical abundance’. But who will it benefit? And why does he wish the tech giants had moved more slowly?If you have a mental image of a Nobel prizewinner, Demis Hassabis probably doesn’t fit it. Relatively young (he’s 49), mixed race (his father is Greek-Cypriot, his mother Chinese-Singaporean),...
Investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen describes his years-long investigation into Tesla, aided by a whistleblower, exposing serious safety concerns over the company’s carsIn November 2022, a whistleblower contacted investigative journalist Sönke Iwersen.He could not give his name, he said, but he had access to huge amounts of data about Tesla, his former employer: private phone numbers, social security information,...
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If you’re stepping into the world of deep learning, you’ve probably come across the word “tensor” more times than you can count. Whether…Continue reading on Medium »
Christine Chapman apologizes for role in identity fraud that amassed millions to allegedly aid nuclear weapons programIn March 2020, about the time the Covid pandemic started, Christina Chapman, a woman who lived in Arizona and Minnesota, received a message on LinkedIn asking her to “be the US face” of a company and help overseas IT workers gain remote employment.As working from home became the norm for many people,...
More Britons in this age group are switching to the video platform, with its shorter, niche and more personal contentUK viewers over the age of 55 watched almost twice as much YouTube last year as they did in 2023, with 42% of them watching on a TV, according to a survey by the communications regulator Ofcom.Here, six people over 50 describe why they prefer YouTube and how it compares with the broadcast TV they grew up...
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AI won’t replace you. A developer leveraging AI strategically will. This article outlines a practical approach to developing that mindset.Continue reading on Medium »
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From garbage outputs to production-level intelligence, here’s exactly how I moved from playing with GPT to deploying real AI products that…Continue reading on Medium »
Exploring Document Intelligence Using Google Cloud’s Gemini and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) The explosion of unstructured data —…Continue reading on Medium »
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After 18 months of building real-world AI systems, these are the tools, workflows, and models that stayed—and everything that broke when…Continue reading on Medium »
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Users may be led down conspiracy theory rabbit holes or into emotional harm by chatbots designed to maximise engagement and affirmation, some sayFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIn 2023, a Belgian man reportedly ended his life after developing eco-anxiety and confiding in an AI chatbot over six weeks about the future of the planet. Without...
Tech giants have spent more on AI than the US government has on education, jobs and social services in 2025 so farThe US’s largest companies have spent 2025 locked in a competition to spend more money than one another, lavishing $155bn on the development of artificial intelligence, more than the US government has spent on education, training, employment and social services in the 2025 fiscal year so far.Based on the...
An experienced clinician in prosthetics, Jim Ashworth-Beaumont found himself the perfect guinea pig for a radical new option for amputeesWhen the air ambulance brought Jim Ashworth-Beaumont to King’s College hospital in south-east London, nobody thought he had a hope. He had been cycling home when a lorry driver failed to spot him alongside his trailer while turning left after a set of traffic lights. The vehicle’s...
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New documentary Spreadsheet Champions follows six competitors as they head to the Microsoft Office Specialist world championship in FloridaSix years ago, Melbourne-based film-maker Kristina Kraskov read an article about an international Microsoft Excel competition and had two thoughts. The first: “What the hell, that can’t be real.” The second: “There’s got to be a film about this – I want to watch it so badly.”There...
Unreal Engine, the real-time 3D creation platform behind games like Fortnite, Gears of War, and Rocket League, is transforming pretty much…Continue reading on Medium »
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Court revives part of lawsuit accusing X of failing to promptly report uploaded images to relevant authoritiesA federal appeals court on Friday revived part of a lawsuit accusing Elon Musk’s X of becoming a haven for child exploitation, though the court said the platform deserves broad immunity from claims over objectionable content.While rejecting some claims, the ninth US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco...
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