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The lure of a limitless digital jukebox was great, but as the algorithm increasingly served up music I didn’t enjoy, I’ve taken back control of my listeningWhen most people were comparing how many times they had listened to Sabrina Carpenter, Charli xcx and Fontaines DC on Spotify Wrapped last December, I had to make do with Burger King Unwrapped, delivered to me via their app, which told me how many Burger Kings I’d...
Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:In 2019, Karen Hao, a senior reporter with MIT Technology Review, pitched me on writing a story about a then little-known company, OpenAI. It was her biggest assignment to date. Hao’s feat of reporting took a series of twists and turns over the coming months, eventually revealing how OpenAI’s ambition had taken it far afield…
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Published on: May 19, 2025 | Source:Grok doubted 6 million death toll, days after peddling conspiracy theory of ‘white genocide’ in South AfricaElon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok has blamed a “programming error” to explain why it said it was “sceptical” of the historical consensus that 6 million Jews were murdered during the Holocaust, days after the AI came under fire for bombarding users with the far-right conspiracy theory of “white...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Songwriter says he thinks it is a ‘criminal offence’ to let tech firms use protected work without permissionSir Elton John has called the UK government “absolute losers” over proposals to let tech firms use copyright-protected work without permission.The singer and songwriter said it was a “criminal offence” to change copyright law in favour of artificial intelligence companies. Continue reading...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Leon Emirali has created digital versions of all UK MPs, including a Wes Streeting avatar who is unabashedly frank about who the next PM should beIf you are one of the few people on the planet who fancies a chat with Keir Starmer, then there’s a new AI model for you.A former chief of staff to a Tory minister has created Nostrada, which aims to enable users to talk with an AI version of each of the UK parliament’s 650...
Published on: May 18, 2025 | Source:Features launching later this year to include live captions, braille reader improvements and accessibility ‘nutrition labels’ in the app storeApple has announced a broad range of new accessibility features for iOS focused on people with vision or hearing impairments, with the company downplaying the notion that the price of Apple hardware means accessibility comes at a cost.On Wednesday, before Global Accessibility...
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Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source:Elon Musk is apparently turning his attention away from Washington and back to Tesla. On this episode of Uncanny Valley, the hosts unpack what Musk’s pivot means for the future of DOGE.
Published on: May 17, 2025 | Source:Smartphone Nation by Dr Kaitlyn Regehr vows to help us take control. But can her methods beat the algorithms?Can you count the number of times you’ve looked at your phone today? Or how often you’ve opened it to do one thing to find yourself doing something else entirely?If you’re anything like me, you’ll have little idea – merely an inkling – that it’s more times than you’d hope. Smartphone algorithms are designed to...
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Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Exploring the realm of cryptocurrency is like traversing a complex network of pathways. Have you contemplated the magnetic allure of…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:In the rapid and continuously evolving landscape of artificial intelligence today, there is a developing new wave of innovation that is…Continue reading on Medium »
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Latest twist in a contest between iPhone maker and Epic Games over payments for hit game on Apple devicesEpic Games says Fortnite is now unavailable on iPhones and iPads globally because Apple blocked a bid to release the popular video game in the App Store in the US and Europe.“Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission so we cannot release to the US App Store or to the Epic Games Store for iOS in the European Union,”...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Many of the crypto investors preparing to attend an exclusive gala dinner with US president Donald Trump have offloaded the coins that won them their seats.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:As vibe coding takes off, OpenAI says Codex will help advanced developers automate chores in a safe and explainable way.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:In a commencement speech at Temple University, I shared my views on how new college graduates can compete with powerful artificial intelligence.
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:US retailers being targeted after attacks on Britain’s Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and HarrodsUK-based members of the Scattered Spider hacking community are actively “facilitating” cyber-attacks, according to Google, as disruption to British retailers spreads to the US.A group of hackers labelled “Scattered Spider” have been linked with attacks on UK retailers Marks & Spencer, the Co-op and Harrods, with Google...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source: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. This baby boy was treated with the first personalized gene-editing drug Doctors say they constructed a bespoke gene-editing treatment in less than seven months and used it to treat a baby with a…
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:xAI’s Grok bot repeatedly referred to widely discredited claim about South Africa that has been touted by Donald TrumpElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company has blamed an “unauthorised modification” for a glitch in its Grok chatbot that resulted in the tool ranting about “white genocide” in South Africa.In a post on Musk’s X platform, xAI said new measures would be brought in to ensure its employees cannot modify...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:A couple of weeks ago I was in Washington, DC, for a gathering of scientists, policymakers, and longevity enthusiasts. They had come together to discuss ways to speed along the development of drugs and other treatments that might extend the human lifespan. One approach that came up was to simply make experimental drugs more easily…
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Strictly Limited/Giants Software; Mega Drive It may be seem horrendously old-fashioned, but the seemingly dull repetition of working your wheat fields has a nostalgic pull like a combine harvesterWhen I got my first job in games journalism 30 years ago, I arrived just too late to review games for my favourite ever console: the Sega Mega Drive. Although a few titles were still being released for the machine in 1995, the...
Published on: May 16, 2025 | Source:Agreement that would give Gulf country better access to advanced AI chips raises concerns over Chinese influenceThe United Arab Emirates and the United States have signed an agreement for the Gulf country to build the largest artificial intelligence campus outside the US, one of several deals around AI made during Donald Trump’s visit to the Middle East.But the agreement has also raised concerns, since it would have...
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