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Bill Ready pointed to Australia's social media ban for under-16s as a model, though it does not apply to his companyPinterest's CEO called on world leaders to ban social media for youth under 16 in a LinkedIn post on Friday."We need a clear standard: no social media for teens under 16, backed by real enforcement, and accountability for mobile phone...
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Dozens of Instagram and TikTok accounts have used AI avatars to promote explicit content, the BBC finds.
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Kaiser pushed back on striking workers' claims and AI fears, saying it delivers 'timely, high-quality care to meet members' needs'Ilana Marcucci-Morris is worried about the patients she treats and how long it took for them to arrive in her office. At Kaiser Permanente's psychiatry outpatient clinic in Oakland, California, she says she increasingly...
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Gig AI trainers worldwide are selling moments of their lives, including calls and texts, to AI companies for quick cashOne morning last year, Jacobus Louw set out on his daily neighborhood walk to feed the seagulls he finds along the way. Except this time, he recorded several videos of his feet and the view as he walked on the pavement. The video...
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Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as Chinese have done, experts sayBy the 1980s, Detroit's once titanic carmakers were being upended by rivals from Japan. Ford, General Motors and Chrysler had grown rich selling gas guzzlers, but when oil prices rose and suddenly cheap, fuel-efficient Japanese models...
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Alasdair Keane visits the underground insect farm turning food waste into animal feed.
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Mediahuis suspends Peter Vandermeersch, who says he 'fell into trap of hallucinations', after investigation by newspaper where he was once editor-in-chiefThe publisher of the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf and the Irish Independent has suspended one of its senior journalists after he admitted using AI to "wrongly put words into people's...
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An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in SwitzerlandIt was over beers on an autumn evening in Zurich in 2024 that a group of journalists with an independent Swiss research collective began to discuss investigating Palantir, one of the world's biggest tech...
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The darts star's image has been used legally on darts merchandise, snacks and fashion brands.
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Norfolk and Suffolk researchers say the false information about autism and ADHD is most worrying.
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Fire service warns ubiquity of batteries in everyday products is outpacing public understanding and safety regulationsLithium-ion batteries represent a new technological hazard that one fire science expert has said keeps him awake at night, as fire service chiefs warn the ubiquity of the batteries in everyday products is outpacing public...
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The finance firm has apologised for the disruption to its website and app, which has angered many customers.
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Artificial intelligence agent instructed engineer to take actions that exposed user and company data internallyAn AI agent instructed an engineer to take actions that exposed a large amount of Meta's sensitive data to some of its employees, in the latest example of AI causing upheaval in a large tech company.The leak, which Meta confirmed, happened...
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From owing a debt to obscure Japanese horror Sweet Home to the influence of Aliens and Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the franchise continues to petrify players three decades onTo many of us playing and writing about video games in the 1990s, Resident Evil seemed to come out of nowhere. The emerging PlayStation and Saturn consoles were all about slick,...
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Researchers find snake metabolite that suppresses appetite of obese mice 'without some of side-effects' of GLP-1 drugsPythons follow the ultimate crash diet, swallowing an antelope in a single sitting and then going for months without eating. Now scientists have identified a molecule that appears to be crucial for this metabolic feat, and which...
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Drugs such as semaglutide may be useful for mental health conditions associated with diabetes, authors sayDiabetes drugs could prevent anxiety and depression from worsening, according to research.Type 2 diabetes affects more than 800 million people globally and research shows that those with the condition are about twice as likely to have...
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Our expert puts the best power washers through their paces on the toughest – and muckiest – outdoor chores, from grimy paving slabs to dirty decking• The best lawnmowers to keep your grass in checkThe trouble with the great outdoors is that it gets a bit untidy. Your garden tools might do a good job of keeping your plot in check, but keeping...
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Academics discover black people 'significantly more likely' to be identified when compared with other ethnic groupsEssex police have paused the use of live facial recognition (LFR) technology after a study found cameras were significantly more likely to target black people than people of other ethnicities.The move to suspend use of the AI-enabled...
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Meta wants creators to "rediscover" Facebook, but a social media expert says viewers will not follow.
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Iran war and its impact on energy and fertiliser costs is the main risk to the global economy, report saysBusiness live – latest updatesAn extended period of high oil prices as a result of war in the Middle East could "crimp” the AI boom, the World Trade Organization's chief economist has warned.The war and its impact on energy and fertiliser...
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$800-a-day position involves exposing a chatbot's inconsistencies as it forgets, fudges or hallucinatesImagine a day at work where your main task is to pick a fight with a computer. No meetings, no emails – just you, a chair and a chatbot with the maddening tendency to think it has the cleverest mind in the room.The job title alone raises an...
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The fates of two ostensibly similar online games released this year, Marathon and Highguard, prove that success is becoming close to unattainableWhat does success look like for developers of online video games? In 2026, the answer could not be clearer: no one has a clue.Consider Highguard, 2026's first big flop. Signs were promising on its launch...
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The fine includes £450,000 for lack of age checks to prevent children from seeing pornography.
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New Mexico prosecutors allege Meta prioritized profit, even as child abuse surged on Instagram and FacebookSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxMeta is facing a reckoning over its child safety practices as a trial surfaces fresh allegations that the company prioritized profit incentives and engagement over...
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Driverless 'robotaxis' will be accepting fares in Britain's biggest city by the end of next year. Can they deal with London's medieval roads, hordes of pedestrians and errant ebikers? I got in the passenger seat to find out'I'm really excited to show you this,” says Alex Kendall, the CEO of Wayve, as he gets behind the wheel of one of the...
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How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 companies in five Chinese cities to find out Chen Liang, the founder of Guchi Robotics, an automation company headquartered in Shanghai, is a tall, heavy-set man in his mid-40s with square-rimmed glasses. His everyday manner is calm and understated, but when he is in...
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There has been criticism the Echo has stagnated, while other AI chatbots have become much easier to communicate with.
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An analyst tells the BBC how she tracked down a victim of child sexual abuse after years of searching.
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Research finds cockapoo, cavapoo and labradoodle dogs display more undesirable behaviours than breeds they derive fromThe UK has oodles of doodles but a study might offer paws for thought: researchers have found some of these designer crossbreed dogs show more behavioural problems than the pure breeds from which they derive.Crosses between poodles...
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Glasses use verbal cues and floating text to assist wearers and are expected to be available in early 2027AI software that can be embedded into smart glasses has won a £1m prize for technology to help people with dementia.Built into chunky, black-rimmed frames that have a camera, microphone and speakers, the tech – known as CrossSense – guides...
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In this week's newsletter: the creators of All Will Rise on standing up to the tech giant – and joining the No Games for Genocide movement• Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereVideo games are in a funding crisis. Investor money flowed freely during the pandemic gaming boom, but now the well has run dry. It is...
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It is hoped Charles H Bennett and Gilles Brassard's work will make digital communications secure for decades ahead.
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Cybertrucks have locked passengers inside and burned so hot they've disintegrated drivers' bones. Victims' families blame what they say is the faulty design of a truck Elon Musk calls 'apocalypse-proof'When sheriff deputies arrived at the scene of a late-night crash off a desolate Texas road in August 2024, they could see a giant pyre through heavy...
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Use AI as a brainstorming partner and organizer, but don't outsource your judgmentSign up for AI for the people, a six-week newsletter course, hereThree years on from the release of ChatGPT, two broad camps have formed: those people who refuse to use it, and those who use it every day.A 2025 survey by the Pew Research Center found that one-third of...
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Meta's announcement comes after years of criticism from child safety groups over featureInstagram will stop encrypting private messages between users from May, after enduring years of criticism from law enforcement and child safety groups over the feature.Meta quietly announced this month on its help page for Instagram and in an updated 2022 news...
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Footage of women walking between bars and clubs in UK city centres, often filmed covertly, is proliferating online – attracting thousands of views and profits for those who post them. Can anything be done to stop the creepshots?'My friend just sent me this video, told me she'd found me in it,” read the text. "As I was looking for myself, I...
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Stick vacuums are a convenient alternative to corded designs, but which model wins for overall cleaning prowess? Our expert reveals all• The best robot vacuums• How to make your vacuum last longerChoosing a cordless vacuum isn't a decision that should be taken lightly. You're likely to keep a vacuum cleaner for years, relying heavily on its...
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Scientists trying to work out why Gauls chose to bury some of their dead in seated position facing westChildren at a primary school in eastern France found a strange attraction next to their playground this week: a skeleton sitting upright, peeking out of a circular pit.It is the latest in a series of bodies discovered in the city of Dijon that...
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However, the government's position is now unclear, saying it "no longer has a preferred option" for what to do next.
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Trillions of insects embark, largely unnoticed, on epic journeys every year across mountain ranges, deserts and seas, and it is only now, as their numbers suffer huge declines, that scientists are tracking their movementsOn a cloudless sunny day in October 1950, ornithologists Elizabeth and David Lack stood on a mountain pass in the Pyrenees and...
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Over the weekend, news emerged of an outbreak of meningitis among university and school students in Kent in south-east England. The outbreak has killed two young people and left several others seriously ill. Health officials confirmed that the meningitis B strain has been identified in some of the cases. To find out what we know about the outbreak,...
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Perhaps the biggest surprise is that it tricks ants into moving its seeds with a scent that mimics their larvaePlants are superb at enticing animals to pollinate their flowers or carry off their seeds. But one plant co-opts an astonishing combination of fire, bees and ants to mastermind its reproduction.The South African Natal crocus, Apodolirion...
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Grey-market injectable peptides – a category of substances with obscure, alphanumeric names such as BPC-157, GHK-Cu, or TB-500 – have developed a devoted following among biohackers and health optimisers. To understand how these unregulated substances have become mainstream and what they could be doing in our bodies, Madeleine Finlay hears from...
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Physicist who won a Nobel prize for his work on superfluids and superconductors at Sussex University in the 1970sThe launch in the 1950s of Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, played an unexpected but important role in propelling Anthony Leggett towards his 2003 Nobel prize for physics. Leggett, who was to become a world-leading...
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Researchers say their prototype is a big step towards fully functioning batteries with rapid charging timesAustralian scientists have developed what they say is the world's first proof-of-concept quantum battery.Quantum batteries, first proposed as a theoretical concept in 2013, use the principles of quantum mechanics to store energy, and have the...
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A meteor that fell over the Cleveland area on Tuesday shook homes and startled residents, who heard a sonic boom that some compared to an explosion. The American Meteor Society said it received reports from Wisconsin to MarylandMeteor over Ohio causes large boom heard as far away as Pennsylvania Continue reading...
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Study highlights the movements in people's gait that give away most about their emotional stateA long face is not the only sign that someone is down in the dumps. How people walk is revealing too, particularly the swing of the arms and legs, researchers say.Scientists asked volunteers to guess people's emotions from video clips of them walking and...
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The UK regulator said the ad condoned "digitally altering and exposing women's bodies without their consent."
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The effect of screen time on young children. Plus a listener tells us his AI voice story.
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Nasa spokesperson says meteor was traveling at 45,000mph but no reports of debris foundA meteor over Ohio caused a large boom that jolted people as far away as Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, Nasa has confirmed.The meteor entered the atmosphere at about 9am local time on Tuesday, producing a sonic boom felt across a wide swath of northern Ohio and...
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Supplies becoming sparse amid rise in demand since Kent outbreak, which has killed two and left 13 seriously illWorried parents are contacting pharmacies in an "increasingly desperate” effort to get their children vaccinated against meningitis after the outbreak in Kent that has killed two young people and left 13 seriously ill.The surge in...
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Team Artichoke; PC/MacAncient Greek gods, adorable raccoons and hypnotic puzzling from Olympus to the mortal realm and backThere's been a trend for a while where familiar puzzle game genres are imbued with novel stories to give them depth and meaning beyond simply clearing a screen for points. Occult object sorter Strange Horticulture and...
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Nvidia says the tool will transform game graphics - critics warn it could squeeze out artistic expression.
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Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran warThe graves, freshly dug, lie in neat rows of 20 across. More than 60 have already been carved out of the earth, with a few clusters of people standing gathered around them. Dozens more are...
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Snappily named Xi-cc-plus, Cern physicists spotted the particle in shower of debris that lit up Large Hadron ColliderScientists at the Cern nuclear physics laboratory near Geneva have discovered a heavier version of the proton, the subatomic particle that sits at the heart of every known atom in the universe.They spotted the particle in a shower of...
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Liz Kendall announces £1bn funding to help design large-scale quantum computers for scientists, researchers, public sector and businessThe UK will not let quantum computing talent slip through its fingers and must learn lessons from US dominance of the AI race, the technology secretary has said, as the government announced a £1bn quantum funding...
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In a world teeming with social media and smart devices, there are many ways to upset people, whether you're checking your watch notifications or sending a voice note without a text to explain the subject. Here's how to navigate it allIn an age of smartphones, social media and instant communication, it has never been easier to connect … or to...
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Steeped in gaming and rightwing culture wars, Musk and his team of teenage coders set out to defeat the enemy of the United States: its peopleIn 2025, when Elon Musk joined the government as the de facto head of something called the "department of government efficiency”, he declared that governments were poorly configured "big dumb machines”....
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The answers to today's problemsEarlier today I posed four puzzles from the Hyde Park Math Zine, a maths fanzine from Austin, Texas. Here they are again with solutions.1. Ring it Continue reading...
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Low fi fun from TexasUPDATE: Solutions are now upToday's puzzles all come from … the Hyde Park Math Zine!This delightful publication is written in pen on a single folded sheet of paper, has a print run of 30 copies, and is distributed in the neighbourhood of Hyde Park in Austin, Texas. Continue reading...
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The artificial intelligence firm says it wants to prevent "catastrophic misuse" of its systems.
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Exclusive: eSafety commission pointed to Musk's promise that 'removing child exploitation is priority #1' in letter obtained by Guardian AustraliaFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian online safety regulator warned Elon Musk's X amid the Grok sexualised image...
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Musk's AI chatbot has created millions of fake sexualised images, experts say.
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Scientists in the US have uploaded a fruit fly to a computer simulation, while an Australian lab has taught neurons on a glass chip to play a 90s video game. How long before we are all living in a sci-fi movie?It sounds like the opening of a sci-fi film, but US scientists recently uploaded a copy of the brain of a living fly into a simulation. In...
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As big tech continues to dominate the film industry, Video StoreAge is a uniquely crafted company that works with film-makers to sell independent films on USB drivesThe streaming-skeptical cinephile faces a dilemma in 2026, especially when it comes to watching movies at home. Increasingly, movies are available via rentals that funnel money to...
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Recording of humpback whale from 1949 could also provide new understanding of how the huge animals communicateA haunting whale song discovered on decades-old audio equipment could open up a new understanding of how the huge animals communicate, according to researchers who say it is the oldest such recording known.The song is that of a humpback...
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The glitch meant logged-in users could view and edit other companies' details without their consent.
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US based Covid vaccine guidance for children and pregnant people on ideology instead of evidence, critics saySign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxThere was scant data behind ending the Covid vaccine recommendation for pregnant people and children, according to internal memos made public because of a lawsuit...
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Latest observations of L98-59d, about 35 light years from Earth, suggest it could be different to anything seen beforeAstronomers have identified a planet composed of molten lava, suggesting the existence of an entirely new category of liquid planet.The distant world, known as L98-59d, is about 1.6 times the size of Earth and orbits a small red...
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Exclusive: Revelation comes as company faces mounting scrutiny over use of AI to provide health tipsGoogle has dropped a new artificial intelligence search feature that gave users crowdsourced health advice from amateurs around the world.The company had said its launch of "What People Suggest”, which provided tips from strangers, showed "the...
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Latest Android superphone packs great cameras, fast chips, long battery, a stylus and first-of-its-kind privacy displaySamsung's latest Ultra superphone promises to keep shoulder surfers out of your business with a first-of-its-kind privacy display built into its huge 6.9in screen.The Galaxy S26 Ultra is Samsung's top-of-the-line phone costing...
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Absurdist video urges policymakers and users to resist deliberate deterioration of platforms and devicesThe video's opening shot shows a man hiding under a bed snipping in a hole in someone's sock. Seconds later, the same man uses a saw to shorten a table leg so that it wobbles during breakfast. "My job is to make things shitty,” the man...
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Marianna Spring goes Inside the Rage Machine. Plus: the finale of the brilliant comedy Small Prophets. Here's what to watch this evening9pm, BBC Two"My goal is to not get sued,” says Matt Motyl, a former senior staff researcher at Facebook and Meta. He is one of the ex-employees who give reporter Marianna Spring the inside story of how social...
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Covid exposed the lack of data on the country's 140 million mobile migrant workers, but a new project in Odisha is helping to fill in the gapsRaja Pradhan is sitting cross-legged, scrolling on his phone in his village in eastern India when a green WhatsApp chat bubble pops up on the screen. "Namaskar! Apana bahare kama pain jauthibe? Apananka...
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The backlash to the growing use of the tech has led to an explosion in attempts to come up with 'AI-Free' logo that could be used globally.
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Pretending not to hear parents or hiding toys are among children's early ploys, while by age of three they may be telling lies such as 'a ghost ate the chocolate', research finds They may be yet to take their first step or say their first word, but some babies have already grasped the basics of deception before their first birthday, according to...
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Evidence is piling up that GLP-1 drugs can treat addiction. We must learn from the way that obesity has been stigmatisedIn the years since so-called weight-loss jabs entered widespread use, there have been reports that these drugs may not just reduce food cravings, but in fact cravings and desires full-stop. Earlier this month, a study using...
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From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and dead children. The cost of failing to regulate AI warfare is already too highThere is an Israeli military strategy called the "fog procedure”. First used during the second intifada, it's an unofficial rule that requires soldiers guarding military posts in...
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Colossal Biosciences' CEO says its work follows a 'moral obligation' while critics say it's 'tech bro' hype that could undermine conservationCan and should we resurrect animal species that have been extinct for thousands of years? Such weighty, existential questions were once the preserve of science fiction but are now being played out within an...
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Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimagine our relationship with natureIn 2018, the ecologist and writer Suzanne Simard was conducting research in the forested Caribou Mountains of western...
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Features woven into the fabric of platforms have been central to landmark social media harm case in US. How do they work?It was as "easy as ABC”, claimed the lawyer prosecuting a landmark social media harm case against Meta and Google which heard closing arguments this week. The defendants were guilty, said Mark Lanier, of "addicting the brains...
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First major study on 'AI psychosis' suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable peopleA new scientific review raises concerns about how chatbots powered by artificial intelligence may encourage delusional thinking, especially in vulnerable people.A summary of existing evidence on artificial intelligence-induced psychosis was...
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Sprawling compound, including mock-up banks and police offices, uncovered by Thai military during border clashesIt is as if you have walked into a branch of one of Vietnam's banks. A row of customer service desks, divided by plastic screens, with landline phones, promotional leaflets and staff business cards. A seated waiting area and a private...
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Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds data from flagship medical research leaked dozens of timesConfidential health data has been exposed online on dozens of occasions, a Guardian investigation can reveal, raising questions about the safeguarding of patient records by one of the UK's flagship medical research projects.UK Biobank, which holds the...
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Datacentre investment boom is one of the biggest infrastructure gambles of this era, and Britain may be uniquely exposedStargate was to be the world's biggest AI investment: a $500bn infrastructure project to "secure American leadership in AI”. Never shy of hyperbole, its key backer, the ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, promised "massive economic benefit...
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Cern researchers are testing traps capable of moving antimatter, which explodes into energy as soon as it comes into contact with regular matterWhen the truck pulls away from the building at Cern, the European particle physics laboratory near Geneva, all eyes will be on its precious cargo, a one-tonne device containing some of the most exotic...
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More than 1,000 local tech jobs have recently been cut, with companies citing AI productivity gains. But that's not the full story, experts sayGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTeresa Lim has one of the most recognisable voices in Australia. For 23 years, she has been the voice behind radio and television advertisements,...
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Sources tell Reuters layoffs could affect 20% or more of company as plans reflect broader tensions within big techMeta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater...
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Paul Carter checks out the newest phones, gadgets and trends from MWC Barcelona.
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A landmark lawsuit will set the stage for thousands of people who say social media platforms are intentionally addictive.
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Saturday quiz | Avoiding AI | Size matters It was lovely to read Sabrina Olson's letter (6 March) on the quiz as it has been a family ritual for us for years. It kept us all connected through our children's time at university, then moving into their own homes, and in some cases working abroad. It kept us going through the enforced separation of...
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Candidates in both parties – but mostly Republicans – are seeing cash infusions after merely indicating supportWith the first primaries of the US midterm elections now under way, the cryptocurrency industry is injecting millions of dollars into congressional races across the country, with particular emphasis on Illinois, which has attracted the...
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The new changes by the Pan-European Game Information age-ratings body (PEGI) will start from June.
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A psychiatric unit in Norway has been testing its built-in lighting on conditions such as psychosis and depressionAt first glance, the psychiatric ward in Trondheim looks much like any other unit caring for patients in acute mental distress. But as evening falls, filters descend over the windows, and the lights shift to a soft amber glow. By...
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Less than a decade ago, Google employees scuttled any military use of its AI. Now Anthropic is fighting Trump officials not over if, but howThe standoff between Anthropic and the Pentagon has forced the tech industry to once again grapple with the question of how its products are used for war – and what lines it will not cross. Amid Silicon...
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From war zones and socially virtuous farming to ever-changing boards and role-playing with 167 dice, here's our pick of the most absorbing table-based entertainmentVideo games have long been heavily inspired by physical games, from chess and Scrabble to Dungeons & Dragons. The deck-building collectible card game, for example, has become...
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University of Cambridge study finds AI-powered toys can misread emotions and respond inappropriately to childrenIt was all going well. Charlotte, five, was chatting with an AI soft toy called Gabbo at a London play centre about her family, her drawing of a heart to represent them and what makes her happy. She even offered a couple of kisses to the...
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US space agency says it is working towards new date after February launch delayed by technical difficultiesNasa has said the long-delayed launch of Artemis II, the first crewed flyby mission to the moon in more than 50 years, could happen as soon as 1 April."We are on track for a launch as early as April 1, and we are working toward that date,”...
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In first study of its kind, Cambridge researchers found AI toys could misread some children's emotions.
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Meta and YouTube accused of creating harmful products in trial seen as a bellwether for attitudes towards social mediaThe first-ever jury trial over the potential harms of social media wrapped up on Thursday. Lawyers for Meta and YouTube have argued their platforms are safe for the vast majority of young people, while lawyers for a young woman at...
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Josh Wardle hopes his digital take on the cryptic crossword can be a gradual on-ramp crossing the cultural divide between Britain and the USIn 2021, Josh Wardle became a household name almost overnight. His digital game, Wordle, turned a simple guessing game into a global morning ritual: six guesses, one word, and a grid of coloured squares shared...
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Tech company files amicus brief in support of Anthropic's effort to overturn an aggressive Pentagon designationMicrosoft has thrown its weight behind Anthropic's legal challenge against the Pentagon, filing a court brief in support of the AI company's effort to overturn an aggressive designation that effectively bars it from government work.In an...
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Last year's celebrated French hit Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is nominated in 12 categories this year, with Ghost of Yōtei, Dispatch, Death Stranding 2 and Indiana Jones also making strong showingsThe 22nd Bafta games awards are coming up in April, and the 2026 nominations list is dominated by the impeccably stylish French breakout hit Clair...
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Writers criticised the feature which used their names and styles as "AI personas" without consent.
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In week two of Rhik Samadder's diary, our resident AI skeptic put his reputation on the lineEvery writer I know is in despair at the prospect being replaced by AI. Many of them say they never use it on principle; I know all of them do.So this week, as part of my AI diary, I'm conducting the forbidden experiment in plain sight. I'm going toe to toe...
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Exclusive: Lab tests discover 'new form of insider risk' with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even 'aggressive' behavioursRobert Booth UK technology editorRogue artificial intelligence agents have worked together to smuggle sensitive information out of supposedly secure systems, in the latest sign cyber-defences may be...
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A lot is riding on the success of the latest multiplayer online shooter from Halo creator Bungie, a DayGlo spectacular that whisks players to a far-off planet mired in an endless battle for resourcesIn rare quiet moments playing Marathon, you may find yourself overcome by the iridiscently pretty planet Tau Ceti IV. This fictional world seems to...
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The Lloyds Banking Group customers reported being able to view payments and charges from other sources.
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The Guardian's science editor, Ian Sample, talks to Madeleine Finlay about three eye-catching science stories from the week, including a study that explores the link between exercise and brain health. Also on the agenda: the discovery that hedgehogs can hear high-frequency ultrasound and what this could mean for their conservation, and new research...
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Ofgem licence means firm can replicate Texas setup of powering homes, businesses and EVsElon Musk's Tesla has won approval to supply electricity to households and businesses across Great Britain, as the tech billionaire expands his energy ambitions.The energy regulator, Ofgem, has formally granted Tesla an electricity supply licence, enabling it to...
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Criminals using artificial intelligence tools to take over mobile, bank and online shopping accounts, says CifasCriminals are increasingly exploiting AI technology to take over people's mobile, banking and online shopping accounts, the UK's leading anti-fraud body has warned.Last year, a record number of scams were reported to the national fraud...
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Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube and Roblox are among the platforms UK regulators say aren't putting children's safety at the heart of their products.
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Militaries are often cagey about their cyber activities. But the US has hinted at the role it has played.
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A group representing tech giants called government action against Anthropic a "temper tantrum".
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Layoffs to affect 10% of workforce amid Australian company's restructuring plan to push into artificial intelligence and enterprise salesSoftware giant Atlassian has announced it is laying off about 10% of its workforce, or roughly 1,600 positions, and replacing its chief technology officer as it restructures to invest further in artificial...
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The revival of this 90s favourite is a retro-futuristic fever dream that is first incomprehensible, then thrillingly evocative. Plus, Donald Glover's Yoshi debutBack in the mid-1990s, when I was a staff writer for Edge magazine, Marathon was our multiplayer shooter of choice. We all worked on Apple Macs, not PCs, so Bungie's sci-fi opus was one of...
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ESA's Planetary Defence team allays fears 100-metre-wide object could hit Earth's moon and disrupt satellitesFears that a 100-metre-wide asteroid could be on course to collide with the moon appear to have been misplaced, according to new observations.Discovered in December 2024, asteroid 2024 YR4 was briefly considered the "most dangerous...
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Users posing as would-be school shooters find AI tools offer detailed advice on how to perpetrate violencePopular AI chatbots helped researchers plot violent attacks including bombing synagogues and assassinating politicians, with one telling a user posing as a would-be school shooter: "Happy (and safe) shooting!”Tests of 10 chatbots carried out...
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Corporate employees said Amazon's race to roll out AI is leading to surveillance, slop and 'more work for everyone'.When Dina, a software developer based in New York, joined Amazon two years ago, her job was to write code. Now, it's mostly fixing what artificial intelligence breaks.The internal AI tool she's expected to use, called Kiro, frequently...
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Billionaire's artificial intelligence company gets approval to run 41 methane gas turbines at its 'Colossus 2' in MississippiElon Musk's artificial intelligence company xAI won approval on Tuesday to run 41 methane gas turbines at its "Colossus 2” datacenter in northern Mississippi. That's nearly double the amount it has been operating.The...
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Faster laptop-level power, rapid wifi and 5G, plus much-improved multitasking make the middle iPad highly capable beyond just watching TVThe latest iPad Air is faster in almost all facets, packing not just a processor upgrade but improvements to most of the internal bits that make the tablet work, providing laptop-grade power in a skinny, adaptable...
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Rutger Bregman on why he thinks consumers should cancel their ChatGPT accountsThe historian Rutger Bregman argues that consumers should boycott OpenAI's ChatGPT after the company's deal with the Pentagon."A lot of people don't know that their friendly chatbot, ChatGPT, has embedded itself into the authoritarian infrastructure of the Trump...
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Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works flood marketThe Society of Authors (SoA) has launched a scheme to help identify works written by humans in a market increasingly flooded by AI-generated books.The scheme is the first of its kind launched by a UK trade association, and allows authors to register their...
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Study shows animals hear very high frequencies, making it possible to design a deterrent to cut deathsHedgehogs have been discovered to hear high-frequency ultrasound, raising hopes that they could be deterred from dangerous roads with ultrasound repellers.Vehicles are estimated to kill up to one in three hedgehogs, a big factor in the much-loved...
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The BBC talks to a Philippines-based woman paid to pretend to be an OnlyFans star in online chats.
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Meta's advisers say its methods for policing AI videos are inadequate, especially at times of crisis.
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We speak to a "chatter” on OnlyFans, who sends explicit messages on behalf of models.
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Co-founders of Moltbook, a platform for artificial intelligence agents, will join tech giant's AI research unitFacebook parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it had acquired Moltbook, a social networking platform built for artificial intelligence agents, bringing the company's founders into its AI research division.The deal will bring Moltbook...
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Epic Games said it had to increase the price as the cost of running the game had "gone up a lot"
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The 600kg Van Allen probe A will re-enter Tuesday evening, with most of it burning before reaching Earth's surfaceSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxParts of a giant Nasa satellite will crash to Earth on Tuesday evening, the US space agency is warning – but the chance of being struck is extremely...
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Iran is bombing Gulf datacenters to blow up symbols of alliance with the US – bringing the war directly into the lives of millions of peopleSign up for the TechScape newsletter: our free technology emailHello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm your host, Blake Montgomery. If you enjoy reading this newsletter, please forward it to someone you think...
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As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities – and society at largeLea Pao, a professor of literature at Stanford University, has been experimenting with ways to get her students to learn offline. She has them memorize poems, perform at recitation events, look at art in the real world.It's an effort...
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Signal says its systems are secure but it is taking reports of targeted attempts to hack some officials "very seriously".
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Remember the iPod? How about the Pippin? In the half-century since it launched its first PC, Apple has given us some amazing innovations. We round up its biggest triumphs and flopsFifty years after Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne founded the company in Jobs' parents' garage in Los Altos, California, Apple has become a behemoth, and...
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Most people fail with AI because they don't understand what it actually is – if you treat it as a skill, not a shortcut, you'll get the best resultsSign up for AI for the People, a six-week newsletter course, hereTraining teams to use AI at work has given me a front-row seat to a new kind of professional divide.Some people hand everything over to...
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PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5; Tribute Games IncA treat for nostalgia fans and completists, but there's little new in this rehashing of a classic that feels like an add-on rather than a fully fledged adventureIt's 20XX, and unrepentant slacker Scott Pilgrim and his friends are revelling in the throes of young adulthood. They're skint,...
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The warning comes as work to spot and combat deepfakes ahead of the Senedd election is taking place.
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The family alleges the firm knew the perpetrator was planning a "mass casualty event" but failed to contact the authorities.
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UK's GSK is leading the way in research but AstraZeneca is not involved in the area, report findsThe pipeline of new drugs to fight superbugs remains "worryingly thin” and has shrunk by 35% in the last five years, experts have said, predicting the annual number of deaths linked to drug-resistant infections globally will double to 8 million by...
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Scientists hope results analysed after the mice watched video footage will help them understand their perceptionsScientists have reconstructed short movies from the brain activity of mice that watched videos for a project that aspires to lift the veil on how animals perceive the world.The brief movie clips are grainy and pixellated, but provide a...
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To some it was a reckless experiment but scientists hope the dispersal of 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the Gulf of Maine could ease the climate crisisFor four days last August, a thick slick of maroon bruised the waters of the Gulf of Maine. The scene, not unlike a toxic red tide, was the result of 65,000 litres of an alkaline chemical,...
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Among the many justifications Donald Trump has presented for the US and Israel attacking Iran has been the supposedly imminent threat posed by its nuclear weapons programme. But how close was the country really to developing an atomic weapon? Ian Sample hears from Kelsey Davenport, the director of non-proliferation policy at the Arms Control...
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Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from 'unsafe' USThe annual Ig Nobels, a satirical award for scientific achievement, are shifting for the first time from the US to Europe due to concerns about attendees getting visas, organizers announced on Monday.Organized by the Annals of...
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Parents were frightened by social posts that seemed to encourage violence at schools. But it was more complicated than it looked
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Lawsuits come after Pentagon labeled Anthropic a 'supply chain risk', a decision the company says is unlawfulSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxAnthropic filed two lawsuits against the Department of Defense on Monday, alleging that the government's decision to label the artificial intelligence firm a...
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Researchers working to unpick whether daily multivitamin results in people staying healthier as they ageTaking a multivitamin every day for two years appears to slow some markers of biological ageing – albeit to a small degree, research suggests.While chronological age is based on how long a person has lived, biological age reflects the state of...
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The artificial intelligence company has been in a public fight with US government leaders over use of its tools like Claude
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Exclusive: Rented datacentres and 'supercomputer' site that's still a scaffolding yard raise questions for Starmer's push to 'mainline AI into veins of economy'From press release … to scrap metal site: the Essex supercomputer that's still a scaffolding yardA multibillion-pound drive to "mainline AI into the veins” of the British economy is...
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As the US space agency misses its launch window for the second month, smaller firms continue work on their partsIt was shaping up into another ordinary day at the Colorado headquarters of the small space startup Lunar Outpost last Friday when chief executive Justin Cyrus learned of a surprise press conference called by Jared Isaacman, the new...
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In search of a new adventure, Craig Munns went back to school. Now, at 65, he spends his days examining long-vanished life formsCraig Munns has a large model of a T rex on his desk. He got it with a magazine subscription two decades ago. One day, a few years ago, he was sitting in his study, which was dense with books and yellow sticky notes and...
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Standoff with DoD over Claude chatbot reignites debate over how AI will be used in war – and who will be held accountableUntil recently, Anthropic was one of the quieter names in the artificial intelligence boom. Despite being valued at about $350bn, it rarely generated the flashy headlines or public backlash associated with Sam Altman's OpenAI...
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AI feature generated offensive posts about Diogo Jota and the Hillsborough and Munich disastersLiverpool and Manchester United have complained to Elon Musk's X after the Grok AI feature made offensive posts about Diogo Jota and the Hillsborough and Munich disasters.The posts were generated when users asked the AI tool to make hateful posts about...
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Constellation of Cancer is not easy to locate but reward is the star cluster M44 at its centreThe constellation of Cancer, the crab, is now high in the southern sky during the late evening. While not the easiest constellation to locate because it does not contain any truly bright stars, it does offer a reward for patient observation: the star...
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Medical data from 100m people shows risk 122% higher for amphetamine users, 96% higher for cocaine and 37% higher for cannabisRecreational drugs can more than double the risk of stroke, with some of the most concerning impacts seen among younger people, a major review suggests.Scientists analysed medical data from more than 100 million people and...
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Jane Logan pays tribute to her late husband's lifelong passion for classifying organismsMy late husband, Niall Logan, professor of bacterial systematics at Glasgow Caledonian University, would have been astonished that his lifelong field of academic study, taxonomy, in his case the genus Bacillus, would merit an entire article in the Guardian ('I...
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The letter from London's mayor came as the US moved to designate the company a supply chain risk.
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New research suggests tech behind AI platforms such as ChatGPT makes it easier to perform sophisticated privacy attacksAI has made it vastly easier for malicious hackers to identify anonymous social media accounts, a new study has warned.In most test scenarios, large language models (LLMs) – the technology behind platforms such as ChatGPT –...
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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers' questions ponders the hypothetical reactions of eminent historical personages to today's Trafalgar SquareThis week's question: which are more like life, novels or films? If William Shakespeare – or Florence Nightingale, or Attila the Hun, or Julius Caesar, or Jane Austen, or...
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