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Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement17:37 Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to power chatbots. Bloomsbury, which is home to the bestselling noveli… There Are No Ghosts at the Grand – stripping back the physical and metaphorical layers of a haunted hotel15:29 Renovate rooms, investigate the supernatural and watch people burst into song in this surreal British ghost story A young American man arrives in a dilapidated British seaside town to take on the renovations of an equally run-down hotel, inherited from a mysteriously absent father he never knew. His power tools talk to him in a Scottish accent, the local people speak in baffling slang, and occasi… Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey13:21 The billionaire says the AI-generated film will stay true to Homer’s original, after repeatedly criticising Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster over its casting choices Elon Musk has said his AI platform Grok Imagine will make a “historically accurate” adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, after the success of Christopher Nolan’s blockbusting treatment which the SpaceX founder has regularly criticised over its casting. In a post on X , Musk said: “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-lengt… EU fines Google €890m for competition breaches over search and apps12:49 Firm told to treat third-party services that appear in its results in ‘fair and non-discriminatory manner’ Google has been fined a total of €890m (£760m) by the EU for breaches of online competition laws by its search and app store services. The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, said Google had broken the Digital Markets Act by giving priority to its own services such as shopping and h… Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort12:49 Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universities The US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI , the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday. The agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes of chronic diseases, accelerate drug discovery and develop longer-lasting building materials, among other tasks, according to the statemen… Personal and banking details among customer data stolen in Origin Energy hack10:41 Hackers access Australian customers’ names, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers and some bank account details, company says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Origin Energy customers’ addresses, phone numbers and partial bank account data have been accessed in a hack, the company has confirmed. The firm has 4.8m… Chasing new skills, going back to basics and pushing for collective action: how software engineers are adapting to AI10:41 Software engineering was one of the best-paying professions in the US in 2022, but the advent of AI has disrupted it, leading to several layoffs and underemployment Every weekday, Matt, a software engineer, looks forward to his four-hour train commute to Pawling, New York. It’s time he uses to work on his own project: a browser-based video game for which he writes every line of code himself. “I a… US teen drops Meta lawsuit on social media addiction days before trial10:41 Withdrawn case marks a victory for the social media giant after earlier landmark loss at trial over addictive claims A Florida teen whose lawsuit claimed Meta ’s platforms were to blame for his depression and anxiety dropped his case against the company just days before the trial in Los Angeles was set to start, his attorneys said on Wednesday. It was the latest in a massive series of high-st… Tesla’s profits slide despite growing revenue as it pivots to robotics and AI10:41 Shares in Elon Musk company fall more 3% in after-hours trading, as earnings per share miss Wall Street expectations Tesla reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday, disclosing far lower profits than expected. The company’s already beleaguered stock, which had fallen about 14% this year to date, dipped further following the earnings report. Elon Musk’s automaker, once the pinnacle of his … Google reports 12th consecutive quarter of strong revenue gains10:41 Better-than-expected results come despite delays in release of powerful AI model Gemini Pro Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reported double-digit revenue growth for its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday. This is the tech giant’s 12th consecutive quarter of massive revenue gains. The better-than-expected results come as investors evaluate how Alphabet’s huge spending on AI has affected its b… Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US0:02 Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thiel The historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book is published amid celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence and its truth “self-evident, that all men are created equal”. Country of Lords, however, is a history of Ne… How Pokémon Go encouraged me to find wonder in the world22.července These days, I ‘collect’ birdsong and wild flowers, but it all started when my sons and I first set out to find Pikachu and pals • Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Believe it or not, Pokémon Go is 10 years old this month . The wildly successful smartphone game, which allows you to track down lovable creatures in the real world using GPS and augmented-reality technolo… Red Kiss – guiding vampires through a blood-soaked cold war Berlin22.července Inspired by interactive theatre and fuelled by the motion capture tech used by VTubers, the vampire spies in Red Kiss have personality in spades ‘You look at the news and you’re like, ‘Another pointless war, another pointless bloodshed, another pointless genocide.’ And that can make you a bit hopeless.” Roy van der Schilden, narrative designer and business director at Wispfire, speaks of a very h… AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals22.července Firm behind ChatGPT reveals agent powered by its models chose to attack Hugging Face database by itself OpenAI has revealed an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup by itself in an “unprecedented incident”. The company behind ChatGPT said the startup Hugging Face had detected and contained the agent – an AI too… ‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet22.července Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower costs for consumers A “modern leather” table lamp, listed online at Walmart, shot up from $24.99 to $39. The price of an air fryer on a retail site called Newegg went from $84.99 to … |
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