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Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality work Employers around the globe are grappling with the fallout from rushing to adopt fast-changing artificial intelligence tools. Meta has scaled back plans to axe staff and use more AI agents after the company found employees were spending more and more time cleaning up technical and security errors, Reuters reported . …

Exclusive: Gambling firm working with AFL ‘on the evolving use of AI in our content’ as it deletes video depicting Lachie Neale saying ‘I want to thank me for believing in me’ Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The AFL has told its official gambling partner, Sportsbet, to stop featuring its high-profile athletes in AI-generated social media content without their permissi…

The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their ‘inevitability doctrine’. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is rising Of all the drivers of the populist wave, one of the most powerful is the sense of inevitability that surrounds what we are told is the march of progress. In presenting the future as a fait accompli, it poisons the civic well b…

Pioneering computer scientist on why Trump is using ‘superintelligence’ wrong, whether AI could wipe out humanity – and how our biggest challenge will be accepting we’re not the only intelligent beings Donald Trump is a “corrupt, senile felon” whose fixation on the term superintelligence proves he knows nothing about AI , said Geoffrey Hinton , “godfather” of the technology, in a wide-ranging int…

Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going – often in defiance of companies’ terms and services Death has always been around Alaina Winters. Her father and sister both have passed away, as did her wife, in 2023, after a years-long battle with cancer. So Winters, who is 59 and lives in Pittsburgh, is comfortable thinking about her own mortality. She’s working on…

Asian markets fall and Samsung shares tumble after its Chinese rival CXMT claims strong progress Business live – latest updates Shares in semiconductor companies fell on Tuesday after the boss of Broadcom compared many AI investors to “casino” gamblers, and the Chinese memory chip maker CXMT said it had made good progress on a new chip architecture. South Korea’s benchmark Kospi index tumbled 6.2…

Amid worries about children’s relationship to tech, the solution is often spending more time talking openly with each other We have become obsessed with the idea that screens are destroying human connection. The evidence seems to be everywhere. Each week headlines warn of teenagers addicted to phones , a loneliness epidemic and the dangers of AI . The release of The Social Reckoning has leads us …

Evil Empire/Konami; PC, PS5, Switch, Xbox There are buzzsaws and blood pits, bats burst into blood and demons burn to cinders. The series’ new emphasis on twitch-based action may annoy purists but you can’t call it dull A gorgeously gothic Paris swarming with demons should be a perfect setting for Konami’s long-running vampiric adventure series. Unfortunately, while the sights and sounds of this …

A cyber-attack caused refrigeration temperatures to soar to 50C overnight on Monday across several hundred French supermarkets, with widespread food losses reported. At Intermarché La Haye, the attack caused fridge temperatures to reach 27C (80F), spoiling fresh and frozen food, according to store director Julien Freret. 'Today, we have a total loss of fresh and frozen,' Freret said, apologising …

High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacks IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’ The threat of an AI share price crash rippling out across global markets is putting world financial stability at risk, the International Monetary fund has warned. In its twice-yearly Global Financial Stability Report, th…

Upgraded, cheaper AirPods have noise cancelling, sound and controls to rival many plugged-in buds but without tips Apple’s latest AirPods set a new standard for open-fit buds with upgraded noise cancelling that now rivals many plugged-in designs of the same price. The AirPods 5 have the same design the popular AirPods 4 offering an option for those that do not like silicone ear tips used by most …

World Economic Outlook says states’ oil stocks are low and budgets are overstretched, as it upgrades UK GDP growth forecast for 2026 Developing nations face triple shock, UN warns The global economy “could soon test the limits of resilience”, as emergency oil stocks run low and government budgets become overstretched, the International Monetary Fund has warned. In its twice-yearly World Economic …

As streamers poach viral creators to appeal to children, digital whack-a-mole has become a new kind of family challenge Exasperated dad Simon Hooper shakes his fist at the camera in a viral video . “We managed to get rid of YouTube in our household six months ago and the kids are finally OK with it,” he says – but Netflix is “now commissioning YouTubers to make their brain rot and putting it back…

Whether it’s a super-glowy serum or a cult gardening tool, here are our writers’ favourite buys from the past year • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The Filter is turning two! To celebrate, we asked our contributors for their favourite products from the past year, and rounded up the team’s picks too. From handbag-sized umbrellas and stylish yet practical wellies to read…

Just 19% of the online encyclopedia’s biographies are of women. Is this because it’s edited by ‘mostly white, middle-aged, European men’, as the comedian claims? Name: Wikipedia. Age: 25. Continue reading...