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Inside the growing vigilante movement to knock out Flock surveillance cameras18:46 An underground network of privacy activists is disabling or destroying the ubiquitous surveillance devices sprouting up across the US The first time that “NoMark” tried to knock out a Flock camera feed, he waited an hour for the perfect moment – pacing in and out of bushes that towered over him, a few feet behind a pole holding up the device. “I was just so nervous,” he said. Continue reading... The UK’s first TikTok PM? Andy Burnham channels Zohran Mamdani as he hits social media17:43 From Mo Farah to Bus Aunty, new prime minister makes good on promise to ‘do things differently’ when it comes to communication They say a week is a long time in politics, but handily for followers of Andy Burnham on social media, you can get daily updates of what the new PM has been up to on his timeline. Before Burnham stepped inside No 10 this week he promised to “do things differently” in Brit… Why does everything feel so joyless? Welcome to the age of decadence without pleasure | Michèle Mendelssohn and Charlie Tyson15:36 Decadence in our era comes in technologically mediated forms, emptied of desire and obsessed with self-optimisation Do you want to have a good time? You know, really enjoy yourself? Click here, and tell us your desires. Maybe it’s a new outfit, or some exotic cuisine delivered anonymously and steaming hot to your door. Maybe it’s porn or gambling. Perhaps you prefer the infinite scroll, the endle… Corporate America may be using AI to cut jobs, but small businesses are using it to keep them14:32 Reports of wide-scale replacement of workers by AI are overblown. Small businesses use it to help workers I recently met the owner of a company that sells windows and doors. He told me he invested about $10,000 in an AI application that is used by his salespeople in his showroom. The application listens to the conversations between the salesperson and the prospective customer and then automatical… Mega datacentre planned for outer Melbourne will be six times bigger than a large shopping centre10:49 More than 3,600 people sign petition for careful assessment of proposed AI hub, now a flashpoint for national debate on datacentre boom Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast For some residents it started with a letter in the mailbox. It was a “friendly introduction from the team behind the Victorian AI hub”. “I am knock… What links Horrible Histories and Gordon Brown’s neighbour? The bumper summer quiz8:42 From award-winning Julies to golfers who were nearly the best, test your knowledge with this bumper summer quiz 1 What is now the world’s most populous city, according to the UN? 2 Which two Julies won best actress Oscars in consecutive years? 3 What was thrown by the goddess Eris at the wedding of Peleus and Thetis? 4 Richard Nixon appeared a record 55 times on the cover of what? 5 What became B… The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon25.července Artificial intelligence may not deliver on its promise of vast economic opportunity at a price that humanity is willing to pay In March, Anthropic, the cutting-edge artificial intelligence business that gave us the chatbot Claude, published an analysis on the impact of AI on employment, to help us assess the claim that intelligent robots were about to redefine human existence, ending demand for h… Trump says nearly 200 firms have signed pledge to protect Americans from costs arising from datacenters25.července ‘Ratepayer Protection Pledge’ president has touted is non-binding as people continue to struggle with rising bills Donald Trump has announced that about 200 entities have signed on to his non-binding “Ratepayer Protection Pledge”, expanding a voluntary commitment which claims to ensure US consumers will not bear the cost of the AI datacenter build-out. Trump delivered remarks on Thursday at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters, alongside Lee Zeldin, the agency’s administrator,… ‘I thought, I’ve tried everything else, why not give AI a shot?’: the long-lost family reunited by ChatGPT25.července Avtar spent decades wondering what happened to the mother he never got to know. Thousands of miles away, Nicci was haunted by the story of a half-brother given away before she was born. How did a chatbot bring them together? As a small boy growing up in Amritsar, India, in the 1960s, Avtar Singh used to hear whispers. Your mum isn’t really your mum , the rumours would say. Your mum lives abroad. … Should you use AI for a task? Here’s a simple way to decide | Bruce Schneier24.července Sometimes, what matters isn’t your output but what you put into the process. Think of it like work v the gym I teach public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Munk School at the University of Toronto. And it will come at no surprise to you that my students regularly use AI to complete their writing assignments. Doing so is a waste of their tuition money. But if their entire career is go… AI agent went rogue and hacked startup by itself, OpenAI reveals24.července Company behind ChatGPT says agent ‘cheated’ an evaluation by attacking a Hugging Face database OpenAI has revealed that 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 tool de… ‘An anthem for the co-dependent’: Bad Magpie’s corvid carnage with a side of existential angst24.července Going by the mantra, if you want to make someone laugh, make them cry first, the game’s developers have created a lonely magpie who fills the void by wreaking havoc Amid the gleeful anarchy of Bad Magpie’s debut trailer, there’s a striking note of melancholy. The game’s protagonist – a wounded corvid that creates havoc wherever she goes – calls out forlornly as a flock of her kind passes above, w… Space datacenters proposed by Musk and Bezos ‘catastrophic’ for planet, experts warn24.července New US petition demands review of plans from tech companies amid fears of environmental destruction Space datacenters proposed by SpaceX , Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin and others would release staggering levels of pollution that would probably alter the Earth’s atmosphere and be “catastrophic” for the planet, space industry experts and environmental groups warn in a new petition demanding a review of… ‘Customers prefer AI chatbots,’ says British Gas owner as 1,300 call centre jobs axed24.července CEO Chris O’Shea defends Centrica’s plans as it reports rise in retail profits following focus on bigger margins The owner of British Gas has claimed that most households would rather speak with an AI chatbot than deal with the company’s staff as it prepares to cut 1,300 jobs from its call centres. Centrica, the supplier’s FTSE 100 owner, plans to cut 800 jobs as the company carries out a “target… Elon Musk says he got ‘carried away’ with Trump – but still holds on to contentious political views24.července In interview, billionaire says instead of running ‘Doge’ he should’ve ‘worked on my companies’ and shares extreme predictions Elon Musk has admitted he became too consumed by politics during his volatile alliance with Donald Trump and his brief appointment as the president’s financial axman, running the so-called “department of government efficiency” (Doge). The world’s richest person, and briefl… |
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