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Richard Dawkins concludes AI is conscious, even if it doesn’t know it19:13 Chats with AI bots have convinced evolutionary biologist but most experts say he is being misled by mimicry When Richard Dawkins met Claudia it was like a whirlwind romance. Over three days last week, a conversation bounced between the evolutionary biologist and the AI bot he called Claudia. “She” wrote poems for him in the manner of Keats and Betjeman and laughed at his “delightful” jokes. Dawki… Protesters push Portland to investigate firm that appears to supply drone tech to Israel19:13 Sightline Intelligence sent AI-supported tool to company that provides drones to Israeli military, research group says Anti-war activists in Portland , Oregon , are pushing city authorities to ensure no local resources, tax breaks or investments support a local company that appears to be supplying artificial intelligence software to the Israeli military. The company, Sightline Intelligence, manuf… An AI version of Milton’s Paradise Lost is fundamentally unworthy of one of the great works of art11:43 Pulp Fiction co-writer Roger Avary wants to bring the epic poem to the big screen using the power of artificial intelligence. It can’t be any good The thing about unfilmable works of literature is that most of them eventually turn out to be quite filmable after all. The Lord of the Rings was a bit of a mess when shot in rotoscope on a minuscule budget by the guy who filmed Fritz the Cat; it won O… Google DeepMind workers in UK vote to unionize amid deal with US military9:33 Exclusive: Worker pointed to Iran war and Pentagon’s Anthropic feud as indications the department is ‘not a responsible partner’ Workers developing Google ’s artificial intelligence products in the UK have voted to unionize, in part out of concerns about a deal between the company and the US military that was announced last week. In a letter slated to go to management on Tuesday and shared exclusively with the Guardian, workers at Google DeepMind , the company’s AI research laboratory, requeste… AI platforms reference Nigel Farage more than other leaders when prompted on UK politics, study shows9:33 Reform UK is ‘doing something right when it comes to visibility’ on multiple AI systems, say researchers AI platforms are more likely to reference Nigel Farage than any other UK leader when prompted about British politics, according to an AI search analytics firm. “We are confident in saying that Reform are showing up significantly more than you would expect,” said Malte Landwehr, an expert at Peec AI, the firm that did the research. “So they’re doing something right when it comes to LLM [ larg… Elon Musk settles SEC lawsuit over Twitter purchase and agrees to pay $1.5m fine9:33 Musk won’t have to give up any money he allegedly saved from delaying disclosure of initial purchase of Twitter stock Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email Elon Musk settled the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s civil lawsuit accusing the world’s richest person of waiting too long in 2022 to disclose his initial purchases of stock in Twitter, now known as X. A trust in Musk’s na… GameStop shares fall 10% after CEO skirts questions over eBay acquisition details9:33 Ryan Cohen said he didn’t understand questions about how the video games retailer could afford its $55.5bn bid Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email GameStop ’s shares fell more than 10% on Monday as questions emerged about how the company would finance its surprise $55.5bn bid for eBay . In an interview with CNBC , Ryan Cohen, GameStop’s CEO, skirted repeated inquiries about how the video games retailer could afford the deal, saying he didn’t understand the questions. Continue read… Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition system struggle to clear their names23:59 People shamed and ordered to leave shops after being misidentified then ‘given no help’ to investigate verdicts AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? When Ian Clayton, a retired health and safety professional from Chester, popped into Home Bargains one February lunchtime, he was sudden… Vine video-sharing app is back – and battling AI slop4.května Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey is backing new version of app called Divine, where content must be made by a human As a pioneer of the short-form video format, Vine has been credited as one of the most influential – if short-lived – social media platforms. The app, which allowed users to record a looping six seconds of video, boomed in popularity after its launch in 2013, spawning a plethora of vi… GameStop makes $55.5bn takeover offer for eBay4.května Video game retailer’s CEO warns that unsolicited bid could turn hostile if it is rebuffed by resale site’s board US video games retailer GameStop has offered to buy eBay for $55.5bn (£41bn) in an unsolicited bid that its boss warned could turn hostile if the proposal is rebuffed by eBay’s board. GameStop, which has quietly accumulated a 5% stake in eBay, said it was willing to pay $125 a share, s… The rise of cosy gaming: is this the closest many young people will get to home ownership?4.května More than a quarter of 20- to 34-year-olds still live with their parents. No wonder they are escaping into virtual properties that they can decorate and furnish as they like Name: Cosy gaming. Age: Has its origins in social simulation games such as Harvest Moon (1996) and The Sims (2000). Continue reading... AI facial recognition oversight lagging far behind technology, watchdogs warn4.května Exclusive: Biometrics commissioners say face-scanning not as effective as claimed and new laws needed to regulate use How does live facial recognition work and how many police forces use it? Guilty until proven innocent: shoppers falsely identified by facial recognition Britain’s biometrics watchdogs have warned that national oversight of AI-powered face scanning to catch criminals is lagging far… I touched a ZX Spectrum for the first time in decades – and I liked it | Dominik Diamond1.května Meeting ‘my people’ – video gamers with very long memories – took me back to an era of machine play that lacked megabytes but had far more tangible presence I want to tell you about the game that has made me the happiest this month. It’s a game I didn’t complete. It’s a game I didn’t even start. I just held it. And smiled. I have played the game before, but not for many years. Forty of them to be… ‘You can be any Bond you want’: the inside story of 007 First Light30.dubna Hitman developer IO Interactive’s pluralistic take on the British secret agent – his first video-game outing in almost 15 years – promises a Bond for all eras. Here’s what you need to know If you want to tell the tale of a young James Bond, you first need to pick which James Bond he’s going to grow into. This was the task handed to Hitman developer IO Interactive, the studio taking digital custod… Galaxy S26 review: Samsung’s still-compact flagship Android30.dubna Small top-tier Android is great to use, being fast, AI-loaded and with reasonable battery life, but falls short of rivals on camera Samsung’s compact flagship phone hasn’t changed much in a year, but the S26 is still one of the best smaller handsets available as rivals grow larger and larger. The S26 is the cheapest and smallest of this year’s top Samsungs, dwarfed by the top-of-the-line S26 Ultr… |
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