As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI’s energy and data use. As online users create Barbie-like dolls of themselves, experts urge caution over AI’s energy and data use. BBC News
Claim follows Mr Musk’s own lawsuit earlier this year against OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Claim follows Mr Musk’s own lawsuit earlier this year against OpenAI’s Sam Altman. BBC News
The governing ideology of the far right has become a monstrous, supremacist survivalism. Our task is to build a movement strong enough to stop them The movement for corporate city states cannot believe its good luck. For years, it has been pushing the extreme notion that wealthy, tax-averse people should up and start their own…
Amir Makled says immigration officials questioned him about his phone’s contents. Experts warn fourth amendment rights have been weakened at the border Amir Makled thought he was being racially profiled. A Lebanese American who was born and raised in Detroit, the attorney was returning home from a family vacation in the Dominican Republic when he…
This story from Charlie Brooker’s dystopian series is set at PC Zone magazine and thrillingly close to true events at one dingy London office in the 90s Out of all the episodes in the excellent seventh season of Black Mirror, it’s Plaything that sticks out to me and I suspect to anyone else who played…
People tell how their children have been negatively affected by the gaming platform or have come to serious harm Risks to children playing Roblox ‘deeply disturbing’, say researchers David, a 46-year-old father from Calgary, Canada, initially did not see a problem when his 10-year-old son started to play on Roblox, the platform of user-generated games…
The digital, disc-free edition of Sony’s console has increased by roughly £70 since it first went on sale. The digital, disc-free edition of Sony’s console has increased by roughly £70 since it first went on sale. BBC News
From virtual ‘wives’ to mental health support, more than 100m people are using personified chatbots Men who have virtual “wives” and neurodiverse people using chatbots to help them navigate relationships are among a growing range of ways in which artificial intelligence is transforming human connection and intimacy. Dozens of readers shared their experiences of using…
Helsinki wants to become a top European start-up hub, but can it challenge London and Stockholm? Helsinki wants to become a top European start-up hub, but can it challenge London and Stockholm? BBC News
America is trying to create a chip industry through isolation and protectionism, when what allowed it to emerge in Asia is the opposite: collaboration. America is trying to create a chip industry through isolation and protectionism, when what allowed it to emerge in Asia is the opposite: collaboration. BBC News
