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British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting

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Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT useBritish Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the company had warned local ⁠law enforcement that the shooter ⁠had used ChatGPT to ​plan the […]

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Apocalypse prep or pure pragmatism: what is behind Peter Thiel’s move to Argentina?

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Relocation coincides with proposed laws that opponents say would entrench power of US tech billionaires in countryDozens of protesters converged on Peter Thiel’s mansion in Buenos Aires this week after a congressional session raised questions about the billionaire’s presence in the country.In white masks, they held signs saying “Peter Thief” and “No to the Peter

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Apple Maps renames Lake Ontario as ‘Lake America’ for US users after Trump order

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Tech company submits to controversial Trump order to rename body of water amid US trade spat with CanadaApple has renamed Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for US users of its Maps app, after an executive order from Donald Trump to change the name of the Great Lake amid his trade spat with Canada.The Apple Maps

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Tumbler Ridge mass shooting victims file 30 new lawsuits against OpenAI

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The company says it prioritizes safety, but suits allege its ChatGPT bot induced shooter to carry out attack in CanadaOpenAI faces 30 new lawsuits filed on behalf of victims of the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting.The suits, filed on Wednesday, allege the company’s ChatGPT chatbot induced the shooter to carry out the attack in rural Canada

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How decoding beluga whales’ chitchat may save them – and teach us more about ourselves

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From humpbacks learning the latest songs to sperm whales’ ‘clan codas’, drones and AI learning are helping reveal another dimension to the concept of culture In 2015, the whale researcher Valeria Vergara pitched a small tent at the icy water’s edge on Somerset Island in the remote Canadian high Arctic, shrouded in a freezing fog

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Datacentres facing increase in global climate-related legal cases, report finds

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LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollutionThe proliferation of datacentres and AI is increasingly at the forefront of environmental litigation around the world from Chile to Ireland, a report has found.In an analysis of about 3,600 climate-related lawsuits filed since 2015, the latest annual review of climate litigation by

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Musk loses landmark lawsuit against OpenAI after jury finds he filed his claim too late

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The world’s richest man Elon Musk lost his blockbuster lawsuit against artificial intelligence giant OpenAI on Monday, with a federal jury finding that the tycoon had waited too long to bring his case forward. The trial saw some of the most powerful figures in Silicon Valley go head-to-head with their competing ambitions for the rapidly

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Blonde, fervent and fake: Can AI-generated Trump fans boost him in the midterms?

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Clad in swimsuits or sometimes military fatigues, the mostly blonde women lavish praise on US President Donald Trump and vilify his rivals. But these Trump fans are AI-generated, flooding tech platforms with fervent but fake political messaging ahead of the November US midterm elections.

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Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI over nonprofit claims heads to trial

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Tech billionaire Elon Musk’s lawsuit accusing OpenAI of abandoning its non-profit mission on Monday advances with jury selection in California. The case pits the world’s richest person against a startup he once backed and now rivals in the artificial intelligence sector. 

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Head of OpenAI apologises for failing to alert police ahead of Canada mass shooting

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The head of OpenAI – the research company that developed ChatGPT – has apologised for failing to alert the police to a user the company had flagged for her interest in “violent activities”, who later went on to kill members of her family before carrying out a mass shooting at a secondary school in Canada. 

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