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How big tech got its way on Trump’s AI executive order

The US president’s reversal on calling for a safety review of new AI models is a green light for tech’s unchecked powerOnly hours before Donald Trump was set to sign a long-awaited executive order on Thursday that would have called for a government safety review of new artificial intelligence models before their release, the president […]

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‘You can’t control everything’: the rise in plastic surgeons asked to create ‘AI face’

Growing numbers of people are seeking improbable cosmetic surgery based on chatbots’ recommendationsPlastic surgeons are increasingly concerned about the rise of “AI face”, as more and more clients arrive in their offices with unrealistic AI-generated visions of what they want to look like.Dr Nora Nugent, a cosmetic surgeon from Tunbridge Wells, has seen this first

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If Australia is home to an AI gold rush, let’s not squander it. Let’s fjord a different path | Peter Lewis

Tech titans appear to be cosying up to Canberra with an eye to training data models here. An AI wealth fund could share in the profitsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe CEOs of AI titans Microsoft and Anthropic have been duchessing Canberra. The reason? They have bet the house that

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Spotify and Universal Music agree deal to let subscribers create AI remixes

Licensing agreement will allow listeners to use AI to create content on streaming platform for first timeSpotify and Universal Music Group have agreed on a deal that will allow subscribers to generate song covers and remixes using artificial intelligence.The licensing agreement is the first time the Swedish streaming company will allow listeners to use AI

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A musical Turing test for AI consciousness | Letters

Stephen Ladyman suggests a question to ask artificial intelligence systems, while John van Someren is suspicious of advice he got from the AI assistant ClaudeThere is a test that Prof Richard Dawkins might use to determine if artificial intelligence systems are conscious (Letters, 15 May). Ask them to name the best song.AI systems will tell

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OpenAI makes breakthrough on 80-year-old maths problem

Company says work on Paul Erdős planar unit distance problem shows advance in AI reasoningOpenAI has claimed a further advance in AI reasoning after its technology successfully tackled an 80-year-old maths problem.The company behind ChatGPT said it had made a breakthrough with a challenge first posed by Hungarian mathematician Paul Erdős in 1946: the planar

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BT warns of smartphone price rises due to chip shortages from AI boom

Telecoms company CEO says tech firms are buying up memory chips to power datacentres relied on by AIBusiness live – latest updatesBT has said that the cost of smartphones could rise as technology companies buy up semiconductor chips due to the boom in artificial intelligence (AI), putting pressure on supply chains.The telecoms company’s chief executive,

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‘I don’t worry about a robot takeover’: AI expert Michael Wooldridge on big tech’s real dangers (and occasional blessings)

Almost 50 years after he first got his hands on a computer, the Oxford professor still believes in the power of technology. Can his beloved game theory explain why Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs consistently misuse it?Michael Wooldridge is like the teacher you wish you’d had: approachable, able to explain difficult things in simple terms, neither dauntingly

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Musk and the US government fought an AI anti-discrimination law. The arguments don’t hold up | Genevieve Smith

The justice department’s lawsuit is part of a federal effort to reframe AI consumer protections as ideological overreachThis April, the US Department of Justice joined Elon Musk’s xAI in suing the state of Colorado to kill its AI anti-discrimination law.When the federal government sides with a billionaire against a state trying to protect its residents

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What are Samsung union workers demanding and how might a strike play out?

Nearly 48,000 workers are threatening an 18-day walkout amid fears of global memory chip shortagesSouth Korean memory chip maker Samsung Electronics is facing its worst-ever strike, with nearly 48,000 workers threatening to walk off production lines on Thursday for 18 days over a dispute about bonus payouts.Here are key things to know: Continue reading…

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