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Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate

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As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commenceIn 2024, the buy-now-pay-later company Klarna announced that it would cut hundreds of customer service roles and begin using an artificial intelligence chatbot instead. The move was expected to save the company millions. But a year later, after customers complained […]

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Fears for Xbox as it puts its developers on the chopping block once again

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After the billion-dollar company’s leaders sent staff a memo saying the brand had ‘over-extended’, game studios may be in the firing lineDon’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIn March 2000, Bill Gates stood onstage at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and, to a packed crowd, officially announced the company’s

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The curious case of Elias Thorne – and what he tells us about AI inbreeding | Arwa Mahdawi

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A character bearing that name appears in a remarkable number of chatbot-generated stories. He could be a messenger from the future – or a warning that generative AI is in danger of ‘model collapse’Ever heard of a shadowy figure called Elias Thorne? If you haven’t, try asking an AI chatbot to tell you a story.In

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France to ditch AI data tools from Palantir for domestic provider

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Switch to ChapsVision announced by PM comes amid concern about reliance on US-controlled technologyFrance’s domestic intelligence service is to ditch AI data tools from the US tech giant Palantir in favour of a domestic provider in an effort to avoid “strategic dependency”, the prime minister, Sébastien Lecornu, has said.“We must use our own AI models;

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How the fight over US datacenters is scrambling this state’s politics: ‘We don’t want it’

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Josh Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor, squares off with state lawmakers over the facilities powering an AI boomA controversial haunted house near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taps into its dark history every fall to scare tens of thousands of visitors. In 1968, a local news station documented appalling conditions for disabled people in the red brick buildings on the

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The Anthropic ‘Fable’ saga proves: we have opened the AI Pandora’s box. What now? | Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneier

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We have opened the AI Pandora’s box. Now we have to make the best of itOn 9 June, Anthropic released its Fable generative AI model. Three days later, the US government classified it as a dangerous munition, and used its export-control authority to prohibit any foreign nationals from accessing it. Unable to differentiate between Americans

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AI could help win ‘race against extinction’ of vital plants, say botanists

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Tech is helping to identify and save new specimens and could open ‘genomic goldmine’ of fungi dataThe rise of AI and digitisation could be a turning point in the “race against extinction” faced by botanists trying to identify and save vital plants before they vanish, according to a major report from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.New

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Europe is starting to break up with US big tech. But it’s still abiding by the Silicon Valley rulebook | Max von Thun

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The European Commission has unveiled its plans for digital sovereignty. Its proposals betray a disappointing lack of visionBeti Hohler is a Slovenian national who lives in the Netherlands. Like tens of millions of other Europeans, she uses Apple’s app store and has an Amazon account. When she travels for work or leisure, she may want

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UK sets out AI infrastructure push at London Tech Week – how does it stack up?

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Government announces plans to invest billions, but questions linger over how its proposals on chips, social media and more will workOwnership of the commanding heights of the AI economy is a political talking point around the world, as countries seek to assert some control of a technology dominated by the US and China.London Tech Week,

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Pioneering UK Nerve Lab harnesses AI to map effect of children’s screen time

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Other projects include developing tools to help visually impaired people navigate video games Parents are constantly being told to limit their children’s screen time. But when it comes to deciphering which films or TV shows are best suited to developing minds, the guidance remains largely one-size-fits-all. A relatively slow-paced programme such as Bluey offers a

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