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Meta agrees $60bn deal with chipmaker AMD despite AI bubble fears

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Facebook owner’s investment described by semiconductor company as ‘big bet’ on artificial intelligenceBusiness live – latest updatesThe owner of Facebook has agreed to buy $60bn (£44.5bn) of artificial intelligence chips from the US semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices despite fears over the vast sums being spent on the AI industry.Meta, which also owns Instagram and […]

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‘It’s not Robocop’: UK police embrace AI ‘efficiency’ in complex investigations

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Detectives say tools supplied by Palantir were integral to convictions of a criminal gang that stole £800,000It was fraud on a grand scale. The “Fuck the Police” criminal gang based in Luton and Romania stole £800,000 in more than 3,000 withdrawals from cash machines in dozens of locations throughout 2024.The police investigation matched the crime

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Police AI chief admits crime-fighting tech will have bias but vows to tackle it

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Exclusive: NCA’s Alex Murray says he hopes new £115m police AI centre can limit unfairness found in tools‘It’s not Robocop’: UK police embrace AI ‘efficiency’ in complex investigationsA police chief has admitted artificial intelligence used to boost crime fighting will contain bias but pledged to combat the risks.Labour wants a dramatic expansion of police use

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US AI giant accuses Chinese rivals of mass data theft

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Anthropic says three Chinese firms used ‘distillation’ technique to extract information from its Claude chatbotUS artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on Monday it had uncovered campaigns by three Chinese AI firms to illicitly extract capabilities from its Claude chatbot, in what it described as industrial-scale intellectual property theft. OpenAI leveled similar charges last month.Anthropic said

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Palantir deals are a threat to our data rights as UK citizens | Letters

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This US tech giant should not have been given NHS or Ministry of Defence contracts, writes Stephen Saunders. Plus a letter from Jan SavageFor 100 years, the UK government has led us through existential threats, including two world wars. But instead of resisting the latest threat to democratic accountability, it has welcomed it with open

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New datacentres risk doubling UK electricity use, regulator says

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Ofgem says about 140 proposed projects, driven by AI use, could require more power than current peak demandThe amount of power being sought by new datacentre projects in the UK would exceed the country’s current peak electricity consumption, according to an industry watchdog.Ofgem said about 140 proposed datacentre schemes, driven by use of artificial intelligence,

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What would happen to the world if computer said yes?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions asks whether we could cope with a world where computer gave up saying no …Readers reply: what would be the most socially useful way to spend a billion dollars?After years of computer saying no, and giving us all migraines and premature grey hair, I’m starting

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Met police using AI tools supplied by Palantir to flag officer misconduct

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Exclusive: Police Federation condemns deployment of US firm’s tech to analyse behaviour as ‘automated suspicion’Scotland Yard is using AI tools supplied by the US tech company Palantir to monitor staff behaviour in an attempt to root out failing officers, the Guardian has learned.The Metropolitan police has previously declined to confirm or deny whether it used

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I’m worried my boyfriend’s use of AI is affecting his ability to think for himself | Annalisa Barbieri

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Overdependence on chatbots is a growing problem, and though your boyfriend’s ADHD may be a factor, he needs to find the root of his anxietyMy boyfriend of eight years, who is 44, has ADHD and runs his own business. He’s always struggled with admin and mundane tasks, but AI has revolutionised how he works. Now

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‘Slow this thing down’: Sanders warns US has no clue about speed and scale of coming AI revolution

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After meeting with unspecified tech leaders, senator calls for urgent policy action as companies race to build ever more powerful systemsBernie Sanders has warned that Congress and the American public have “not a clue” about the scale and speed of the coming AI revolution, pressing for urgent policy action to “slow this thing down” as

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