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‘Your photos will be deleted’: Apple users warned over ‘nasty’ iCloud storage scam

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Fraudsters send emails claiming storage is full or nearly full, then trick people into clicking on links that can expose bank and personal detailsFor a while you’ve been getting messages from Apple saying “your iCloud storage is full”. They say you have exceeded your storage plan, so documents are no longer being backed up, and […]

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I baulked at the idea of ‘friction-maxxing’. But there’s more to it than meets the eye | Gaby Hinsliff

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Self-help hacks such as ‘cooking from scratch’ or ‘meeting your friends’ may seem ridiculous. But there’s something deeply human at the heart of this trendDoes life, of late, feel just too easy? Are you keen to make it harder than it already is? If that sounds like a genuinely demented question in the week that

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Elon Musk’s xAI sues Colorado over new rules for artificial intelligence

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Company claims law regulating AI systems, set to go into effect in June, infringes on its first amendment rightsElon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, has filed a lawsuit against the state of Colorado over a new AI law set to take effect in June.The suit seeks to block the state from enforcing the law, which

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OpenAI pulls out of landmark £31bn UK investment package

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Artificial intelligence company cites high energy costs and regulation as reasons for putting Stargate project on holdOpenAI has put plans for a landmark project to strengthen the UK’s AI capabilities on hold, citing high energy costs and regulation.Stargate UK was a part of the landmark UK-US AI deal announced last September, in which US companies

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Anthropic says its latest AI model can expose weaknesses in software security

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AI company says purpose of its Claude Mythos model is to bolster defenses against hacking in common applicationsAnthropic on Tuesday said its yet-to-be-released artificial intelligence model called Claude Mythos has proven keenly adept at exposing software weaknesses.Mythos has laid bare thousands of vulnerabilities in commonly used applications for which no patch or fix exists, prompting

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It’s finally happened: I’m now worried about AI. And consulting ChatGPT did nothing to allay my fears | Emma Brockes

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A highly alarming New Yorker feature on the machinations of Sam Altman drove me to test his AI for myself. The results were, well, highly alarming A corollary of the truism “don’t sweat the small stuff” is, by implication, “do sweat the big stuff”, but it can be hard to pick which big stuff to

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Porn, dog poo and social media snaps: the ‘taskers’ scraping the internet for Meta-owned AI firm

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Scale AI gig workers describe desperation of using people’s personal profiles and copyrighted work to train AITens of thousands of people have been paid by a company part-owned by Meta to train AI by combing Instagram accounts, harvesting copyrighted work and transcribing pornographic soundtracks, the Guardian can reveal.Scale AI, 49%-controlled by Mark Zuckerberg’s social media

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Should we be polite to voice assistants and AIs?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical conceptsThis week’s replies: has a call for restraint from an authority figure ever put a stop to war?I always say please and thank you to my Alexa. Why is this? I am

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UK’s leading AI research institute told to make ‘significant’ changes

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Body that funds Alan Turing Institute says it should offer better strategy and more value for moneyThe UK’s leading AI research institute has been told to make “significant” changes by its main source of taxpayer funding.The warning comes after the Guardian revealed the board of the Alan Turing Institute was reminded of its legal duties

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OpenAI buys tech talkshow TBPN in push to shape AI narrative

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OpenAI’s chief of strategy says acquisition of show will help company engage with public about AI as it evolvesOpenAI is wading into the media business by acquiring TBPN, a technology-focused talkshow closely watched by Silicon Valley insiders, its hosts said on Wednesday.Co-hosts John Coogan and Jordi Hays broadcast TBPN live for three hours every weekday

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