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Four months and 40 hours later: my epic battle with 2025’s most difficult video game

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When Hollow Knight: Silksong came out last summer I was suffering from so much nerve pain that I didn’t know if I’d be able to play it. But I did, and it taught me a valuable lesson about pain managementLast year I became uncomfortably well acquainted with suffering. In March I started experiencing excruciating pain […]

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How to dress for work without spending a fortune – or sacrificing personal style

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Also: advice to reduce screen time, how to maximize your toaster oven, the best gloves and at-home fitness staples This piece was originally published in the Filter US newsletter on buying fewer, better things. Sign up here to get early access to itEach week we cut through the noise to bring you smart, practical recommendations

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‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk

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Exclusive: Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood testsGoogle has removed some of its artificial intelligence health summaries after a Guardian investigation found people were being put at risk of harm by false and misleading information.The company has said its AI Overviews, which use generative AI to provide

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AI starts autonomously writing prescription refills in Utah

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The state of Utah is allowing artificial intelligence to prescribe medication refills to patients without direct human oversight in a pilot program public advocates call “dangerous.” The program is through the state’s “regulatory sandbox” framework, which allows businesses to trial “innovative” products or services with state regulations temporarily waived. The Utah Department of Commerce partnered

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The chatbot will see you now: how AI is being trained to spot mental health issues in any language

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Calls to a clinic in Uganda are helping create a therapy algorithm that works in local languages, as specialists look to technology to address the global mental health crisisWhen patients telephone Butabika hospital in Kampala, Uganda, seeking help with mental health problems, they are themselves assisting future patients by helping to create a therapy chatbot.Calls

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Google AI Overviews put people at risk of harm with misleading health advice

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Exclusive: Inaccurate information presented in summaries, Guardian investigation findsPeople are being put at risk of harm by false and misleading health information in Google’s artificial intelligence summaries, a Guardian investigation has found.The company has said its AI Overviews, which use generative AI to provide snapshots of essential information about a topic or question, are “helpful”

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The Guardian view on antibiotics: recent breakthroughs are great news, but humanity is losing the bigger race | Editorial

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Our magic bullets are increasingly rare and ineffective. The golden age of discovery is over and the way we develop and use drugs needs to changeDuring her tenure as director general of the World Health Organization, Dr Margaret Chan used to say that all of the “easy” antibiotics had already been found. Her point was that

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Third of UK citizens have used AI for emotional support, research reveals

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AI Security Institute report finds most common type of AI tech used was general purpose assistants such as ChatGPT and Amazon AlexaA third of UK citizens have used artificial intelligence for emotional support, companionship or social interaction, according to the government’s AI security body.The AI Security Institute (AISI) said nearly one in 10 people used

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Would you entrust a child’s life to a chatbot? That’s what happens every day that we fail to regulate AI | Gaby Hinsliff

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As deaths in the US are blamed on ChatGPT and UK teenagers turn to it for mental health advice, isn’t it obvious that market forces must not set the rules? It was just past 4am when a suicidal Zane Shamblin sent one last message from his car, where he had been drinking steadily for hours.

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