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Superpowers cannot solve world’s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address

António Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strainThe world’s fault lines have turned from cracks into canyons as superpowers show that they alone do not have the military, economic and technological power to guarantee security, or solve the world’s problems, the outgoing secretary general of […]

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The Guardian view on NAZA’s persecuted directors: journalism is not treason | Editorial

Politicians who threaten filmmakers rather than investigate alleged military crimes expose not strength but a leadership frightened of the evidenceAcross Israel, politicians, military leaders and much of the media are trying to discredit a documentary that almost none of them have seen. Produced by the Guardian, NAZA examines the AI-powered targeting systems used by the

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Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda

In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that

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Israeli command system identified 850,000 targets in Gaza and Lebanon wars, says supplier

Elbit Systems supplied Tzayad digital army programme to map people, vehicles and other objects in real timeIsrael identified about 1,000 potential targets a day during the first two years of the wars in Gaza and Lebanon with its command and control system, according to a presentation by the country’s largest arms supplier, Elbit Systems.A total

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Momfluencers are co-parenting with AI. Is it better than a man? | Arwa Mahdawi

Women in heterosexual marriages continue to do most of the caregiving. Now some are offering guides to AI-fying parentingIn honour of Pride I’d like to share some important news: Being Straight is Great, Actually! This public service announcement is brought to you by the New York Times which, in an offering to the Ragebait Gods,

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AI engineer says Google unfairly sacked him after he protested against work for Israel

Exclusive: Employment tribunal claim says worker lost his job after distributing leaflets throughout London officeGoogle is facing a legal challenge from an AI engineer who claims he was unfairly dismissed after he protested against its work for the Israeli government, in the latest sign of growing concern about the social and ethical impacts of AI.The

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‘It’s like stealing’: Palestinian family’s seized property listed on Booking.com

West Bank home described as ‘ideal for outdoor gatherings’ is among 41 listed rentals in illegal Israeli settlements Some of Mohammad al-Sbeih’s fondest childhood memories are of his small farm in the hills south of Bethlehem, where three generations of his family grew wheat and barley.“It was a hard plot to farm as it was

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Head of Microsoft’s Israel branch to step down after inquiry into dealings with Israeli military

The inquiry came after the Guardian revealed Israel used company technology to support mass surveillance of Palestinian phone callsThe head of Microsoft’s Israeli subsidiary will step down in the wake of an inquiry that has scrutinised its business dealings with the Israeli military.Microsoft ordered the inquiry last year in response to a Guardian investigation revealing

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Book Review: ‘Project Maven,’ by Katrina Manson

In “Project Maven,” Katrina Manson shows us how close we are to artificial intelligence picking targets and dropping bombs without human input.

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Iran’s Meme War Against Trump Ushers In a Future of ‘Slopaganda’

The country’s propaganda apparatus has harnessed artificial intelligence tools to reach a global online audience primed for irony, irreverence and trolling.

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