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Friendly AI chatbots more likely to support conspiracy theories, study finds

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Chatbots programmed to respond warmly even cast doubts on Apollo moon landings and fate of Hitler, researchers sayThe rush to make AI chatbots more friendly has a troubling downside, researchers say. The warm personas make them prone to mistakes and sympathetic to crackpot beliefs.Chatbots trained to respond more warmly gave poorer answers, worse health advice […]

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Meta found in breach of EU law for failing to keep children off platforms

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Commission says tech company does not have effective measures to keep under-13s off Facebook and InstagramThe tech company Meta has been found to be in breach of EU law for failing to prevent children under 13 from using its Facebook and Instagram platforms.Issuing the preliminary findings of a nearly two-year investigation, the European Commission said

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The great American data center divide

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In Tazewell County, Illinois, Michael Deppert depends on a natural pool of water beneath the sandy soils of his farm to irrigate the pumpkins, corn and soybeans growing in his fields. So when a data center was proposed about eight miles away, he feared it would tap the same aquifer, potentially eroding crop yields and

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Tech giants face new levy to pay for Australian news as Meta calls position ‘simply wrong’

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Google also rejects need for reform after Albanese government reveals draft news bargaining incentive scheme Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAnthony Albanese has urged Google, Meta and TikTok to make deals with Australian media outlets to avoid a dedicated 2.25% levy on

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China kills Meta’s acquisition of Manus as US-China AI rivalry deepens

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China has blocked US tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the AI company Manus that was founded by Chinese tech entrepreneurs. That development indicates how difficult it has become for US and Chinese tech companies to strike and sustain such deals as government authorities on both sides take an increasingly hard line amid the deepening US-China

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‘Superhighways for child sexual abuse’: California lawmakers seek tougher rules for big tech

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Online exploitation ‘inflicting profound trauma on a staggering number of children’, Democrats sayFrustrated with what they describe as a lack of accountability from social media companies, two California state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would clear a legal pathway for them to face lawsuits in the state for failing to detect or remove child

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Microsoft and Meta announce sweeping layoffs as they spend big on AI

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Meta said it would cut 10% of it employees while Microsoft will offer voluntary retirement to about 7% of workersMeta and Microsoft are trimming their workforces by thousands as they make heavy investments in AI and executives claim that the technology is meeting their companies’ productivity needs.Meta told staff on Thursday that on 20 May

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The billion-dollar startup with a different idea for AI

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A billion dollars in startup funding for a company that employs 12 people is an indication that investors still have faith in AI. But the founder of the startup in question – AMI Labs’ Yann LeCun – believes that the breed of technology we currently term AI (large language models) is not the way through

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Meta will use employee-tracking software to help train AI agents: Report

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Meta will begin tracking the mouse movements, clicks, and keystrokes of its US employees to generate high-quality training data for future AI agents, Reuters reports. The news organization cites internal memos posted by the Meta Superintelligence Labs team in reporting on the new Model Capability Initiative employee-tracking software. That software will operate on specific work-related

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Kenyan firm sacks more than 1,000 workers after losing Meta contract

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Meta paused work with Sama last month after allegations about staff viewing private scenes filmed by smart glassesMore than 1,000 low-paid workers in Kenya have been abruptly sacked by an outsourcing company contracted by Meta, in what activists said was a shocking move exposing the precariousness of tech jobs in the global south.Sama, a company

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