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I wore Meta’s smartglasses for a month – and it left me feeling like a creep

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Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them ‘pervert glasses’. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?Lately, I’ve been hearing Judi Dench’s voice in my head. She tells me tomorrow’s forecast, when to turn right, that there’s been another message in my group

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Why every woman can see herself in the story of a German celebrity couple’s split | Fatma Aydemir

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Many will recognise their own experiences of digital abuse in Collien Fernandes’s allegations – the sense that technology offers perps both tools and coverSome stories that unfold in real life would read like the plot of a bad crime novel if you wrote them down. Too obvious, too contrived, almost lazy in their cruelty. For

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OpenAI, parent firm of ChatGPT, raises $122bn in new funding amid AI boom

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Company said it achieved valuation of $852bn, mentioning in a blog post it generates $2bn a month in revenueOpenAI announced on Tuesday it had closed a fundraising round of $122bn.The company behind ChatGPT said it had achieved a valuation of $852bn, cementing its status among the most highly valued privately held companies in the world.

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Penguin to sue OpenAI over ChatGPT version of German children’s book

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Publisher’s lawsuit alleges AI research company’s chatbot violated its copyright over Coconut the Little Dragon seriesPublishing company Penguin Random House has filed a lawsuit against AI research company OpenAI, alleging its chatbot ChatGPT violated copyright by mimicking and reproducing the content of a popular series of German children’s books.The lawsuit, which was filed on Friday

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The jobs AI can’t do – and the young adults doing them

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For many young people entering the workforce, the stigma of hands-on jobs is fading. There a competitive appeal – and they all require human expertiseGib and Michelle Mouser are proud of their son’s career – just not in the way they once imagined.Only 23 years old, Cale Mouser already earns well over six figures, and

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We need a credible plan for science funding in the UK | Letters

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Prof Ruben Saakyan and Prof Sheila Rowan respond to Prof Charlotte Deane of UK Research and InnovationIf the UK’s position in quantum computing is indeed a success story of long-term investment in fundamental science, as Prof Charlotte Deane argues (Letters, 25 March), it makes the current UK Research and Innovation approach, particularly to Science and Technology

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Does anyone think Matt Goodwin’s book on Britain’s demise is a publishing sensation? I mean, other than him | Marina Hyde

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Who needs critics when the Reform man is so adept at patting his own back – and that’s easy to do in publishing: there’s a sales list for everyone ‘She’s produced a bestseller!” panted the Spectator. “Liz Truss’s new book has been out for less than 72 hours and it’s already sold out on Amazon.”

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Palantir’s UK boss criticises ‘ideological’ groups as ministers move to scrap NHS contract

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Louis Mosley says government should resist calls to trigger break clause in £330m deal with US analytics companyUK politics live – latest updatesPalantir’s UK boss has urged the government not to give in to “ideologically motivated campaigners” as government ministers explore a way out of a £330m NHS contract with the tech company.Ministers have sought

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Meta, Tiktok and Google under investigation for allegedly disobeying Australia’s social media ban

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Nearly 70% of under-16s with accounts on Instagram, Snapchat or TikTok had maintained access, survey findsThe Australian government has accused big tech firms like Meta, TikTok and Google of disobeying the landmark ban on under-16s using social media, after the country’s online safety office warned many children had accounts.A survey of 900 Australian parents found

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If OpenAI is to float on the stock market this year, it needs to start turning a profit

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The poster child of the AI boom, valued at $850bn, needs to show strategic discipline after ‘casting its net too wide’ If OpenAI is going to float this year, it has to get serious about its business model. The wow factor around the US company – the poster child of an AI industry boom that

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