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Lobsters and acidic seas: can shellfish help neutralise one of the greatest threats to the ocean?

Crustaceans are the subject of tests to see if alkalis added to seawater, so it absorbs more CO2, harm marine life. But Trump’s halt to funding threatens to scupper the researchFor many in the US region of New England, the lobster roll is synonymous with summertime. Loaded into a toasted bun, chunks of the sweet […]

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Their cities dropped Flock surveillance cameras. They’re still being watched

Despite policy victories over Flock, Americans are finding themselves under similar monitoring by a new company – or unable to remove the original camerasActivists in Colorado thought they would be celebrating a victory against mass surveillance in December when the Longmont city council decided to let a contract with Flock Safety lapse.But that excitement was

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Patients in Yorkshire complain AI GP receptionist cannot understand accent

Healthwatch Rotherham says Emma AI system’s failure to grasp local ‘twangs’ is leaving people frustratedPatients in a South Yorkshire town are frustrated by AI GP receptionists not understanding their “broad accents”, a health watchdog has said.Healthwatch Rotherham, a local health and social care watchdog, said a number of practices in the area had introduced a

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Auditing Preference Biases and Fine-Tuning Language Models with Direct Preference Optimization on Anthropic HH-RLHF Using TRL and LoRA

In this tutorial, we design an end-to-end preference-learning workflow using the Anthropic HH-RLHF dataset and Direct Preference Optimization (DPO). We begin by preparing a robust Colab environment, loading and parsing chosen–rejected response pairs, and auditing the dataset for structural and length-based preference biases. We then run lexical shortcut diagnostics to determine whether surface-level linguistic patterns

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It used to be our imperfect bodies that made us insecure. With AI, it’s our minds as well

For most of modern history, technology sought to imitate humans. Humans increasingly seek to imitate technologyTwo faces that appeared on my Instagram feed in recent months gave me pause. One belonged to John Travolta at Cannes. The other to Carla Bruni on a date night with her husband, former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Both looked

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Zuckerberg lied about concern for child safety, Meta whistleblower testifies at landmark trial

Arturo Béjar, former Meta safety engineer, tells jury tech company was aware of products’ potential harm to childrenMeta has taken a “don’t ask, don’t tell” strategy when it comes to the safety of children on its social media platforms, according to a whistleblower who testified during a landmark trial against the company on Tuesday and

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Roblox commits to privacy overhaul after eSafety discovers adults can contact children via gaming platform

Regulator says verifiable safety measures are ‘critical’ to the online service’s viabilityFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRoblox has committed to making changes to its online gaming platform after Australia’s eSafety commissioner discovered adults were still able to see child accounts and send

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Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure?

People say they’ve been secretly filmed in their own home, at concerts and at work. Are the wildly popular smartglasses the final nail in the coffin of personal privacy?“I’ve had one person who told me that their intentions were creepy,” a man tells me over a video call, on condition of anonymity. He’s based in

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Will AI give you the job? Automated hiring tools spark discrimination and secrecy lawsuits

A rise in lawsuits over AI use in employment decisions is raising questions about how companies hire and fireFor the last four years, Erin Kistler has applied for thousands of jobs at companies like Paypal, Microsoft and Netflix, only to find her résumé disappear into a black hole. A product manager with nearly 20 years

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Shares in humanoid robot firm Unitree surge 600% on Chinese stock market debut

Company’s robots have gained global fame via videos of them performing martial arts and as dancers for pop starsUnitree, the world’s biggest humanoid robot maker, has made a spectacular entry on to China’s stock market, with its shares surging by more than 600%.The Chinese company’s robots have gained global fame via viral videos of them

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