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AI tools make potentially harmful errors in social work records, research says

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Transcription tools used by councils in England and Scotland reported to hallucinate and produce ‘gibberish’AI tools are making potentially harmful errors in social work records, from bogus warnings of suicidal ideation to simple “gibberish”, frontline workers have said.Keir Starmer last year championed what he called “incredible” time-saving social work transcription technology. But research across 17 […]

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Man behind satirical Crewkerne Gazette AI videos was jailed in UK for hate crimes

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Joshua Bonehill-Paine revealed as owner of X account known for videos depicting politicians such as Keir StarmerThe person behind an anonymous social media account that posts AI videos of UK politicians has been identified as a man who has spent time in prison for multiple hate crimes directed towards Jewish people.Joshua Bonehill-Paine was identified by

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UK wealth manager and price comparison site shares fall amid AI fears

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Drop comes as AI firm Altruist launches service that helps advisers create personalised tax strategiesBusiness live – latest updatesWealth managers and price comparison sites have become the latest companies to be hit by fears that their businesses will be disrupted by new artificial intelligence innovations.Shares in UK wealth management firms tumbled on Wednesday morning, after

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Apple and Google pledge not to discriminate against third-party apps

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Tech firms say they will be more transparent about vetting apps for app store in voluntary agreement with UK regulatorApple and Google’s commitment to avoid discriminating against apps that compete with their own products under an agreement with the UK’s competition watchdog have been labelled “lightweight”.The US tech companies have vowed to be more transparent

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Workers’ collectives are the bee’s knees | Brief letters

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Hive mentality | AI fantasies | Foreign trains | Andrew Mountbatten-WindsorChris Payne’s description of the working of a beehive: shared goals, decentralised decision-making, autonomous workers acting for the collective good and, most of all, honest communication as the model for a “very successful business” sounds identical to a socialist-inspired cooperative (Office buzz: UK employers turn

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I asked AI to name my wife. To the hopelessly incorrect people it cited, my deepest apologies | Martin Rowson

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Authors, a newsreader, a lawyer and an esteemed colleague: they’re all great – but I’m not married to any of them. Can we really depend on this technology?Recently, the Rowsons accidentally invented a new game that anyone can play at home. I have yet to come up with a world-beating name for it, so for

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‘I fell into it’: ex-criminal hackers urge Manchester pupils to use web skills for good

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Initiative aims to identify proficient gamers and coders who can help companies identify flaws in their cybersecurity Cybercriminals, the shadowy online figures often depicted in Hollywood movies as hooded villains capable of wiping millions of pounds off the value of businesses at a keystroke, are not usually known for their candour.But in a sixth-form college

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Victims urge tougher action on deepfake abuse as new law comes into force

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Campaigners welcome criminalisation of non-consensual AI-generated explicit images but say law does not go far enoughVictims of deepfake image abuse have called for stronger protection against AI-generated explicit images, as the law criminalising the creation of non-consensual intimate images comes into effect.Campaigners from Stop Image-Based Abuse delivered a petition to Downing Street with more than

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London man angry at ‘Orwellian’ incident in supermarket using facial recognition tech

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‘I shouldn’t have to prove I am innocent,’ said man misidentified by Sainsbury’s staff using Facewatch systemA man was ordered to leave a supermarket in London after staff misidentified him using controversial new facial recognition technology.Warren Rajah was told to abandon his shopping and leave the local store he has been using for 15 years

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Cornish tin mine could reopen with Trump administration investment

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South Crofty site could get $225m funding as US seeks to secure supply of critical metalDonald Trump has aggressively pursued investment into hi-tech industries recent months, but the US administration has now set its sights on a more traditional sector: tin mining in Cornwall.The South Crofty mine, near the village of Pool, could start up

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