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Meta’s Muse is creepy, but maybe not for the reasons you think
Meta’s new AI assistant, Muse, has drawn criticism after appearing to reference the contents of a user’s Messages app despite the user saying he had not granted it access. Inc Magazine contributing editor Jason Aten shared screenshots on Threads showing Muse asking about a Messages conversation, then giving vague and inconsistent explanations when pressed on…
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Billionaire Betfred bookmaker will stop bankrolling Andy Burnham’s beloved rugby league and may end racing sponsorship if Budget targets betting shops
Betfred owner Fred Done has said his company will end nearly a decade of sponsorship of rugby league, a sport closely associated with Prime Minister Andy Burnham, and has warned it may also withdraw support for horseracing if the government pushes ahead with further gambling taxes in October’s Budget. Done said axing the rugby league…
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Lefty NYC Mayor roasted for public toilets that cost $235K each and come with a timer
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unveiled plans for 17 new high-tech public toilets across the city, part of a $4 million pilot scheme aimed at easing a longstanding shortage of public restrooms. Four of the futuristic units, built by modular toilet firm Throne Labs, have already been installed, with the rest due over the…
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Your AI doomsday questions answered: ‘What, if anything, can people like me do about it?’
Following a week of stark public warnings that artificial intelligence could pose an existential threat to humanity, three Guardian technology reporters – Aisha Down, Blake Montgomery and Dan Milmo – answered reader questions to separate realistic risks from exaggerated fears. They stressed that current AI does not meaningfully increase the danger of bioweapons or viruses,…
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Patrick Clancy says he ‘did the best I could’ in supporting ex-wife before she killed their three children
Patrick Clancy, whose ex-wife Lindsay strangled their three young children in 2023, has said in a new interview that he believes he “did the best I could” to support her mental health struggles beforehand. Speaking to CBS’s 60 Minutes ahead of the programme’s broadcast this Sunday, Clancy said he lives with the outcome of the…
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SpaceX targets September 28 for Starship’s first orbital flight
SpaceX has set 28 September as the new target date for the 14th test flight of its Starship rocket, which will mark the vehicle’s first orbital mission. The flight is significant because it will also be the first time SpaceX deploys next-generation Starlink V3 satellites into active service, a step the company says is essential…
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Mother accused of starving disabled adult son to death to steal his food stamps
A mother and her boyfriend have been charged with murder in Rochester, New York, after police found the woman’s developmentally disabled adult son dead and severely malnourished, in a case investigators say was driven by the theft of his disability benefits. Andrea Livers, 58, and her boyfriend Lancysa Harris were arrested in February after Timothy…
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Trump announces formation of new ‘AI Force’ and reveals new names to replace ‘artificial’ in his latest rebrand push to combat ‘Democrat hoax’
Donald Trump has announced plans to create an “AI Force” and appoint an “AI Czar” to oversee artificial intelligence development, while dismissing growing criticism of AI data centres as a “Democrat hoax.” In a lengthy Truth Social post on Saturday, he compared concerns about the environmental impact of data centres to climate change scepticism and…
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Anthropic picks Accenture for third-party AI safety evaluations
Anthropic has partnered with consulting giant Accenture to provide independent, embedded evaluations of its frontier AI models for safety compliance. The move marks the first concrete step in a broader plan proposed last week by Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei to slow the pace of AI development by requiring frontier AI companies to grant ongoing,…
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Why buy a streaming device when you have a smart TV?
As streaming devices and smart TVs largely offer the same access to services such as Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu, many people assume owning one makes the other redundant. However, pairing a smart TV with a standalone streaming device, such as a Roku, Fire TV Stick or Chromecast, can be worthwhile, particularly as televisions age and…