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‘I feel like I dug my own grave’: The workers caught in the AI transition
An investigation by the BBC into the Philippines’ outsourcing industry finds that artificial intelligence is beginning to displace workers in a sector that has long been a pillar of the country’s economy. Former employees describe being made redundant after unknowingly helping train AI tools that later replaced them, raising broader questions about how emerging economies…
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Inside Google’s Efforts to Get Creatives Hooked on AI
Google is actively courting the film and creative industries to embrace its AI video-generation tools, as illustrated by a recent screening of 11 AI-generated short films at Manhattan’s Metrograph theatre. The films were produced by the fourth cohort of Google’s “Flow Sessions” programme, a six-week scheme giving emerging filmmakers unlimited access to the company’s Flow…
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The White House Is Keeping Its AI Cybersecurity Framework Secret
The Trump administration has finalised a framework to address cybersecurity risks posed by advanced artificial intelligence models, but is keeping its details classified, White House officials confirmed to WIRED. The approach lets AI developers voluntarily submit new models to the government up to 30 days before public release for vetting against a classified benchmarking system,…
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Perplexity has successfully overturned Amazon’s injunction on its AI shopping bot
Perplexity has won an appeal overturning a court injunction that had blocked its AI-powered Comet browser from accessing Amazon’s website to shop on users’ behalf. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Amazon’s original claim, based on the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, was unlikely to succeed because it was the Comet user, not…
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Black writer who landed $2m book deal for his debut novel says it’s RACIST he was dropped over allegations he used AI
A writer named Jerry Falade, who reportedly secured a $2 million publishing deal for his debut novel, has said he believes race played a part in the decision to drop him after he was accused of using artificial intelligence to help write the book. He has publicly described the move as racist, framing it as…
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SpaceX’s first public earnings statement shows the financials of an AI company in 2026
SpaceX has released its first quarterly earnings report since going public on 12 June, offering an unusually detailed look at the costs of running a major AI operation. Overall the company posted a 92% year-on-year rise in revenue to $7.8 billion (£6.1bn) for the quarter and narrowed its net loss to $541 million, from $1…
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Naomi Watts’ Secret ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Role Reunited Her With Tom Holland, 12 Years After ‘The Impossible’: ‘From Playing Your Mom to Your AI’
Naomi Watts has revealed she secretly voices Peter Parker’s AI assistant, E.V., in “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” reuniting her with Tom Holland 12 years after they co-starred in “The Impossible.” The reveal, shared via Instagram alongside a photo with director Destin Daniel Cretton, highlights an unusual on-screen arc for the pair: Watts previously played Holland’s…
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Dev proves LLMs will run on anything – even a $10 microcontroller
A developer known as SlvDev has demonstrated that even a large language model can run on an ESP32-S3 microcontroller costing less than $10, a device normally used for basic sensors and IoT tasks rather than generative AI. The feat, documented on GitHub and showcased on the Better Stack YouTube channel, shows how aggressive memory-saving techniques…
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OpenAI wants teachers and profs to foist their work off on ChatGPT
OpenAI has launched a trio of new education-focused ChatGPT plugins aimed at K-12 teachers, university lecturers, and college students, despite growing evidence that AI use is fuelling a wave of academic cheating and may be undermining learning. The move has drawn criticism, as it comes amid widespread reports of students using AI to cheat on…
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AMD’s datacenter business is booming while gaming takes a backseat
AMD’s latest quarterly earnings show a stark divide between its booming data centre business and a struggling gaming division, underlining how demand for AI computing power is reshaping the chipmaker’s revenue mix. Data centre sales more than doubled year-on-year to $6.7 billion (£5.3 billion), while gaming revenue slumped as price rises and component shortages hit…