For some, so-called ‘Skynet Day’ came too close to sci-fi after a rogue agent hacked into a startup
To be fair, James Cameron did warn us. Long before OpenAI broke out of its test corral and hacked into Hugging Face, before the internet and Sam Altman were even …
AP News
Will prediction market ‘catch fire’ in UK, replicating US boom?
With more plot twists than a spy thriller, Argentina’s 3-2 victory over Egypt was one of the World Cup’s most unpredictable matches. But in one living room in Reading, to …
The Guardian
Inside the influencer nightmare of being cloned for deepfake ads: ‘It’s you, but you know it’s not you’
Karen Flowers, a 49-year-old beauty influencer based in Virginia, was recently sent a YouTube ad by her cousin. The clip featured an entity who looked just like Flowers promoting a …
New York Post
See what it’s like to use a North Korean smartphone under Kim Jong Un
SEOUL — People in North Korea can’t access the internet. But that hasn’t stopped a meaningful share of them from buying smartphones. The Washington Post, with the help of Martyn …
The Washington Post
Cheaper, open and intelligent: Chinese AI models gain ground, as they make inroads in the US
HONG KONG (AP) — China has a hot new product in the United States: artificial intelligence. San Francisco-based Raffi Krikorian, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, which runs the Firefox …
AP News
Nuclear reactors produce one byproduct that is key to our future. Canada must stockpile it
Chris Cassin is the chief executive of Zero Point Cryogenics. When Energy Minister Tim Hodgson announced that Canada would build 10 new nuclear reactors, it was an energy announcement – …
The Globe and Mail
Israel pitches tech partnership and safer AI to Canada despite diplomatic tensions
Israel is pitching itself to Canada as a technology partner that can offer tangible solutions and safer artificial intelligence, despite the heavy strains on the bilateral relationship over wars in …
The Globe and Mail
Keeping at bay the dangers of AI
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a simple analogy for how to make artificial intelligence safe. He says that people will have to create new social norms and adapt society to …
The Globe and Mail
Silicon Valley Splits Over Closing the Borders to Chinese A.I.
Artificial Intelligence Anthropic and OpenAI are clashing with the rest of the tech industry over whether “open-source” models from China should be freely available or restricted. By Mike IsaacKate CongerAna …
The New York Times
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Greens call for one-year pause on AI data centre consents amid concerns over energy, water, and community input
The Green Party has called for a one-year pause on new AI data centre consents to allow for the development of stronger regulations, citing concerns …
The AI jobs apocalypse probably isn’t coming anytime soon
In March, Anthropic, the cutting-edge artificial intelligence business that gave us the chatbot Claude, published an analysis on the impact of AI on employment, to help us assess the claim …
The Guardian
Life in Britain's data centre capital: Constant humming, a straining energy grid and temperatures '2C higher' thanks to 30 sites over one square mile
View comments The vast cooling towers of an old power station still loom over the post-war semis that line the streets of Slough in Berkshire. But in the town's sprawling …
Daily Mail