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Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam
People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad Hanin Al-Batsh estimates she has signed up for more than 80 Bluesky accounts in the last six months. Like hundreds of other Palestinians struggling to buy or even find food in Gaza,…
OpenAI says latest ChatGPT upgrade is big step forward but still can’t do humans’ jobs
Though GPT-5 model has better coding and writing abilities it is not yet able to ‘continuously learn’ OpenAI has claimed to have taken a “significant step” towards artificial general intelligence (AGI) with the launch of its latest upgrade to ChatGPT, but has admitted there are still “many things” missing in its quest to create a…
I spoke to the AI avatar of a Leeds MP. How did it cope with my Yorkshire accent?
Leeds MP Mark Sewards has launched a digital assistant, but the results of my chat show MPs’ aides have nowt to worry about As anyone with even a trace of a regional dialect who has had to pay a parking fine can attest, voice recognition services struggle with accents. Now, people in Mark Sewards’ constituency…
When a journalist uses AI to interview a dead child, isn’t it time to ask what the boundaries should be? | Gaby Hinsliff
The virtual world can bring a kind of friendship and a kind of connection, even to the grieving. But it can also facilitate exploitation of very human needs Joaquin Oliver was 17 years old when he was shot in the hallway of his high school. An older teenager, expelled some months previously, had opened fire…
‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe One afternoon in late 2021, Microsoft’s chief executive, Satya Nadella, met with the commander of Israel’s military surveillance agency, Unit 8200. On the spy chief’s agenda: moving vast amounts of top secret intelligence…
OpenAI stops ChatGPT from telling people to break up with partners
Instead of giving definitive answers to personal challenges the chatbot will help people reflect on a problem ChatGPT will not tell people to break up with their partner and will encourage users to take breaks from long chatbot sessions, under new changes to the artificial intelligence tool. OpenAI, ChatGPT’s developer, said the chatbot would stop…
Tesla shareholders sue Elon Musk for allegedly hyping up faltering Robotaxi
Carmaker and CEO accused of securities fraud and hiding significant risk posed by company’s self-driving vehicles Tesla shareholders sued Elon Musk and the electric vehicle maker for allegedly concealing the significant risk posed by company’s self-driving vehicles. The proposed class-action suit, which accuses Musk and Tesla of securities fraud, was filed on Monday night. Tesla…
Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra vs iPhone 16 Pro Max: A Comprehensive Comparison for Digital Entrepreneurs
Camera Technology and Real-World Applications In the competitive arena of mobile productivity devices in 2025, camera technology plays a crucial role, especially for digital entrepreneurs. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra and the iPhone 16 Pro Max both offer impressive camera capabilities that cater specifically to the needs of content creators. The Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra…
Demis Hassabis on our AI future: ‘It’ll be 10 times bigger than the Industrial Revolution – and maybe 10 times faster’
The head of Google’s DeepMind says artificial intelligence could usher in an era of ‘incredible productivity’ and ‘radical abundance’. But who will it benefit? And why does he wish the tech giants had moved more slowly? If you have a mental image of a Nobel prizewinner, Demis Hassabis probably doesn’t fit it. Relatively young (he’s…
