Snap Inc blames AI as it lays off 1,000 workers | Technology
Snapchat’s parent company plans to lay off 16% of its employees, around 1,000 people, citing “rapid advancements in artificial intelligence”,…
ChatGPT’s latest stylistic quirk is sinister, infuriating – and absolutely everywhere | Stuart Heritage
If you’ve never seen Jim Carrey’s 2007 psychological thriller The Number 23, then congratulations. It is a film about a…
Game of Thrones and Euphoria given age ratings as BBFC deploys new AI tool | Television
TV shows including Game of Thrones and Euphoria have received age ratings for the first time in the UK, after…
‘Misogyny with a marketing budget’: UK AI firm accused of sexist advert | Advertising
An AI company which recently secured millions of pounds of investment has been accused of running a misogynistic and sexist…
Tell us your experience with AI in job interviews | Work & careers
Companies are increasingly using AI in their hiring processes – including conducting job interviews themselves. With this in mind, we…
NAACP lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s xAI of polluting Black neighborhoods near Memphis | Technology
A new lawsuit accuses Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company of illegally spewing toxic pollutants into the Black neighborhoods on the…
China now AI’s ‘good guy’ as US takes a ‘wild west’ approach, MPs told | AI (artificial intelligence)
China is now the “good guy” on AI rather than Donald Trump’s US where the technology is being pursued in…
Could AI write this column? In a world of slop-inion, I’m certifying myself human | Peter Lewis
I never thought I’d have to write these words but here I am: my name is Peter and I am…
Bosses say AI boosts productivity – workers say they’re drowning in ‘workslop’ | AI (artificial intelligence)
Ken, a copywriter for a large, Miami-based cybersecurity firm, used to enjoy his job. But then the “workslop” started piling…
AI learns language from skewed sources. That could change how we humans speak – and think | Ada Palmer and Bruce Schneier
Because of the way they are trained, large language models capture only a slice of human language. They’re trained on…