As jobs screening US, UK and EU platforms are shifted to India, viewing gore' to clean up the web has traumatised moderatorsI had to watch every frame of a recent stabbing video ... It will never leave me," says Harun*, one of many moderators reviewing harmful online content in India, as social media companies increasingly move the challenging work offshore.Moderators working in Hyderabad, a major IT hub in south Asia, have spoken of the strain on their mental health of reviewing images and videos of sexual and violent content, sometimes including trafficked children. Continue reading...
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Apple shares fall as local government and state-owned firms latest to face restrictions on devices at workChina's government has reportedly expanded its ban of iPhones to local government workers and state-owned companies, a day after it emerged central government employees were forbidden from bringing the devices to work.Several agencies had begun instructing employees not to bring iPhones to work and the ban was expected to be further extended, Bloomberg reported. Nikkei reported at least one state-owned company had told its employees that anyone working with trade secrets could not bring their iPhones, Apple Watches or AirPods into work from next month. Continue reading...
The popular MMO game has helped me deal with everything life brings. As I celebrate 10 years immersed in its world, I speak to other people who have found solace in this online communityIt's no secret that the art that moves us becomes associated with certain periods of our lives: the song that helped you navigate your first breakup, the movie that helped you take those first steps into adulthood, the book that persuaded you to try something new. Video games, however, are unique in that some are designed to be played for years. They can develop alongside you, grow up with you, or be a consistent refuge from the mundane.I've played Final Fantasy XIV for a full decade now, enraptured by its fantastical locations and a story that takes you from green adventurer to universe-saving hero. It's always been the game I turn to unwind at the end of a long day, and my life has completely changed alongside it. I've gone from the early stages of my career and a draughty flat, through a long-term relationship, and now I have a house and child - my character, Cel, was there for the whole journey. Continue reading...
The co-founder of DeepMind issues a terrifying warning about AI and synthetic biology - but how seriously should we take it?On 22 February1946, George Kennan, an American diplomat stationed in Moscow, dictated a 5,000-word cable to Washington. In this famous telegram, Kennan warned that the Soviet Union's commitment to communism meant that it was inherently expansionist, and urged the US government to resist any attempts by the Soviets to increase their influence. This strategy quickly became known as containment" - and defined American foreign policy for the next 40 years.The Coming Wave is Suleyman's book-length warning about technological expansionism: in close to 300 pages, he sets out to persuade readers that artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology (SB) threaten our very existence and we only have a narrow window within which to contain them before it's too late. Unlike communism during the cold war, however, AI and SB are not being forced on us. We willingly adopt them because they not only promise unprecedented wealth, but solutions to our most intractable problems - climate change, cancer, possibly even mortality. Suleyman sees the appeal, of course, claiming that these technologies will usher in a new dawn for humanity". Continue reading...
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The most ethical, sustainable and repairable handset gets a big upgrade with even longer supportThe Dutch smartphone company Fairphone has achieved something remarkable - a handset that could last a decade.The ethical pioneer, which leads the way in repairable devices, has just released the Fairphone 5. It is a thinner, lighter and more refined device compared with its predecessors and one that makes leaps and bounds in terms of longevity, repairability and quality.Screen: 6.46in QHD+ OLED (460ppi)Processor: Qualcomm QCM6490RAM: 8GBStorage: 256GB + microSD card slotOperating system: Fairphone OS based on Android 13Camera: dual 50MP rear, 50MP selfie cameraConnectivity: 5G, esim + nanosim, wifi6E, NFC, Bluetooth 5.2 and GPSWater resistance: IP55 (spray/splash)Dimensions: 161.6 x 75.83 x 9.6mmWeight: 212g Continue reading...
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The studio is far from the first to restrict some critics from their games. But if only influencers and fans get early access, it's players who suffer most Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe Guardian's review of space exploration epic Starfield, Xbox's big game of the year, went live this morning - almost a week after other outlets published theirs. This is because Bethesda did not give our reviewer an advance copy, as publishers usually do. Along with several others, including the greatly respected games publications Eurogamer and Edge, we were left waiting until the game's early access release last Friday to play it.Bethesda's reasons for cherry-picking reviewers are known only to itself, but it's far from the only publisher to do this. Sometimes, controlling early reviews is a way to manipulate a game's Metacritic average in the crucial first week of release. This happened earlier in the year with Hogwarts Legacy, when Warner Bros distributed copies to certain outlets long before others; the result was an initial flurry of very positive reviews, with more measured takes appearing around or after the game's release, once critics had played for longer. When reviewers receive review codes close to a game's embargo or release date, they are often under pressure to rush, and that can skew their experience. Continue reading...
Technology secretary Michelle Donelan says online safety bill will enable Ofcom to fine firms up to 10% of their global turnoverSocial media firms could face humongous" fines if they fail to block the accounts of under-13s, the technology secretary has said.Michelle Donelan made the comments on the eve of the long-awaited online safety bill returning to parliament for its final stages on Wednesday after numerous delays. Continue reading...
For seven years I was a compulsive sharent', chronicling my daughter's life on social media. Then she told me how much she hated it ...In 2010, the year Mark Zuckerberg said privacy was no longer a social norm, my child was born. I had no intention of doing anything online that would compromise my daughter's privacy, but I had never been a parent before and lived 5,000 miles away from where I grew up. Social media was my lifeline, and a place to share her development with our widespread loving family. I transcribed funny and sweet verbatim dialogues between us and posted them for my inner circle. I had become a sharent" - a parent who publishes information about their child online. What harm could it do?While I was writing a book about digital afterlives, though, I began thinking about how our online identities are shaped from our first moments, often by other people. Unease descended, and I took my then nine-year-old daughter for lunch and asked if we could have a conversation. You're not posting it, are you?" she replied. Sometimes, I only had to take my phone from my bag to elicit this response. Her reflex reaction to my question was the reason I wanted to talk in the first place. Continue reading...
Scams and data thefts could be caused by individuals overriding chatbot scripts, NCSC saysThe UK's cybersecurity agency has warned that chatbots can be manipulated by hackers to cause scary real-world consequences.The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said there are growing cybersecurity risks of individuals manipulating the prompts through prompt injection" attacks. Continue reading...
Almost 30,000 workers signed petition against return-to-office mandate in MayAmazon's CEO has told workers it's probably not going to work out" for them at the tech company unless they are prepared to come into the office at least three days a week.Andy Jassy made the statement in an internal meeting this month where he expressed his frustration that some employees were not coming in three days a week, despite that now being Amazon's official policy. He said: It's past the time to disagree and commit. If you can't disagree and commit ... it's probably not going to work out for you at Amazon because we are going back to the office at least three days a week." Continue reading...
Company says users targeted in Australia, UK, US and elsewhere by political spam network across more than 50 platformsMeta shut down close to 9,000 Facebook and Instagram accounts, groups and pages associated with a Chinese political spam network that had targeted users in Australia and other parts of the world, the company has revealed.Meta began investigating in 2019 and its research aligned with several research groups who coined the term Spamouflage, including the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (Aspi). Continue reading...
The head of Recreate Games talks about the inspiration behind the studio's forthcoming cartoon brawler - which features many of the team's own petsI've said it before and I'll say it again: there's nothing quite like a kitten wielding a crossbow. Party Animals gives you an array of adorable pets to dress up and throw into an arena, where they slapstick-spar against each other with bats, shovels, nunchucks and more. Developer Recreate Games looked to the much-loved jelly-baby beat-'em-up Gang Beasts for inspiration for this upcoming party brawler. Playing as a puppy throwing your opponents to their doom off a moving train? Having your otter grab a crossbow to take your family out? It's pure cuddly chaos.Picture this: you transform into an adorable corgi, your best buddy turns into a goofy dinosaur, and your girlfriend becomes a cute kitten. You're all brawling on a submarine, in a bar, in the snow; in all sorts of extraordinary places," explains the head of Recreate Games, known only as PM. That's what Party Animals is all about." This is the first game from the studio, which previously developed VR software before pivoting to paw punch-ups.Party Animals is out 20 September, 2023 on Xbox and PC. Continue reading...
We've lived in more places than we can remember, but home is where the games areI have moved house. Again. There are now new, different rooms to fill with all the things and machines that keep a family functioning.Some of them, as ever, are games consoles. I wrote recently about the place that the ZX Spectrum occupied in our council house in Arbroath in the 80s. But we had a machine before that. A bizarre arcade box that came with a black and white TV and an assortment of Pong knockoffs. It bonded us, but once Sir Clive's chocolate bar came along it was consigned to the loft, where it grew bitter and revengeful and later auditioned for the role of one of Ultron's drones in that Avengers movie. Continue reading...
Artificial intelligence is on track to shake up work. So what should the next generation of workers be trying to pursue?Teenagers deciding their future this year have a lot to contend with. In England, those who sat their A-levels suffered the biggest results drop on record while the top grades in GCSEs also fell. And now they face the question: will the career I choose to pursue even exist by the time I enter the workforce?Artificial intelligence has hit the mainstream with the popularity of generative AI programmes driven by large language models such as ChatGPT. Businesses are increasingly adopting the technology. A study, which was published last week by the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky, suggests 57% of workers are using such tools to save time in the office, especially for summarising meeting notes and long documents. Continue reading...
Taiwanese microchip manufacturer TSMC blames struggle to build Phoenix plant on skilled labor shortage but workers cite disorganization and safety concernsPosed in front of an American flag and a large banner reading A Future Made in America Phoenix, AZ," Joe Biden told a crowd of assembled workers, supporters and media last December: American manufacturing is back, folks."Eight months on, the Phoenix microchip plant - the centerpiece of Biden's $52.7bn US hi-tech manufacturing agenda - is struggling to get online. Continue reading...
One marketplace firm says Amazon is only delaying the pain' of having to wait a week for their proceedsAmazon has partially relented following a row about new rules affecting thousands of marketplace sellers and is now releasing some of their sale proceeds.The online retailer had told many of its sellers in the UK and continental Europe that it would now hold on to the proceeds of sales for more than a week, rather than crediting their accounts immediately a sale was made. Some small firms said the move - first revealed by the Guardian - could force them out of business. Continue reading...
There were 9,000 breaches of personal information last year but experts say not enough is being done to stop themIt's brutal. People are wondering if they should resign, or move house, or get fortified gates. You can feel the anger."The comment from a former officer in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) underlines the real-life consequences of an all-too frequent occurrence: a data breach. Continue reading...
Chief executive of platform rebranded as X seeking to reverse advertiser boycott since Elon Musk takeoverThe chief executive of X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, has moved to repair the company's relationship with advertisers by reinstating a client council" for marketing and ad agency executives.Linda Yaccarino wrote on the platform on Thursday that it was officially bringing back the client council in the fall", as the business seeks to reverse an advertiser boycott that has hit revenues since it was bought by Elon Musk for $44bn last year. Musk admitted last month that cashflow was still negative amid a 50% slump in advertising revenues. Continue reading...
For Microbird Games co-founders Philipp Seifried and Regina Reisinger, the social side of their RPG adventure game is just as important as exploring dungeons and slaying huge bossesDungeon slaying video games have severely lacked one essential element, until now: toasting an epic monster battle with a well-deserved schnitzel. At least, that's what the team at Vienna-based Microbird Games has decided, prompting the creation of forthcoming action role-playing game, Dungeons of Hinterberg.Looking like a Saturday morning cartoon come to life, with a visual style inspired by the clear lines and vivid colours of European comic artists, the indie adventure promises a mix of hack 'n' slash action RPG and social sim, against the backdrop of the Austrian Alps - which as video games go, is a setting as fresh as recently fallen snow. Players can explore dungeons, solve puzzles, slay huge bosses ... and then enjoy a schnitzel with the local people and other visiting slayers. Fighting monsters has never sounded so delicious. Continue reading...
AI's potential is huge and terrifying. But a new generation of artists is starting to find new uses for the technology, as well showing its many limitationsWhen I visited the Victoria and Albert Museum in London in early June, a fabulous drag cabaret was in full swing. Across seven small screens and a large wall projection, a rotating cast of performers in an array of bold looks danced and lip-synced their hearts out to banger after banger. Highlights included Freedom! 90 by George Michael, Five Years by David Bowie and Beyonce's Sweet Dreams.Then the whole thing started again. And again. But this wasn't just a video installation running on a loop: it was an elaborately engineered deepfake. Between each song, the performers underwent a kind of metamorphosis, melting down into amorphous masses of pixels and then re-forming with new faces and figures. For these AI-generated drag kings and queens, life really is a cabaret. Continue reading...
Data from Electoral Commission breach could allow rogue actors to create AI-generated messages in effort to manipulate electionsData accessed in the Electoral Commission hack could help state-backed actors target voters with AI-generated disinformation, experts have warned.The UK elections watchdog revealed on Tuesday that a hostile cyber-attack had been able to access the names and addresses of all voters registered between 2014 and 2022. Continue reading...
The $350 million Galactic Starcruiser will shut this year - but experiences that combine the real world with online gameplay could still fly Don't get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereNext month, Disney's immersive Galactic Starcruiser Star Wars hotel" in Florida will shut down, less than two years after opening. Best known for being horrendously expensive - $4,809 for a couple for two nights, or a mere $1,500 a person if you fit four to a cabin - most have dismissed the Starcruiser as yet another of Disney's recent spendthrift follies.When I heard the news of its closure earlier this year, I rushed to book one of the remaining cabins. My path into the games industry was by playing alternate reality games (ARGs) that mixed real-world actors and events with online gameplay; I'd go on to make ARGs such as Perplex City and, more recently, augmented reality games like Zombies, Run! Even though I hadn't been impressed by the Starcruiser's marketing, I was desperate to see what an estimated $350m budget had produced. Continue reading...
Russia named as likely culprit in cyber-attack on election watchdog, while police service accidentally publishes staff detailsThe UK election watchdog and Northern Ireland's police service both announced serious data breaches on Tuesday, in the latest example of the vulnerability of personal details to hacks and human error.The UK data regulator, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), is looking at the incidents, which have raised immediate safety concerns over the consequences of leaking personal data. Here is what has happened and what we know so far. Continue reading...
Engineers' work on cycling and public transit have transformed the app - but rural directions remain a sticking pointIn October 2022, New York City officials unveiled a new bike lane on Schermerhorn street, one of the most dangerous and heavily trafficked streets in downtown Brooklyn and somewhere I had always avoided on my bike. Unless I was a religious reader of transportation department press releases (I'm not), I would have no way of knowing the lane existed - except that very same morning, my Apple Maps app sent me on the new Schermerhorn bike lane, instead of hurtling down Dean Street. By the time I was taking my return route, it was busy with cyclists.For Apple to know the lane was open, it had to have updates from the Adams's administration, as well as, presumably, hundreds of other city governments around the world. How was the company pulling it off? And it's not just cycling: it also knows the placement of the trees in Central Park, when the bus is coming, and whether a dive bar takes contactless payments or is cash only. Continue reading...
An aunt's death led Kemisola Bolarinwa to develop a wearable device that can pick up Nigeria's most common cancer much earlierIt was a school competition to build a radio that set Kemisola Bolarinwa on her path to becoming the inventor of a bra that can detect cancer. My physics teacher brought the idea of coming up with a radio transmitter and a receiver. I started working on it with one of my classmates," she says.We went for the competition, and we came second out of the many competitors from other schools. That was when I discovered myself to be an innovator - that was how the passion started." Continue reading...
Forget AI doomerism' hype over ChatGPT, big tech's colonial attitude lets hateful electoral propaganda be fed to millionsMore than 70 countries are due to hold regional or national elections by the end of 2024. It will be a period of huge political significance across the globe, with more than 2 billion people (mostly from the global south) directly affected by the outcome of these elections. The stakes for the integrity of democracy have never been higher.As concerns mount about the influential role of information pollution, disseminated through the vast platforms of US and Chinese corporations, in shaping these elections, a new shadow looms: how artificial intelligence - more specifically, generative AI such as OpenAI's ChatGPT - has increasingly moved into the mainstream of technology. Continue reading...
Participants in simulated environment with random slip hazards were more likely to fall despite trying to be more cautiousIn news that will come as a surprise to nobody who has walked down a busy street in the past 10 years, scientists have confirmed people texting while walking are more likely to have accidents.While previous studies have shown that texting pedestrians are more likely to walk into oncoming traffic, others have suggested young adults have mastered the art of multitasking and are able to text accurately while navigating obstacles. Continue reading...
Researchers create system using sound recordings that can work out what is being typed with more than 90% accuracyTapping in a computer password while chatting over Zoom could open the door to a cyber-attack, research suggests, after a study revealed artificial intelligence (AI) can work out which keys are being pressed by eavesdropping on the sound of the typing.Experts say that as video conferencing tools such as Zoom have grown in use, and devices with built-in microphones have become ubiquitous, the threat of cyber-attacks based on sounds has also risen. Continue reading...
The company formerly known as Twitter alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate drove away advertisers - but CCDH and legal experts say otherwise Don't get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article hereCensorship, or rather his stance against it, is a key reason why Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44bn last year. His social media company's lawsuit against an anti-hate speech group refers to censorship, or variations on the word, eight times.But for critics of his complaint against the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), it is Musk who is doing the censoring. The intent is definitely to get the centre to shut up. That's the whole point of this suit, to prevent the centre from exercising any speech that Musk doesn't like," says Prof Brian Quinn from Boston College law school. Continue reading...
Elon Musk firm alleges in lawsuit against Center for Countering Digital Hate that it got data help from European Climate FoundationElon Musk's X Corp has accused the European Climate Foundation of helping an anti-hate speech campaign group conduct research against its rebranded Twitter platform.The claim was made in a blogpost on Monday that alleged the ECF had given the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) access to Brandwatch, a software tool that allows organisations to monitor posts on Twitter, which Musk last month renamed X. Continue reading...
Country's data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted adsFacebook owner Meta Platforms will be fined 1m krone ($98,500) a day over privacy breaches from 14 August, Norway's data protection authority told Reuters on Monday, a decision that could have wider European implications.The regulator, Datatilsynet, had said on 17 July that the company would be fined if it did not address privacy breaches the regulator had identified. Continue reading...
Policy to apply to those living within 50 miles and follows fall in post- pandemic demand for video-conferencing servicesIt was the poster child for remote working and may have made more gains from people able to work from home during the pandemic than any other company, but even Zoom has told its staff to come into the office more often.The company, which became a household name during Covid lockdowns because of the popularity of its video-conferencing tools, has told employees to travel in at least two days a week, according to a report in Business Insider. Continue reading...
Like sea mines washing up on the beaches of the Black Sea, the consequences of someone else's war keep arriving in the lives of this science-fiction game's charactersIn any other game, two mega corporations obliterating each other in a galactic war would be the story's focus. But in Citizen Sleeper 2, the conflict between Conway and Senetstat at the centre of the Helion System is background noise. Citizen Sleeper is a game about the periphery," designer Gareth Damian Martin says.You, an escaped android, have more immediate problems than the brewing war at Helion's centre. Out in the Starward Belt, an archipelago of asteroids at the edge of the corporation-dominated solar system, you're running from a violent gang leader after stealing one of his spaceships. You need to keep your vessel fuelled, your supplies stocked, and your synthetic body topped up with a hard-to-find serum that keeps it from shutting down.Citizen Sleeper 2 will release initially on PC; release date TBC Continue reading...
Tinder's users say long-term relationships are their number-one goal. Yet dating apps are failing at finding people loveRomance scams are among the most common type of online fraud, with losses in millions of dollars. Scammers prey on people's need for love and connection, which can make them vulnerable to manipulation. There's no end to the lies romance scammers will tell to get your money," warns the Federal Trade Commission.I couldn't help but think of this when I saw that Tinder has just announced it is moving ahead with plans to launch a new high-end" membership for as much as $500 a month. Tentatively called Tinder Vault, representatives of the company have said that the new service will provide an even more fun experience" and quality matches" for exclusive" users.Nancy Jo Sales is the author, most recently, of Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno Continue reading...
Forty years since the release of its first game, British developer Rare - formerly known as Ultimate - has cemented its place in gaming history. We look back at its origins on the ZX Spectrum and NESFor five long years, the ZX Spectrum magazine Crash tried to get an interview with the people behind Ultimate Play the Game, which had become one of the UK's premier games developers. They heard nothing until, one day early in 1988, Crash got a phone call. It was them. And they wanted to talk.Ultimate Play the Game, a trading name of Ashby Computers and Graphics, began in 1982, owned by one family: the Stampers - brothers Chris and Tim, and Tim's future wife Carole Ward, alongside programmer John Lathbury. Even at this stage, the Stampers were supremely confident in their own abilities, honed during the development of several arcade games. We chose [this] company's name because we felt it was representative of our products: the ultimate games," Tim Stamper declared in an August issue of Home Computing Weekly. The brothers designed and created games while Carole juggled administrative roles and contributed art to several of its first hits. Those early titles included Jetpac, the home computer game that thrust the company into the big time, and turns 40 years old this year. Continue reading...
Comment comes as company is going through organizational changes and looking to boost falling advertising revenueElon Musk has said his X social media platform will pay the legal bills and sue on the behalf of people who have been treated unfairly" by employers because of posting or liking something on the site formerly known as Twitter.If you were unfairly treated by your employer due to posting or liking something on this platform, we will fund your legal bill," Musk said in a post on X late on Saturday, adding that there will be no limits to funding the bills. Continue reading...
In this forthcoming black and white adventure game, you play as a ghost on a quest to ascend to a higher plane of the afterlifeWhy would you want to make a game about death? To me, it's fascinating," says Leo Dasso, director of Hauntii, a game about navigating eternity as a ghost. All of us have to cope with the changing circumstances of life, and death is the most extreme change of all, he says. And because death is universal, Dasso thinks the story will be of interest to everyone. As far as I know, nobody's immortal," he laughs.Not that he wants to put a downer on things. Often stories or games about death can kind of be morbid, [and] we really didn't want that for this game," he says. [Kirby creator Masahiro] Sakurai says that no matter what, a game should be entertaining first." And so it is with Hauntii, which sees your friendly ghost meeting a cavalcade of curious and often funny entities as they travel through the afterlife. Continue reading...
No part of me questioned whether this was real - I had to save my babyMom?" repeated my daughter's voice on my phone. I've messed up." My heart sank and I started trembling. I heard a man instructing her to lie down and put her head back. My 15-year-old daughter, Briana, was at a skiing competition with my husband two hours away, and I instantly thought she'd been badly hurt. I was in my car, picking up her sister Aubrey, who is 13, from dance class in Arizona. Over the phone, I heard Briana bawling and shouting, Help me, help me." My blood ran ice cold and my legs turned to jelly as the man on the phone began explaining that he had my daughter, and if I told anyone he would pump her stomach full of drugs, drop her in Mexico and I would never see her again.I sprinted into the lobby of the building where Aubrey was having her dance class. Putting the phone on mute, I wailed for help from the other parents. By this point, the man was shouting threats down the phone. A couple of mothers started calling 911. Coming out of class to hear what the fuss was about, Aubrey was thrown into a panic too. I pleaded with her to try to contact the rest of the family, but she was frozen in terror. I'll never forget her face as she tried to process that someone had taken her sister. Continue reading...
A growing number of doctored images are being used to disrupt politics. Here are four more recent examplesThe row over a manipulated photo of Rishi Sunak pulling an imperfect pint is the latest example of doctored or deepfake images attempting to disrupt politics.Using false information or imagery to alter public opinion is not new but breakthroughs in artificial intelligence threaten to take deception to a new level. Here are some recent examples of image-based disinformation. Continue reading...
Update will also ensure explicit or graphic photos do not appear easily in search resultsGoogle is launching new privacy tools to allow users to have more control over unwanted personal images online and ensure explicit or graphic photos do not appear easily in search results.Updates to Google policies on personal explicit images mean that users will be able to remove non-consensual and explicit imagery of themselves that they no longer wish to be visible in searches. Continue reading...
App says it will be launching a number of artificial intelligence initiatives to make dating more rewardingBeauty is now in the AI of the beholder. Or at least if you're on Tinder.The dating app is testing an artificial intelligence tool that selects users' best-looking photos for their profiles, in the hope it will enhance the chances someone will swipe right. Continue reading...
Call for action comes after Labour MP shared a digitally manipulated image of Rishi Sunak on social mediaExperts have warned that action needs to be taken on the use of artificial intelligence-generated or enhanced images in politics after a Labour MP apologised for sharing a manipulated image of Rishi Sunak pouring a pint.Karl Turner, the MP for Hull East, shared an image on the rebranded Twitter platform, X, showing the prime minister pulling a sub-standard pint at the Great British beer festival while a woman looks on with a derisive expression. The image had been manipulated from an original photo in which Sunak appears to have pulled a pub-level pint while the person behind him has a neutral expression. Continue reading...
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