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No smartphone means no cheap bus fares for teens | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Phone usage | Feast for the eyes | Kevin Keegan | Eco-friendly mowing | Cold callers…
No smartphone means no cheap bus fares for teens | Brief letters
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Australia has been hesitant – but could robots soon be delivering your pizza?

silverguide.site – While there have been concerns over the safety and legal status of the technology, working models from local startups are showing its benefits…
Australia has been hesitant – but could robots soon be delivering your pizza?
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AI firms warned to calculate threat of super intelligence or risk it escaping human control

silverguide.site – AI safety campaigner calls for existential threat assessment akin to Oppenheimer’s calculations before first nuclear test…
AI firms warned to calculate threat of super intelligence or risk it escaping human control
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Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans

silverguide.site – Hundreds of leading figures from UK creative industries urge prime minister not to ‘give our work away’…
Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa among artists urging Starmer to rethink AI copyright plans
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‘Tone deaf’: US tech company responsible for global IT outage to cut jobs and use AI

silverguide.site – CrowdStrike CEO announces 5% of workforce to be slashed globally, citing artificial intelligence efficiencies created in the business…
‘Tone deaf’: US tech company responsible for global IT outage to cut jobs and use AI
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Leave them hanging on the telephone | Brief letters

silverguide.site – Brief letters: Cold callers | Children reading | Push on with mowing | Not so quick crossword | Biscuit break…
Leave them hanging on the telephone | Brief letters
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Wikipedia challenging UK law it says exposes it to ‘manipulation and vandalism’

silverguide.site – Wikimedia Foundation seeks judicial review of some requirements of Online Safety Act it claims may endanger safety of volunteer editors…
Wikipedia challenging UK law it says exposes it to ‘manipulation and vandalism’
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Tech giants beat quarterly expectations as Trump’s tariffs hit the sector

silverguide.site – What’s new in AI – from effects on job market to Meta’s new app and ChatGPT changes – and a look at Musk’s first term…
Tech giants beat quarterly expectations as Trump’s tariffs hit the sector
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Pro-Russian hackers claim to have targeted several UK websites

silverguide.site – Group that calls itself NoName057(16) appears to have had limited success disrupting council and other websites…
Pro-Russian hackers claim to have targeted several UK websites
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‘It cannot provide nuance’: UK experts warn AI therapy chatbots are not safe

silverguide.site – Experts say such tools may give dangerous advice and more oversight is needed, as Mark Zuckerberg says AI can plug gap…
‘It cannot provide nuance’: UK experts warn AI therapy chatbots are not safe
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Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch

silverguide.site – Vulcan device ‘capable of grabbing three-quarters of items in warehouses’ fuels fears of mass job losses…
Amazon makes ‘fundamental leap forward in robotics’ with device having sense of touch
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‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?

silverguide.site – It’s a year since teachers in St Albans asked parents not to give younger children smartphones. How successful have they been? What do the kids think about it? And has it made the adults think about their own ‘addiction’?…
‘The crux of all evil’: what happened to the first city that tried to ban smartphones for under-14s?
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Mark Zuckerberg tried to convince us he was human. Sorry, ZuckBot: you’ve failed | Arwa Mahdawi

silverguide.site – No matter how many system updates the Meta boss runs, there will always be something about him that screams ‘creepy automaton’. And the $270m apocalypse shelter doesn’t help, writes Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi…
Mark Zuckerberg tried to convince us he was human. Sorry, ZuckBot: you’ve failed | Arwa Mahdawi
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OpenAI reverses course and says non-profit arm will retain control of firm

silverguide.site – CEO, Sam Altman, says decision to backtrack was made ‘after hearing from civic leaders’ and state attorneys general…
OpenAI reverses course and says non-profit arm will retain control of firm
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As Musk steps back, experts say Doge cuts have harmed government services

silverguide.site – The billionaire fired thousands of workers, but savings are minimal and offset by degradation of services, critics say…
As Musk steps back, experts say Doge cuts have harmed government services
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‘Dangerous nonsense’: AI-authored books about ADHD for sale on Amazon

silverguide.site – Experts say online retailer has ethical responsibility to guard against chatbot-generated work on sensitive topics…
‘Dangerous nonsense’: AI-authored books about ADHD for sale on Amazon
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Better at everything: how AI could make human beings irrelevant

silverguide.site – The end of civilisation might look less like a war, and more like a love story. Can we avoid being willing participants in our own downfall?…
Better at everything: how AI could make human beings irrelevant
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How Trump’s love for crypto threatens US residents’ peace: ‘I just want quiet’

silverguide.site – Cryptocurrency mining facilities can blanket towns with ‘constant’ noise. They’re likely to get louder under Trump…
How Trump’s love for crypto threatens US residents’ peace: ‘I just want quiet’
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Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote

silverguide.site – Exclusive: Proposals to introduce opt-out system of copyright rules no longer preferred option amid criticism from creative industries…
Ministers reconsider changes to UK copyright law ahead of vote
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Elon Musk’s company town: SpaceX employees vote to create ‘Starbase’

silverguide.site – Residents – most of them SpaceX workers – in remote Texas community approve plan to create new city…
Elon Musk’s company town: SpaceX employees vote to create ‘Starbase’
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