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Companies aiding Trump’s immigration crackdown see ‘extraordinary’ revenues

silverguide.site – Palantir, Geo Group and CoreCivic, cogs in president’s enormous detention and deportation machinery, report ‘unprecedented growth’…
Companies aiding Trump’s immigration crackdown see ‘extraordinary’ revenues

TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor

silverguide.site – TikTok workers in Berlin are striking over mass layoffs amid company’s global push to replace moderators with AI…
TikTok to replace trust and safety team in Germany with AI and outsourced labor

Staff at UK’s top AI institute complain to watchdog about its internal culture

silverguide.site – Whistleblowing complaint warns Alan Turing Institute is in danger of collapse due to government threats over funds…
Staff at UK’s top AI institute complain to watchdog about its internal culture

‘It’s missing something’: AGI, superintelligence and a race for the future

silverguide.site – As US and Chinese tech giants chase artificial general intelligence, experts warn the hype may be outrunning the science…
‘It’s missing something’: AGI, superintelligence and a race for the future

OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models

silverguide.site – Experts working to benchmark resource use of AI models say new version’s enhanced capabilities come at a steep cost…
OpenAI will not disclose GPT-5’s energy use. It could be higher than past models

Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage

silverguide.site – Concerns that tech company’s Israel-based staff may have concealed key details of work follow Guardian investigation…
Microsoft investigates Israeli military’s use of Azure cloud storage

Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam

silverguide.site – People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad…
Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam

Facial recognition technology discriminates against people of colour | Letter

silverguide.site – Letters: Alba Kapoor from Amnesty International responds to an article about the Met’s increased use of the technology…
Facial recognition technology discriminates against people of colour | Letter

Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels, researchers find

silverguide.site – Academic study suggests devices cannot differentiate between someone being overworked and being excited…
Smartwatches offer little insight into stress levels, researchers find

‘1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives’ – Mehdi Hasan on why he went on Surrounded

silverguide.site – The two-hour debate propelled Jubilee Media into the mainstream and has been viewed 10m times, but some worry about the embrace of rage-fuelled content…
‘1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives’ – Mehdi Hasan on why he went on Surrounded

I spoke to the AI avatar of a Leeds MP. How did it cope with my Yorkshire accent?

silverguide.site – Leeds MP Mark Sewards has launched a digital assistant, but the results of my chat show MPs’ aides have nowt to worry about…
I spoke to the AI avatar of a Leeds MP. How did it cope with my Yorkshire accent?

OpenAI says latest ChatGPT upgrade is big step forward but still can’t do humans’ jobs

silverguide.site – Though GPT-5 model has better coding and writing abilities it is not yet able to ‘continuously learn’…
OpenAI says latest ChatGPT upgrade is big step forward but still can’t do humans’ jobs

The unintended consequences of the Online Safety Act | Letters

silverguide.site – Letters: Alex Treryth sees the legislation as an excuse to conduct a massive data grab, while Jonathan Coates believes it’s small sites that will suffer…
The unintended consequences of the Online Safety Act | Letters

‘We wish it never existed’: readers tell us about their family’s use of YouTube

silverguide.site – Impossible to monitor, a gateway to dangerous content, or a great educational tool? As the social media ban looms, parents tell us how YouTube affects their world…
‘We wish it never existed’: readers tell us about their family’s use of YouTube

Garmin Forerunner 570 review: running watch stumbles just short of greatness

silverguide.site – Super bright OLED screen, top tracking accuracy, voice control and calls on your wrist are held back by high price…
Garmin Forerunner 570 review: running watch stumbles just short of greatness

Trump announces Apple’s plan to invest $100bn in US manufacturing

silverguide.site – Tech giant’s plan to up domestic investment over next four years comes as it seeks to avoid Trump’s threatened tariffs…
Trump announces Apple’s plan to invest $100bn in US manufacturing

UK car drivers: share your memories and photos of your convertible

silverguide.site – We would like to hear from people who have, or previously had, a convertible car…
UK car drivers: share your memories and photos of your convertible

OpenAI in talks on share sale that would price it above Elon Musk’s SpaceX

silverguide.site – If the transaction goes ahead the value of the ChatGPT developer would rise by about two-thirds to $500bn…
OpenAI in talks on share sale that would price it above Elon Musk’s SpaceX

Lib Dems call for urgent regulation of YouTube ads after wave of scams

silverguide.site – Party wants video platform to face same scrutiny as broadcasters due to deepfake and investment scams…
Lib Dems call for urgent regulation of YouTube ads after wave of scams

OpenAI takes on Meta and DeepSeek with free and customisable AI models

silverguide.site – Developer of ChatGPT says new tools will be ‘for wide benefit’, echoing announcement by Mark Zuckerberg…
OpenAI takes on Meta and DeepSeek with free and customisable AI models
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