California governor signs orders to prepare for El Niño storms
California governor signs orders to prepare for El Niño storms
COP17 nears conclusion as negotiators make progress but face hurdles
COP17 nears conclusion as negotiators make progress but face hurdles
Secret to national development lies in AI and digitisation: PM Shehbaz
Says leveraging partnership with Alibaba Group to provide SMEs access to global markets among govt’s top priorities
Two new sage species discovered in China's Hengduan Mountains
Two new sage species discovered in China’s Hengduan Mountains
‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws
Labor government under pressure to create social media watchdog as new online safety standards bill passes lower houseFollow our Australia politics live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government wants to ban AI chatbots which seek to create “emotional intimacy” after prime minister Anthony Albanese raised…
Declare climate change a health emergency, Lancet report urges
Declare climate change a health emergency, Lancet report urges
'An annoying buzz': The search for stealthier drones
As drone deliveries become more commonplace, their makers are looking for ways to make them quieter.
AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research findsAI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to stop the UK’s ban on disposable vapes.Three-quarters of all the responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes…
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We hear from Ondřej Surý, the programmer whose PHP patches helped avert a cyber crisis.
Anthropic accelerates – for the rest of us, the speed of growth spells precarity
The AI industry is still defined by a careening intensity that’s taking the world’s finances along for the rideThis was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here.Today in tech, we’re discussing Anthropic’s astronomic growth, how a settlement over social media safety dented Meta’s revenue,…
