Israel-Hamas: Temporary ceasefire takes effect — but ‘war not over yet’ November 24, 2023 A temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas came into effect early this morning ahead of a hostage release later today.
ChatGPT-maker Open AI pushes out co-founder and CEO Sam Altman November 18, 2023 The board of ChatGPT-maker Open AI said it has pushed out its co-founder and chief executive Sam Altman after a review found he was “not consistently candid in his communications” with the board. “The board no longer has confidence in his ability to continue leading OpenAI,” the company said in a statement. Mira Murati, OpenAI’s [...]
‘Your plan is not working’: Braverman launches scathing attack on Sunak November 14, 2023 Suella Braverman has launched a scathing attack on Rishi Sunak, accusing him of failing to deliver on key promises and taking credit for him entering Downing Street.
Bird watching: What’s going on with X/Twitter’s Community Notes? November 9, 2023 It’s always embarrassing to be called out on a lie. That’s the cruel genius behind Twitter’s Community Notes feature, which brutally exposes mistruths with a cool, simple fact box. As Labour’s shadow foreign secretary David Lammy recently found out, the hard way. He tweeted “As I said on Radio 4 Today this morning, it is [...]
Musk announces X/Twitter’s new AI tool: a sarcastic chatbot named Grok November 6, 2023 Grok will be able to scrape twitter / X, and have a 'rebellious streak,' Elon Musk said over the weekend as the AI race hots up
X owner Elon Musk tells PM Rishi Sunak AI will eventually mean ‘no job is needed’ November 2, 2023 Elon Musk has told Rishi Sunak he believes artificial intelligence (AI) is “the most disruptive force in history” and that eventually “there will come a point where no job is needed”.
Elon Musk bought Twitter for $44bn – and it’s now worth less than half October 31, 2023 Twitter / X is now worth less than half what Elon Musk paid for it a year ago, the firm admitted in an internal memo yesterday
Musk’s one-year X reign: how shocking has it been? October 27, 2023 A year after Elon Musk's Twitter takeover, now 'X', the platform is still alive while rivals Mastodon and Threads are flailing behind.
‘No reasonable person’ can expect China to play by AI rules: Truss October 26, 2023 Liz Truss has urged Rishi Sunak to rescind China’s invite to the government’s landmark summit on artificial intelligence (AI) next week. The short-lived former Prime Minister wrote to her successor asking him to reconsider extending the invitation to Xi Jinping’s government in Beijing. Sunak plans to host foreign government representatives, including US vice-president Kamala Harris, [...]
Meta and Tiktok told to detail curbs on Israel-Hamas disinformation October 19, 2023 The European Union (EU) has ratcheted up its scrutiny of big tech companies – with demands for Meta and TikTok to detail their efforts to curb illegal content and disinformation during the Israel-Hamas conflict.