The academy, which controls the US film industry’s most prestigious award, on Friday issued updated rules for what kind of work in movies and documentaries would be considered eligible for an Oscar as the use of artificial intelligence (AI) technology grows.
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Will AI lead to more accurate opinion polls?
It does not focus on quantitative polling, which is already largely automated through mass surveys. Instead, it emphasises depth. “We don’t ask people to tick boxes – they have a conversation with an AI,” Fontaine explains. “That means we can explore not just what people think, but how they think – how they build their […]
Musk accuses OpenAI lawyer of trying to ‘trick’ him in combative testimony
Elon Musk was cross-examined on the third day of the trial over his lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI.
Musk says basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI lawsuit
The case over OpenAI’s history and public commitments could have major implications for the future of AI.
Why Spotify has no button to filter out AI music
It is a challenge, acknowledges Manuel Moussallum, Deezer’s head of research, but the company’s detection technology has so far maintained a low false positive rate, he says, and research to better understand hybrid cases, where AI is only partially used, is ongoing.
I brought my husband back for his funeral as a hologram
“The problem today, in my view, is the platformisation of grief – datafying our dead, commodifying them, curating their presence in our lives, and making mourners financially and psychologically dependent upon the platforms that reanimate and house them.”
The viral manifesto of ‘anti-woke’ tech boss with NHS and defence contracts
Dr Rhiannon Mihranian Osborne of the health campaign group Medact told the BBC: “Every day that the NHS continues this contract with Palantir makes our health system complicit in Palantir’s violent operations, such as AI warfare, and deeply alarming ideology, which includes powering America and its allies to their ‘innate superiority’.”
White House memo claims mass AI theft by Chinese firms
Earlier this year, Anthropic described distillation “attacks” by three AI laboratories, DeepSeek, Moonshot, and MiniMax, saying it had found them all to be working to copy Anthropic models through distillation campaigns. All three of the labs are based in China.
AI is flattening the jobs market for young people, says Sunak
The former prime minister said graduates’ concerns about getting entry-level jobs are justified.
UK gaming icon Peter Molyneux on AI, his final creation and a changing industry
The creator of iconic series such as Fable says Masters of Albion will be the last game he makes.
