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  David Harrison

  

  Google’s new Magic Editor pushes us toward AI-perfected fakery

  The Verge

  Google’s AI-powered Magic Editor tool promises to ‘make complex edits without pro-level editing tools.’ One of the most impressive demos at Google I/O started with a photo of a woman in front of a waterfall. A presenter onstage tapped on the woman, picked her up, and moved her to the other side of …

• Paul de Geus

  

  Delete all of your unread emails in seconds with nifty Gmail trick, users urged

  dailystar.co.uk - Ciaran Daly

  It's easy to let unread emails quickly overwhelm you - but whether you've got 500 or 50,000 unopened messages it's really easy to delete them all at …

• From Which? Thanks Don.

  

  David Harrison

  

  Weak banking security is leaving customers vulnerable to fraud on stolen phones, Which? warns - Which? News

  which.co.uk - Chiara Cavaglieri

  Banks must beef up their defences against mobile phone theft, a Which? Money investigation has found, after a string of similar cases reveal how …

• Another link from Ian (first alerted on Signal).

  

  David Harrison

  

  Europe sounds the alarm on ChatGPT

  Yahoo News - Melissa Rossi

  BARCELONA — Alarmed by the growing risks posed by generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms like ChatGPT, regulators and law enforcement …

• Another interview with the Turin medal holder.

  

  David Harrison

  

  AI 'godfather' Geoffrey Hinton warns of dangers as he quits Google

  bbc.co.uk - By Zoe Kleinman & Chris Vallance

  A man widely seen as the godfather of artificial intelligence (AI) has quit his job, warning about the growing dangers from developments in the field. Geoffrey Hinton, 75, announced his resignation from Google in a statement to the New York Times, saying he now regretted his work. He told the BBC …

• An excellent read, first brought to our attention by Ian (on Signal).

  

  David Harrison

  

  ‘We’ve discovered the secret of immortality. The bad news is it’s not for us’: why the godfather of AI fears for humanity

  The Guardian - Alex Hern

  Geoffrey Hinton recently quit Google warning of the dangers of artificial intelligence. Is AI really going to destroy us? And how long do we have to prevent it? The first thing Geoffrey Hinton says when we start talking, and the last thing he repeats before I turn off my recorder, is that he left …