Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board
Users reject site’s explanations after detailed instructions for writing response to post on popular forum were publishedMumsnet has denied using AI to produce content after detailed instructions to help an AI model write one of its popular “am I being…
The Social Reckoning review – Aaron Sorkin’s jittery sequel with all-new evil puppet Zuckerberg
Jeremy Strong’s slow-talking Facebook founder turns into a cameo, background to a thriller about a whistleblower that somehow never mentions TrumpHere is a film for all those people who solemnly deplore social media in conversation but haven’t quite got…
The Jaguar Type 01: a £150k gargantuan getaway vehicle utterly useless in the city
Too costly for most, too large for UK car parks, and wheels bigger than a warlord’s pickup truck. But it does come in ‘London red’Jaguar targets young Americans with Type 01 EVThe cutting-edge car du jour, even while very few will ever buy one, is a good…
Artificial review – Luca Guadagnino takes on OpenAI in muddled tech satire
New York film festival: The origin story of Sam Altman’s company is reimagined as a campy comedy starring Andrew GarfieldOn the day that Luca Guadagnino’s film about Sam Altman and OpenAI premiered, Vanity Fair released a cover story on Altman. Alongside…
Is regulation enough to stop AI systems killing us all? | Letters
Martyn Thomas wonders how any rational person can argue that independent oversight and regulation will be sufficientOnce again a frontier AI model has been withdrawn because it fails safety tests (OpenAI scraps release of new model over safety concerns…
Stop worrying about my AI, says multibillionaire Sam Altman. So we bear the risks and he keeps the money | Chris Stokel-Walker
OpenAI’s CEO seems to want to privatise his company’s huge financial gains while making all of us pay for any negative consequencesTech bros’ messianic streaks can show up in subtle ways. But one of Sam Altman’s flaws is that he often lacks that…
Who owns ‘brain rot’?: inside the international legal drama over a beloved meme
Copyright law in the US only applies to human-made creations, but AI characters like Tung Tung Tung Sahur are challenging thatOne of the most beloved characters in an absurdist genre of online video content has become the center of an international legal…
The vapourware of the airline industry | Brief letters
Heathrow’s third runway and aircraft emissions | Taking the hint | Editorial mischief | Girls and ladies | The bleeding obviousGeorge Monbiot coins the word “perceptionware” for technology trailed but never trialled, and only intended to impress the…
Are my gen X peers the influencers the world has been waiting for? | Emma Beddington
Their careers are peaking, they’re rich in money and time – and young people think they’re cool. But maybe it’s not as simple as that‘Stop sleeping on gen X.” I heard this on TikTok recently. I misinterpreted it, with a guilty start, as: “Stop sleeping,…
Own a mobile phone? Then you’re paying the ‘app tax’. It’s a racket and it’s time the UK faced Apple and Google down | Chi Onwurah
A deep-seated duopoly allows the tech giants to exploit the public and developers. But the regulator has powers to stop this abuse – it should use themChi Onwurah is the Labour MP for Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West and chair of the parliamentary…