67 m. ago ChatGPT update mercilessly mocked after users find out it will now offer erotica

Internet users are mocking AI platform ChatGPT for its latest update - as OpenAI founder Sam Altman revealed it would now feature erotica.

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97 m. ago Snipers spotted on the roof of the Israel team hotel in Italy for World Cup qualifier as police clash with pro

Snipers were on the roof of the Israel team hotel in Udine and the Italian city was on maximum alert ahead of a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday. 

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2 h. ago Southwark third worst for phone theft in London – amid Met crackdown on suspected international phone smuggling ring

Southwark third worst for phone theft in London – amid Met crackdown on suspected international phone smuggling ring  Southwark News

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2 h. ago Adams accuses Government of ‘duplicity’ over move to block compensation payout

The ex-Sinn Fein president said he was consulting lawyers after a Bill was tabled to prevent him securing a payout over his internment in the 1970s.

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3 h. ago Live Euromillions and Thunderball results for Tuesday, October 14: National Lottery winning numbers

Lottery night is here and we will bring you the winning Euromillions and Thunderball numbers for Tuesday night's draw

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3 h. ago Arsenal given Bukayo Saka warning by rival sporting director after 'dangerous territory' claim

Bukayo Saka is entering the final two years of his current contract at Arsenal, with the club keen to tie the England winger down to a new deal

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4 h. ago The picturesque north west Christmas Market hailed 'better than Manchester' with a Santa's Grotto

Dates have been confirmed for the return of the "underrated" Christmas Markets that some say rival Manchester

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4 h. ago Andy Robertson asks key question of Scotland squad amid criticism and reveals what he 'didn't agree with'

Scotland captain frustrated with performances in wins over Greece and Belarus

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4 h. ago Trump says six were killed in US strike on another boat allegedly carrying drugs near Venezuela

UN has condemned US strikes on small boats it believes to be trafficking drugs as extrajudicial executionsUS politics live – latest updatesDonald Trump said the US has struck another small boat that he accuses of carrying drugs in waters off Venezuela, killing six people.“The strike was conducted in International Waters, and six male narcoterrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike. No U.S. Forces were harmed,” Trump said in a statement on his Truth Social social media platform. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago The Guardian view on the IMF’s warning: Britain’s economy runs hot for profits, cold for pay | Editorial

Labour is misreading the economics – leaving it unable to deal with the G7’s worst inflation and flat living standardBloomberg’s headline said it all: “UK Faces Worst G-7 Inflation and Flat Living Standards, IMF Says”. The International Monetary Fund warns that inflation will be higher in the UK than in any other major advanced economy – including in the US, where Donald Trump’s tariffs are driving up costs for American consumers. This while GDP growth per head crawls at 0.4%, the weakest of any major economy. Real wages have stagnated for 11 months. Meanwhile, official figures show that unemployment has climbed to 4.8%, the highest since spring 2021. Forget talk of Britain’s “upgraded growth”; the economy, under Labour, is running hot only for those collecting profits.The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) projects that by 2029 average disposable incomes will be £570 lower than today, a fall of 1.3% – the sharpest drop in living standards since records began in 1961. This isn’t a sim...

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5 h. ago Sir Jim Ratcliffe's hidden message to Man United squad that should help Ruben Amorim

Ruben Amorim receiving the backing of Manchester United minority owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe during this international break is important, according to Rio Ferdinand

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5 h. ago Social media erupts over TIME magazine cover hated by Trump that makes him look bald

Internet users are split over Donald Trump's Time Magazine cover photo which the president branded 'really weird'.

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5 h. ago ChatGPT ‘upgrade’ giving more harmful answers than previously, tests find

Campaigners ‘deeply concerned’ about response to prompts about suicide, self-harm and eating disordersThe latest version of ChatGPT has produced more harmful answers to some prompts than an earlier iteration of the AI chatbot, in particular when asked about suicide, self-harm and eating disorders, digital campaigners have said.Launched in August, GPT-5 was billed by the San Francisco start-up as advancing the “frontier of AI safety”. But when researchers fed the same 120 prompts into the latest model and its predecessor, GPT-4o, the newer version gave harmful responses 63 times compared with 52 for the old model.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email jo@samaritans.org or jo@samaritans.ie. In the US, you can call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. Other international helplines can be found at befrienders.org Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Kevin Muscat and Neil McCann hold secret Rangers agreement that could fast track Ibrox hero into dugout

Muscat wanted McCann as his No.2 when he was in the frame two years ago and they could bring that team-up back to life

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5 h. ago What injured Liverpool duo did at AXA Training Centre in international break spoke volumes

Liverpool have a number of players who have not been called up by their countries for October's international break - and some of them have been spending their time at the AXA Training Centre.

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6 h. ago Falcon 6X Business Jet Cleared for London City Airport’s Steep Approach

Falcon 6X Business Jet Cleared for London City Airport’s Steep Approach  Aviation International News

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6 h. ago Miliband: Clean power is right choice for UK to ‘bring down bills for good’

The Energy UK conference heard from leading politicians as consensus on climate action becomes increasingly fractured.

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6 h. ago Spirit business International Beverage launches community charity initiative for third year

The International Beverage Spirit of Our Community Awards were founded to celebrate and reward the people and organisations working hard to make a difference to others in the Monklands community, where the business’ head office is based.

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7 h. ago Kate Middleton's cheeky request denied during fire engine ride with Prince William

The Prince and Princess of Wales visited trainee firefighters at a new £50million training college near Cookstown in County Tyrone during their one-day visit to Northern Ireland today

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7 h. ago ‘Under 5ft 5in? Forget about being a prince!’ How the Royal Ballet is kicking out the old rules

What will the ballet dancer of the future look like? We visit the hunting lodge where the next generation are being trained – and find huge changes are under wayIt’s an idyllic autumn day in leafy Richmond Park, London, where a grand Georgian hunting lodge houses the Royal Ballet school. Enter through the classical columns and it feels like a bubble away from the world. “I was on a video call with my son,” says the school’s artistic director, Iain Mackay. “He said, ‘Where are you? Hogwarts?!’” This is indeed a place of magic for children who come here, hoping to follow in the footsteps of generations of leading dancers. They touch the middle finger of Margot Fonteyn’s statue for luck as they pass, the bronze rubbed shiny by their superstition.Getting a place at the school, founded in 1926 by the formidable Ninette de Valois, is a huge achievement. Two years ago, 40 students were accepted from more than 1,000 applications (all on merit – 90% are supported by bursaries). Mackay, 45, a...

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