64 m. ago Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI

When the people making AI seem trustworthy are the ones who trust it the least, it shows that incentives for speed are overtaking safety, experts sayKrista Pawloski remembers the single defining moment that shaped her opinion on the ethics of artificial intelligence. As an AI worker on Amazon Mechanical Turk – a marketplace that allows companies to hire workers to perform tasks like entering data or matching an AI prompt with its output – Pawloski spends her time moderating and assessing the quality of AI-generated text, images and videos, as well as some factchecking.Roughly two years ago, while working from home at her dining room table, she took up a job designating tweets as racist or not. When she was presented with a tweet that read “Listen to that mooncricket sing”, she almost clicked on the “no” button before deciding to check the meaning of the word “mooncricket”, which, to her surprise, was a racial slur against Black Americans. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Prince Harry has to do one thing to mend royal feud but latest move 'ridiculous'

With the Duke of Sussex once again clashing diaries with his estranged brother Prince William, a royal expert believes the onus is on Harry to work around the royal family’s busy schedules

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3 h. ago Selfridges' £40 Princess Diana Christmas bauble ridiculed for resembling Clare Balding

The glass bauble, which is 12cm high by 9cm wide, shows King Charles's first wife in a red top with dogs on it - but shoppers have been quick to point out it looks like someone else

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5 h. ago Scotland’s Tartan Army mimic Taylor Swift fans as Hampden roar causes ‘small earthquake’

Tartan Army’s 'ground-shaking' celebrations registered as seismic activity.

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6 h. ago New Caledonia activist says France is impeding travel home after prison release

Exclusive: Kanak leader Christian Tein, who was freed from prison in June, says France is ‘deliberately dragging out’ re-issue of his passportA pro-independence leader from the French overseas territory of New Caledonia has accused the French government of “deliberately dragging out” his passport application, preventing him from flying home after his release from prison.Christian Tein, an Indigenous Kanak leader, was arrested in New Caledonia in June 2024 over allegations that he had instigated the deadly pro-independence protests that had taken place on the island a month earlier. Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Popular attraction near Trafford Centre to shut for 12 weeks for major new look

Bosses have announced 'ambitious expansion plans' - and new computer-generated images have been released

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7 h. ago Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi

A pension-pot World Cup looms and with Trump in the White House and a crown prince at his back, it is now a safe spaceIt was hard to choose one favourite photo from football’s double-header at the White House this week. In part this is because the pictures from Donald Trump’s state dinner with Mohammed bin Salman and his in-house hype men Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianni Infantino were everywhere, recycled feverishly across the internet, dusted with their own drool-stained commentary by the wider Ronaldo-verse.Mainly there were just so many jaw-droppers. Perhaps you liked the one of Trump and Ronaldo strolling the halls of power, Ronaldo dressed all in black and laughing uproariously, like a really happy ninja. Or the one of Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez standing either side of a weirdly beaming Trump at his desk, holding up some kind of large heraldic key as though they’ve just been presented with their own wind-up wooden sex-grandad. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago The BBC is under threat like never before. This is how to save it | Pat Younge

A moment of peril demands a new approach – on everything from funding to the BBC charterPat Younge is the chair of the British Broadcasting ChallengeWe have not been here before. The BBC is used to coming under pressure from political parties, well-funded pressure groups and powerful newspaper publishers. But the threat of a lawsuit from the US president is unprecedented.This latest furore is dangerous because it comes at a time when democracy faces an information crisis. The foundations of informed democratic debate are under attack across the globe from a combination of AI-generated deepfakes, hostile state propaganda and algorithms that amplify divisions through social media. We have already seen how Elon Musk, the wealthiest man on the planet, is prepared to use his own social media platform, X, to interfere in the affairs of other countries and exert a chilling influence on democracies.Pat Younge is the chair of the British Broadcasting Challenge, whose recommendations are cont...

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7 h. ago Fans 'feel ancient' as iconic film which 'changed everything' turns 30 today

Scoring a rare 100 per cent on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes — 30 years on, fans of the generation-defining movie are horrified at how quickly time has flown by.

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7 h. ago 'Perfect' Welsh village with horseshoe harbour and colourful houses

It's a place where you can take in a wealth of activities and sights, and is often compared to a popular holiday destination in Europe

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9 h. ago SNP must realise Scotland needs urgent grooming gangs inquiry

It’s hard not to conclude that generations of children have been let down by the political establishment, says Susan Dalgety

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9 h. ago Six great reads: the world’s scariest CEO, gen Z in the workplace, and a lost great console

Need something brilliant to read this weekend? Here are six of our favourite pieces from the past seven days Continue reading...

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9 h. ago We’ve witnessed the end of going out on the pull – here’s why it matters

The rise in dating apps and the decline in Britain’s nightlife may have sounded the death knell for this time-honoured tradition of finding a mate. Helen Coffey mourns the loss for a generation of single youngsters

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14 h. ago Flu activity is low, but experts worry about a new strain and vaccination rates

The U.S. flu season is starting slowly, and it’s not clear if it will be as bad as last winter’s

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15 h. ago Edinburgh Airport lounge's rating downgraded for 'work canteen' lunch menu

Plaza Premium to “actively review” improvements for being below standard

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15 h. ago The sailor reviving the lost art of canoe building in New Caledonia

Dozens of traditional boats made as part of a project to reconnect with culture and ‘start of conversation’ on ocean rightsIn October in Lifou island, a double-hulled canoe was pushed into the lagoon - a small act that marked a deeply symbolic moment.It was the first launch of a traditional canoe on Lifou in generations, an event that brought together the island’s three chiefly clans in a rare show of unity. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago Trump caves to socialist Mamdani and says 'you can call me fascist' in extraordinary concession

President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, two generational rivals on the opposite ends of the political spectrum, met in the Oval Office on Friday.

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16 h. ago FAA warns all pilots of risks of flying over Venezuela over 'worsening security situation'

The Federal Aviation Administration has warned all pilots to “exercise caution” when flying in the airspace over Venezuela “due to the worsening security situation and heightened military activity.”

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16 h. ago Extinction Rebellion protester climbs Christmas tree destined for Trafalgar Square

A climate activist threatened to bring a decades-long tradition to a halt - after scaling the annual Christmas tree gifted by Norway to the UK right at the moment it was being felled.

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17 h. ago RAY MASSEY: Toyota's Land Cruiser switches from diesel to electrified hybrid

Manufacturer adds a lithium-ion battery and electric motor-generator to engine and an eight-speed automatic gearbox.

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