14 h. ago It’s Sam Altman: the man who stole the rights from copyright. If he’s the future, can we go backwards? | Marina Hyde

His AI video generator Sora 2 has been reviled for pinching the work of others. One giant leap for Sam: for everyone else, not so muchTake a look at Sam Altman. I mean, actually do it. Go to Google images, where you can find countless photos of the OpenAI boss smiling in a kind of wan genius way, the humble lost puppy of Silicon Valley. But I urge you to simply cover the bottom half of his face in any of these pictures, and you will immediately clock that Sam has the sad-psycho eyes of the lost woman’s boyfriend who the police have asked to front the missing person’s appeal. Please come home, Sheila – we’re all worried sick and we just want you back.If that joke seems off-colour, or crass, or some kind of manipulative stretch – please, don’t worry. I’m using the OpenAI gold standard of giving-a-toss, where the unwilling subjects of any generated content have to formally, time-consumingly and bureaucratically opt out of being used/abused/exploited any way anyone likes. I haven’t hear...

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44 h. ago Concern 'growing' for welfare of missing Shotts woman as police appeal for information

Claire Grayson, 49, was last seen in Wishaw at around 5.30pm yesterday (Wednesday, October 8).

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44 h. ago Police issue appeal for information after teen boy was assaulted in Cambuslang

He was taken to hospital for treatment, but his injuries are not being treated as life-threatening.

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55 h. ago Boy, 11, 'fell between tram and platform' as it started pull out of Crossacres

An 11-year-old boy remains in hospital with 'serious' injuries after being struck by a tram on Tuesday, as Greater Manchester Police appeal for witnesses

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57 h. ago Morgan Freeman wanted on prison recall by cops in "real life Shawshank plot"

A police appeal for runaway Morgan Freeman went viral after hundreds of social media users speculated a wanted lag from Somerset has escaped prison to lie on a beach in Mexico like his famous namesake

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60 h. ago Police issue appeal after building materials set on fire in Rutherglen

There were no injuries but the fire is being treated as wilful.

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62 h. ago Bus passenger racially abused on Greater Manchester service, police say

The incident took place on the 312 bus in Stockport

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65 h. ago Police call for further potential victims of sex offender and paedophile to come forward

The Metropolitan Police believe Vruj Patel, 26, may have continued to offend until recently, when he was detained

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68 h. ago Violent attack at Belfast train station leaves several people injured

The incident took place at Belfast City Hospital Train Station as police made an urgent appeal for information.

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68 h. ago Multiple people attacked at Belfast train station as two go on rampage

Police have issued an urgent appeal for information following the attack which took place at the Belfast City Hospital Train Station on Monday, October 6

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69 h. ago Police appeal for information after attempted robbery in Lanark

A member of staff was threatened with a weapon.

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3 d. ago Police CCTV appeal after £4.5k power tool stolen from Birch services

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3 d. ago Man attacked on Dumbarton doorstep by three masked thugs with weapons

A man was seriously assaulted on a doorstep by three masked thugs armed with weapons.

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4 d. ago Bronze age gold jewellery stolen in raid on St Fagans museum in Cardiff

South Wales police issue public appeal for information after burglary at one of Wales’s most beloved museumsRaiders have broken into one of Wales’s most beloved museums and stolen gold jewellery from the bronze age.Staff at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff said its “Wales is ” gallery was specifically targeted in the burglary, which was discovered in the early hours of Monday. Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Missing woman caught in new CCTV footage hauling suitcase as police step up appeal

Rebecca Lyes, 34, who is around 5ft6 and has a distinctive tattoo of a heart on the inside of her arm, was last seen walking along London Road in Worcester on Sunday

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4 d. ago Woman found dead inside 'large cardboard box' as police appeal for help

After police were called to the scene in a remote area of Arizona, the victim was identified as a 57-year-old woman from Las Vegas- who had been arrested days before in Las Vegas

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4 d. ago Prime Minister 'appalled' by arson attack on Peacehaven Mosque in East Sussex

Two people managed to escape the Peacehaven Community Mosque in Phyllis Avenue when the front entrance and a car outside were set alight by masked thugs

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4 d. ago Hunt for masked thugs who tried to burn down mosque in 'shocking' attack

Footage shows two men in balaclavas set fire to fuel poured on steps of building in Peacehaven, East Sussex

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5 d. ago Two youths in hospital as police appeal for masked thugs after Ross County v Raith Rovers 'disorder'

"We know the area was busy with supporters at the time and there are likely to be witnesses to this incident who have yet to speak to police."

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6 d. ago New CCTV video in search for woman missing since leaving hospital two weeks ago

Kent Police have renewed their appeal to find Helen Eade, who has been missing from Maidstone for more than two weeks, and have released new CCTV footage of the 59-year-old woman

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