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Yes, AI is getting scarier. So why do I need that loveless machine to tell me everything will be all right? | Van Badham
The Guardian by Van Badham 2 h and 35 min ago
‘Don’t put your feelings on the internet’ is universal wisdom, yet more and more of us are turning to LLMs for intimate conversations, rather than each other
CNN reported this week that Grok – the AI-powered chatbot on billionaire Elon Musk’s “X/Twitter” platform – has gone Nazi.
Unforgivably, it’s somewhat the fashion of the time.
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Discovery of ancient riverbeds suggests Mars once wetter than thought
The Guardian by Ian Sample Science editor 4 h and 29 min ago
Scientists spot traces of 10,000 miles of rivers in area where many believed ‘there wasn’t any evidence for water’
Thousands of miles of ancient riverbeds have been discovered in the heavily cratered southern highlands of Mars, suggesting the red planet was once a far wetter world than scientists thought.
Researchers spotted geological traces of nearly 10,000 miles (16,000km) of ancient watercourses, believed to be more than 3bn years old, in high resolution images of the rugged landscape captured by Mars orbiters.
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As much as £5bn needed to revive UK’s struggling high streets, study finds
The Guardian by Sarah Butler 4 h and 33 min ago
Business rates cuts not enough as people in poorer areas simply ‘don’t have money to spend’, says Centre for Cities
As much as £5bn is needed to revive ailing UK town and city centres, with areas including Bradford in Yorkshire, Newport in south Wales, and Blackpool in Lancashire having double the proportion of empty shops as London, a study has found.
A report from the Centre for Cities thinktank showed that the health of high streets across the country has varied significantly, and called for authorities to focus on developing homes and high-paying jobs in central locations to increase local spending power.
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Il cambiamento climatico triplica le vittime del caldo
il manifesto by Giulia Filpi 5 h and 26 min ago
Di caldo si muore. Lo dicono le stime dei ricercatori dell’Imperial College di Londra, che hanno calcolato l’impatto dell’ondata di calore a cavallo tra giugno e luglio sulla mortalità in […]
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Clima e lavoro, in attesa del governo intervenga l’Europa
il manifesto by Daniele Nalbone 5 h and 28 min ago
È sotto gli occhi di tutti: il cambiamento climatico cambia (in peggio) anche le nostre vite. Eppure qualcuno, a destra, nega ancora. Ma soccorrono i dati. Secondo l’Organizzazione Internazionale del […]
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