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Amazon’s cloud ‘hit by two outages caused by AI tools last year’
1+ hour, 32+ min ago (520+ words) Reported issues at Amazon Web Services raise questions about firm's use of artificial intelligence as it cuts staff Amazon's huge cloud computing arm reportedly experienced at least two outages caused by its own artificial intelligence tools, raising questions about the…...
Tell us: have you ever used AI to navigate everyday life and social relationships?
1+ day, 45+ min ago (149+ words) We'd like to hear your stories about the ways you're using chatbots to assist with your social life or important life decisions Lots of people now use chatbots as personal assistants, not just for work but in everyday life and…...
media platforms are only as good as the people who run them | Letters
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (237+ words) Still, I continued. I posted Arwa Mahdawi's powerful column about the Save Act. I was able to let countless people know for the first time how dangerous this law would be. Then a researcher friend told me that he was…...
How to make the Guardian your go-to news source in Google search
1+ week, 2+ day ago (202+ words) You may have noticed some changes in how news appears in Google search. The company recently rolled out a "Preferred Sources" feature that allows people to choose which outlets they'd like to see stories from, customised to their interests. By…...
Battle of the chatbots: Anthropic and OpenAI go head-to-head over ads in their AI products
1+ week, 6+ day ago (189+ words) New Anthropic campaign suggests other AI platforms will incorporate targeted ads in their chatbot conversations The Seahawks and the Patriots aren't the only ones gearing up for a fight. AI rivals Anthropic and OpenAI have launched a war of ads…...
TikTok could be forced to change app’s ‘addictive design’ by European Commission
2+ week, 5+ hour ago (427+ words) Preliminary EU ruling says app shifts brains of users into "autopilot mode, with concerns for children and vulnerable adults TikTok could be forced into changes to make the app less addictive to users after the EU indicated the platform had…...
Experience: I am the Excel world champion
2+ week, 12+ hour ago (502+ words) I have been called the LeBron James of spreadsheets, but I try not to take myself too seriously Growing up in Waterford, south-east Ireland, I'was always good at maths. I first used Excel at university in Cork while studying maths…...
Disastrous start for US TikTok as users cry censorship
2+ week, 3+ day ago (403+ words) New US-owned app struggled with a storm and was accused of blocking content critical of Trump " can it recover? Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I'm Blake Montgomery, writing to you from Doha, where I'm moderating panels about AI and investing…...
‘It’s really sad’: US TikTok users rethink app over concerns about privacy and censorship
2+ week, 5+ day ago (549+ words) Some users are stepping away from the app after it made a deal to create a US entity and updated terms and conditions Many TikTok users across the US say they're rethinking their relationship with the platform since its ownership…...
Why TikTok’s first week of American ownership was a disaster
2+ week, 5+ day ago (323+ words) App endured a major outage and user backlash over perceived censorship. Now it's facing an inquiry by the California governor and an ascendant competitor A little more than one week ago, TikTok stepped on to US shores as a naturalized…...