• The Guardian’s block on ChatGPT using its content is bad news | Letters

    The Guardian’s block on ChatGPT using its content is bad news | Letters
    Praveen Naidoo says there is need for a wider debate; Paul Sawbridge and Ian Waton believe the information fed to AI should not just come from the rightwing pressI was disappointed to read that the Guardian has followed other organisations in preventing OpenAI from harvesting its content for training (The Guardian blocks ChatGPT owner OpenAI from trawling its content, 1 September). While I understand the importance of protecting intellectual property, what worries me is the quality of informatio
  • The chilling rise of AI scams – podcast

    The chilling rise of AI scams – podcast
    Criminals are cloning voices and making calls to trick victims into sending them money. How can they be stopped?Jennifer DiStefano, a mother of four, got a call one day from an unknown number. Two of her children were off snowboarding, so she picked up, worried that one of them might have been injured. It was her daughter Bree, screaming, crying and pleading for help. A man came on the line and told DiStefano that he had kidnapped her daughter and that if she didn’t pay up, he would kill h