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Los Angeles paper’s ‘Insights’ tool comes after months of public debate between opinion staff and billionaire ownerSome Los Angeles Times opinion pieces will now be published with an artificial intelligence-generated rating of their political content, and an AI-generated list of alternative political views on that issue, the paper’s biotech billionaire owner announced on Monday.The new AI “Insights” feature will only be applied to a range of opinion content in

Salto has been one of our favorite robots since we were first introduced to it in 2016 as a project out of Ron Fearing’s lab at UC Berkeley. The palm-sized spring-loaded jumping robot has gone from barely being able to chain together a few open-loop jumps to mastering landings, bouncing around outside, powering through obstacle courses, and occasionally exploding. What’s quite unusual about Salto is that it’s still an active research project—nine years is an astonishingly

Busiest urban motorway in Europe restricted mainly to vehicles carrying at least two people during rush-hourAuthorities in Paris have created a dedicated car-sharing lane during rush-hour on its notorious ring road as part of efforts to reduce congestion and pollution on one of Europe’s busiest motorways.Paris city hall began the trial scheme on Monday, restricting the outside lane of the périphérique to passenger vehicles carrying at least two people from 7am to 10.30am and

We’d like to hear from parents and teachers who’re introducing AI to younger children and find out how they’re instructing them how to use itAcross the world since the release of ChatGPT, we have seen younger and younger people make use of artificial intelligence chatbots and image generators for their schoolwork and their lives at home. First, students in universities adopted AI, then teenagers in secondary schools, often with their parents unaware of it. Now, we’d like

In the first of a series highlighting online strategy, social media wars and podcast forays in the federal election campaign, we look at a disturbing Liberal TikTok and Labor’s optimistic merch. Plus: who are the ‘Liberals for Independents’?The Liberal party’s strategy on TikTok is a bit more zoomer-friendly than Labor’s approach: think trending memes and audio, rather than politicians talking into the camera for 90 seconds at a time. We’ve previously brought

TUC says proposals on copyright and AI framework must go further to stop exploitation by ‘rapacious tech bosses’Action is needed to protect workers in creative industries amid huge changes in technology and artificial intelligence, unions have urged.The TUC said there was an urgent need to put in place “proper guardrails” for workers ranging from artists, writers and journalists to teachers and academics. Continue reading...