What Made Meta Suddenly Ban Tens of Thousands of Accounts? Summary For months tens of thousands of users have reported Meta (Facebook and Instagram) suspending accounts mistakenly. A BBC investigation…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary Several indie bands have removed their music from Spotify in response to news that Spotify founder Daniel Ek…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary The Register reports that AI-powered web crawlers are dramatically increasing bot traffic and in some cases overwhelming…
Optical generative models Summary This Nature paper demonstrates optical generative models that synthesise novel monochrome and colour images by combining a shallow digital phase encoder with a fixed, optimised diffractive…
AI versus skin cancer: the future of dermatology diagnosis Summary England’s NHS is trialling a skin‑lesion analysis tool called DERM (Deep Ensemble for Recognition of Malignancy), developed by Skin Analytics,…
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning? Summary A recent Slashdot roundup highlights reporting from the Hollywood Reporter and analysis by blogger Andy…
Summary For months tens of thousands of users have reported that Meta (Facebook and Instagram) wrongly suspended their accounts. The BBC has gathered hundreds of complaints: people losing photos, small…
Five Indie Bands Quit Spotify After Founder’s AI Weapons Tech Investment Summary Five indie bands have quietly removed their music from Spotify following news that Spotify founder Daniel Ek led…
Are AI Web Crawlers ‘Destroying Websites’ In Their Hunt for Training Data? Summary The Register argues that modern AI web crawlers are far more aggressive than traditional bots and are…
Did Will Smith Upload an AI-Enhanced Video – and Is This Just the Beginning? Summary Analysis by blogger Andy Baio and reporting summarised on Slashdot suggest that a recent Will…
