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Experts from Which? surveyed over 3,500 EV owners to understand how much the range of their car has decreased since they bought it.

Demand described as a 'soft layoff'

IBM has begun what a source describes as a soft layoff for its Finance & Operations business unit, in the form of a return-to-office (RTO) order.…

Apple has released an official Apple TV app for Android phones and tablets that's now available in the Google Play Store. You can download it here. 9to5Google reports: The newest Apple app on Android has a bottom bar with Apple TV+, MLS (Major League Soccer), Downloads for offline viewing, and Search. [...] The video player takes after Apple TV on other platforms, with a portrait mode available. There are convenient shortcuts to activate picture-in-picture, which works inside the app (while browsing) and system-wide, and mute to bring up the system volume bar. Playback is smooth and more stable than other streaming services. At launch, the Apple TV app lacks Casting support and there do not appear to be new episode notifications. If you're already signed into Apple Music, you have to log in again to Apple TV. Another notable aspect is support for Google Play Billing instead of requiring out-of-app sign-up on another device. This applies to both the Google TV app (and Apple Music) today.

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The Canadian 38-year-old posted an Instagram snap of the 26-year-old nepo baby of Lionel Richie rocking his October's Very Own owl logo through his not-so-secret burner account

An anonymous reader quotes a report from People: Scarlett Johansson is urging U.S. legislators to place limits on artificial intelligence as an unauthorized, A.I.-generated video of her and other Jewish celebrities opposing Kanye West goes viral. The video, which has been circulating on social media, opens with an A.I. version of Johansson, 40, wearing a white T-shirt featuring a hand and its middle finger extended. In the center of the hand is a Star of David. The name "Kanye" is written underneath the hand. The video contains A.I.-generated versions of over a dozen other Jewish celebrities, including Drake, Jerry Seinfeld, Steven Spielberg, Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Black, Mila Kunis and Lenny Kravitz. It ends with an A.I. Adam Sandler flipping his finger at the camera as the Jewish folk song "Hava Nagila" plays. The video ends with "Enough is Enough" and "Join the Fight Against Antisemitism." In a statement to PEOPLE, Johansson denounced what she called "the misuse of A.I., no matter what its messaging." Johansson continued: "It has been brought to my attention by family members and friends, that an A.I.-generated video featuring my likeness, in response to an antisemitic view, has been circulating online and gaining traction. I am a Jewish woman who has no tolerance for antisemitism or hate speech of any kind. But I also firmly believe that the potential for hate speech multiplied by A.I. is a far greater threat than any one person who takes accountability for it. We must call out the misuse of A.I., no matter its messaging, or we risk losing a hold on reality." "I have unfortunately been a very public victim of A.I.," she added, "but the truth is that the threat of A.I. affects each and every one of us. There is a 1000-foot wave coming regarding A.I. that several progressive countries, not including the United States, have responded to in a responsible manner. It is terrifying that the U.S. government is paralyzed when it comes to passing legislation that protects all of its citizens against the imminent dangers of A.I." The statement concluded, "I urge the U.S. government to make the passing of legislation limiting A.I. use a top priority; it is a bipartisan issue that enormously affects the immediate future of humanity at large." Johansson has been outspoken about AI technology since its rise in popularity. Last year, she called out OpenAI for using an AI personal assistant voice that the actress claims sounds uncannily similar to her own.

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Lord Hermer poured praise on human rights lawyer Shiner even after his war crime claims against British troops were dismissed by a public inquiry as 'deliberate lies'.

British rapper, Stormzy, 30, has been called out on social media after he deleted a post from a year ago that read: 'I hope everyone is good, some fleeting thoughts.1. Free Palestine.'

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust was handed the penalty by a district judge after it admitted failing to provide safe care and treatment at a maternity unit where three babies died.

While Lawrence Dallaglio largely made headlines for his positive impact on the pitch, it was his behaviour off it that more often landed him in hot water.

A US Navy aircraft went down and two pilots were forced to emergency eject over San Diego in another shocking aviation incident over US skies.

President Donald Trump said he expects to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss peace in the Ukraine and that their sit down will likely take place in Saudi Arabia.

As part of a 'new world order', the US will no longer prioritise British and European security, meaning the UK and its continental allies will have to step up.

A BBC study published yesterday (PDF) found that AI news summarization tools frequently generate inaccurate or misleading summaries, with 51% of responses containing significant issues. The Register reports: The research focused on OpenAI's ChatGPT, Microsoft's Copilot, Google's Gemini, and Perplexity assistants, assessing their ability to provide "accurate responses to questions about the news; and if their answers faithfully represented BBC news stories used as sources." The assistants were granted access to the BBC website for the duration of the research and asked 100 questions about the news, being prompted to draw from BBC News articles as sources where possible. Normally, these models are "blocked" from accessing the broadcaster's websites, the BBC said. Responses were reviewed by BBC journalists, "all experts in the question topics," on their accuracy, impartiality, and how well they represented BBC content. Overall: - 51 percent of all AI answers to questions about the news were judged to have significant issues of some form. - 19 percent of AI answers which cited BBC content introduced factual errors -- incorrect factual statements, numbers, and dates. - 13 percent of the quotes sourced from BBC articles were either altered from the original source or not present in the article cited. But which chatbot performed worst? "34 percent of Gemini, 27 percent of Copilot, 17 percent of Perplexity, and 15 percent of ChatGPT responses were judged to have significant issues with how they represented the BBC content used as a source," the Beeb reported. "The most common problems were factual inaccuracies, sourcing, and missing context." [...] In an accompanying blog post, BBC News and Current Affairs CEO Deborah Turness wrote: "The price of AI's extraordinary benefits must not be a world where people searching for answers are served distorted, defective content that presents itself as fact. In what can feel like a chaotic world, it surely cannot be right that consumers seeking clarity are met with yet more confusion. "It's not hard to see how quickly AI's distortion could undermine people's already fragile faith in facts and verified information. We live in troubled times, and how long will it be before an AI-distorted headline causes significant real world harm? The companies developing Gen AI tools are playing with fire." Training cutoff dates for various models certainly don't help, yet the research lays bare the weaknesses of generative AI in summarizing content. Even with direct access to the information they are being asked about, these assistants still regularly pull "facts" from thin air.

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Romantic issues might be dealt with using ChatGPT in the future. People can rarely tell the difference between couples therapy from a professional or advice supplied by AI , a study has found.

For 30 minutes in the Oval Office, Elon Musk and his son X stood alongside President Donald Trump at the Resolute Desk. A body language told DailyMail.com what she observed.

Tranyelle Harshman, 32, shot the four children, ages 2, 2, 7 and 9, before turning the gun on herself, according to Big Horn County Sheriff's Office.

Palmira Simoes, 58, was rushed to hospital with potentially life-changing injuries after being held hostage by hooded robbers on a CCTV-covered railway bridge in Plaistow, east London.

The Northern Lights could be seen in some parts of the country tonight, The Met Office has said.

The Sustain Coastal project, which is run by Norfolk and Waveney Mind, is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK and will provide therapy for those experiencing anger or 'overwhelming grief'.

Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp, 43, was diagnosed 'multiple' brain tumors that may have been caused by her melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.