Cheapest places to buy petrol in Essex as Middle East crisis sparks price surge
It can be worth looking around to find the cheapest garages
Spyware disguised as emergency-alert app sent to Israeli smartphones
Steals SMS messages, location data, contacts … and delivers it to Hamas-linked crew
Hamas-linked attackers are dropping spyware disguised as an emergency-alert app on Israelis' smartphones via SMS messages, according to security researchers.…
Sir Chris Whitty blasts obese Britain's fat jab culture as 'socially unacceptable'
England's Chief Medical Officer Professor Chris Whitty said it would represent a 'societal failure' if drugs such as Mounjaro and Wegovy were relied upon to tackle rising obesity rates.
Russian military intelligence was behind exploding sex toy parcel plot, police say: 22 suspects identified after air-freight packages exploded in British and German DHL depots
British and European authorities launched a joint investigation after a number of self-igniting parcels went off in the UK, Germany and Poland.
Football TV presenter Diletta Leotta reveals the x-rated secrets behind her marriage to ex-Liverpool flop Loris Karius
Diletta Leotta, 34, tied the knot with the 32-year-old FC Schalke shot-stopper in June 2024, and the pair are expecting their second child later this year.
Primark's 'amazing' Stacey Solomon pyjamas that fans think are 'so beautiful'
They're perfect for when the weather gets warmer
Grand National horse trainer who 'attacked dogwalker on his land with hockey stick' says man in fact fell over his out-of-control cockapoo
Richard Williams, known as Evan, is alleged to have repeatedly struck Martin Dandridge, 72, with a hockey stick during the night time attack on December 4, 2024.
£150billion wiped off value of British stocks in worst week for FTSE 100 since Trump's Liberation Day tariffs
As war raged in the Middle East, the FTSE 100 index fell another 1.24 per cent to 10,284.75, taking losses since Monday morning to 5.7 per cent.
Dramatic moment police smash through door and find huge drugs operation
More than 300 cannabis plants were found in multiple rooms
Jennifer Lopez is pushing herself to exhaustion working 13-hour days before Vegas concerts to prove she is still on top after painful divorce
'She is working 13-hour days at a studio in North Hollywood with her back-up dancers to make sure she looks like she is on top of her game. She always says she want to be "better than yesterday."'
Python 'Chardet' Package Replaced With LLM-Generated Clone, Re-Licensed
Ancient Slashdot reader ewhac writes: The maintainers of the Python package `chardet`, which attempts to automatically detect the character encoding of a string, announced the release of version 7 this week, claiming a speedup factor of 43x over version 6. In the release notes, the maintainers claim that version 7 is, "a ground-up, MIT-licensed rewrite of chardet." Problem: The putative "ground-up rewrite" is actually the result of running the existing copyrighted codebase and test suite through the Claude LLM. In so doing, the maintainers claim that v7 now represents a unique work of authorship, and therefore may be offered under a new license. Version 6 and earlier was licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). Version 7 claims to be available under the MIT license.
The maintainers appear to be claiming that, under the Oracle v. Google decision, which found that cloning public APIs is fair use, their v7 is a fair use re-implementation of the `chardet` public API. However, there is no evidence to suggest their re-write was under "clean room" conditions, which traditionally has shielded cloners from infringement suits. Further, the copyrightability of LLM output has yet to be settled. Recent court decisions seem to favor the view that LLM output is not copyrightable, as the output is not primarily the result of human creative expression -- the endeavor copyright is intended to protect. Spirited discussion has ensued in issue #327 on `chardet`s GitHub repo, raising the question: Can copyrighted source code be laundered through an LLM and come out the other end as a fresh work of authorship, eligible for a new copyright, copyright holder, and license terms? If this is found to be so, it would allow malicious interests to completely strip-mine the Open Source commons, and then sell it back to the users without the community seeing a single dime.
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'Very awkward' moment Romeo Beckham's current and ex-girlfriend meet at influencer party. MOLLY CLAYTON was there - and saw every moment
When Romeo Beckham's current girlfriend Kim Turnbull and his ex Mia Regan ended up at the same bash on Thursday night, the event quickly gained an extra layer of intrigue.
Trump to welcome home six American troops killed in the Iran war at dignified transfer ceremony
President Donald Trump will attend the first dignified transfer ceremony for Iran war dead on Saturday.
Drug dealer admits killing vulnerable man who slept beside dogs
He had allegedly slept on a mattress in a garage beside dogs at a property in Essex
Catholic bishop, 69, accused of visiting mega-brothel 12 times in one month is dramatically arrested as he prepared to board flight to ROME
Emanuel Shaleta was arrested just days after reports he was headed to Rome. The disgraced clergyman was accused of salacious behavior and pocketing up to $1 million of his church's money.
Kaye Adams is accused of being a foul-mouthed aggressive bully who humiliated staff. I worked for her... this is what I saw, by CODIE BULLEN
To the public, Kaye Adams is the whip-sharp, straight-talking broadcaster who is not afraid to speak her mind on-air and will brush off any backlash.
Isla Fisher stuns in a quirky pencil skirt as she joins chic Nicky Hilton at Nina Ricci's Paris Fashion Week show
Isla Fisher looked stunning in a quirky pencil skirt as she joined chic Nicky Hilton at designer Nina Ricci's Paris Fashion Week show on Friday.
Louis Walsh accuses Simon Cowell of keeping him and Sharon Osbourne in the dark when it came to The X Factor's production after revealing they are no longer speaking
The Irish music manager, who worked with Boyzone and Westlife , was a judge on the ITV talent show from its inception in 2004 alongside Simone and Sharon.
Our TV critics have assembled the ULTIMATE guide of the...
The Daily Mail's TV critics have assembled a guide of the 19 best shows and films to stream this weekend.
Student, 18, drowned in flooded park after telling girlfriend man had tried to rape him on night out, inquest hears
Fintan Jack Feltham, 18, told his girlfriend Molly in the early hours of November 27 he had been in the town's Plush nightclub with friends when he was attacked and lost his glasses.