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Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has called on Elon Musk’s X to urgently deal with its artificial intelligence chatbot Grok being used to create non-consensual sexualised deepfake images of women and girls.The BBC has seen several examples on X of people asking the bot to digitally undress people to make them appear in bikinis without their consent, as well as putting them in sexual situations.Kendall said the situation was “absolutely appalling”, adding “we cannot and will not allow the proliferation of these degrading images.””It is absolutely right that Ofcom is looking into this as a matter of urgency and it has…
What do Manchester United need next? Do they just need to be a mid-table club and bring in a mid-table manager? If you are looking for non-Man Utd mails, then come this way. Send your views to theeditor@football365.com Have we tried more DNA yet? I’ve just read Gary Neville going on again about Man United DNA and how United are the biggest club in the world and honestly it’s exhausting. That DNA shite gets dragged out every single time something goes wrong, and it always feels like a way of talking around the real problems instead of actually addressing…
Order books for the second-generation Volkswagen T-Roc are about to open in the UK, with prices starting from £31,620. The new version of the hugely popular model brings a bold new look and a completely overhauled interior. Later this year, it will also gain a hybrid drivetrain that will be rolled out across the Volkswagen line-up. The latest version of the Golf-based crossover – of which more than two million examples have been sold since its 2017 launch – is set to be the final new combustion-powered car that Volkswagen launches. All subsequent models are due to be exclusively battery-powered if the market conditions are right.…
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Jensen Huang took to the CES stage on Monday to share the latest from NVIDIA, and while the presentation was more a refresher of technologies the company has been working on for the past few years, there were a couple of notable announcements.NVIDIA announced Alpamayo, a family of open-source reasoning models designed to guide autonomous vehicles through difficult driving situations. The centerpiece of the release is Alpamayo 1 , a 10-billion parameter chain-of-thought system NVIDIA says is capable of approaching driving more like a human being would. The model works by breaking down unexpected driving situations into a smaller set…
Square Enix has released the opening cinematic for Dragon Quest VII Reimagined, the remake of the 2000 RPG set to launch next month. If that doesn’t whet your appetite, a demo for the game is also launching on Wednesday, January 7.This free demo will be available on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Switch 2, Switch, and Steam. Progress from the demo can be transferred to the full game when it arrives on February 5, and that data will also unlock an exclusive outfit for Maribel called the “Day Off Dress.” The game’s opening cinematic shows off the beautiful visuals and soundtrack. You’ll…
EPAProtests have broken out in at least 17 of Iran’s 31 provinces, presenting the largest challenge to the country’s clerical establishment since 2022, a BBC Verify and BBC Persian analysis has found.The BBC’s analysis of protests includes only those for which we have verified video footage – the true number is almost certainly far higher. There are reports of protests in a further 11 provinces.The wave of protests has spread rapidly across Iran since 28 December, when anger initially broke out in the capital Tehran following a fresh and sharp devaluation of the country’s currency against the dollar and other…
Chris MasonPolitical editorKirsty O’Connor / TreasuryThe thrust of the Chancellor’s address will be three cuts – cutting the cost of living, cutting NHS waiting lists and cutting government debtFinally, after weeks – even months – of hearing about it, we are about to find out what is actually in this year’s Budget.Chancellor Rachel Reeves will make an argument about what she will call “the fair and necessary choices” she is taking.Necessary is code for difficult.The thrust of the Chancellor’s address will be three cuts – cutting the cost of living, cutting NHS waiting lists and cutting government debt, as a…
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is meeting the Man Utd hierarchy on Tuesday to discuss becoming interim manager until the summer, according to reports. The Red Devils chose to sack Ruben Amorim on Monday with INEOS deciding before their 1-1 draw against Leeds that the Portuguese coach would be let go. Man Utd are currently sixth in the Premier League but the inconsistency of many teams means the Red Devils are just four points ahead of 14th-placed Crystal Palace. Confirming their decision to sack Amorim, Man Utd wrote in a statement on their website: “Ruben Amorim has departed his role as Head Coach of Manchester United. “Ruben…
Company car schemes aren’t keeping pace with modern work patterns, according to a survey by Sixt UK that showed three quarters (75%) of employees are using their own vehicles for business trips. Covid lockdowns and corporate sustainability targets have had a marked effect on business travel in recent years, with 41% of the UK workforce now working from home either part- or full-time, per the Office for National Statistics. Meanwhile, 42% of UK businesses surveyed by the Department for Transport reported using video conferencing to cut business travel and CO2 emissions, while 40% were allowing staff to work from home to achieve…