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Nintendo's new Ocarina of Time remake enshrines its place in the gaming canon for generations to come. But despite its stupendous production values, the game left me feeling oddly bereft.
Read moreFrom children struggling with their mental health to adults worried about AI, many of us feel neglected and ignored by politicians. How would Keir Starmer’s former director of policy fix that?
Read moreExclusive: Nonexistent precedent cited in alleged child rape case adds to dozens of AI-related errors plaguing court proceedings A senior crown prosecutor acting cited an imaginary legal precedent in an error that has sparked fresh concerns about AI hallucinations infecting the justice system. Ravinder Dhillon, representing the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), referenced an entirely made-up case during a dispute over whether a child should be prosecuted for the rape of his younger sister, high court documents have revealed. Continue reading...
Read moreNational Cyber Security Centre expects attacks on critical facilities such as power stations, airports and hospitals AI-powered malicious software is “highly likely” to be used in hacking attacks against the UK’s power stations, airports and hospitals by 2028, according to the state cybersecurity body. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) said AI will probably enable a ransomware attack against critical national infrastructure [CNI] between now and 2028. The UK’s definition of CNI covers a range of facilities and services across sectors including energy, transport, defence, food, health a
Read moreMillions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters' decisions.
Read moreA suspected cyber-attack targeting fridges and freezers in European supermarkets forced stores to throw away huge quantities of food and stock in an incident that echoed a similar hacking attack in France last month
Read moreDozens of shops across European countries have been hit by a cyber-attack affecting their fridges.
Read moreLetters: Jane Rosenthal and Siobhan McGovern respond to an article advocating for the death of email signoffs
Read morePatroclo and Achille’s interspecies affair sheds new light on social and sexual relations between animals, scientists say
Read moreI thought the explanation I’d given about black holes was family-friendly; but after what she had said, I had to rethink my examples
Read moreThe new words that end up a part of everyday speech can tell us a lot about the zeitgeist. In a world changing faster than ever, we need to coin some more, writes Emma Beddington
Read moreCasserole dishes, electric heaters and silk shirts: your autumnal favourites show you’re hunkering down – with one eye on party season • Don’t get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Autumn, we’ve been expecting you. After a September that seemed to miss the memo about changing seasons, October made up for it with serial storms and nights that drew in faster than you could say “fall back”. Time to hunker down and, whisper it, even put the heating on – or at least fire up an electric heater if you’re still holding out on the radiators. But while you were drawn to the indoor pleasur
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