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Google to give £98million to female employees who were paid less than men for years

Holly Pease, a former Google manager, is one of the plaintiffs and hopes the tech giant's massive settlement will pave the way forward for equal pay among workers regardless of gender

Daily Mirror

Canada and Denmark end decades-long dispute over barren rock in Arctic

Hans Island ‘whisky war’ – described by some as a ‘pseudo-confrontation’ – ends after formal division agreed

The Guardian - UK

We taught an AI to impersonate Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde – here's what it revealed about sentience

Nay, nay, I say! This cannot be,

The Conversation

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OnePlus Nord 2T review: one of the most convincing €400 smartphones you can buy

OnePlus Nord 2T adds 80W superfast charging and an upgraded processor for a lower starting price than its predecessor

Irish Mirror

Labelling Google’s LaMDA chatbot as sentient is fanciful. But it’s very human to be taken in by machines

We need more safeguards in place to prevent us from mistaking machines for humans

The Guardian - AU

A Google Engineer Says His AI Has Become Sentient, Can Feel Joy And Even Fears ‘Being Turned Off’

A Google engineer was put on leave for violating confidentiality after he published a conversation with a Google AI he claimed was sentient.

Pedestrian.tv

A Google software engineer believes an AI has become sentient. If he’s right, how would we know?

Google’s LaMDA software (Language Model for Dialogue Applications) is a sophisticated AI chatbot that produces text in response to user input. According to software engineer Blake Lemoine, LaMDA has achieved a long-held dream of AI developers: it has become sentient.

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Shona Craven: Is it time for robots to have fundamental rights?

WHAT makes you a person? Is it your brain? Your whole body? Or is it the thoughts in your head and the feelings in your heart?

The National (Scotland)

Relax, Google’s LaMDA chatbot is nowhere near sentient

Just because you designed a good NPC doesn't make it HAL 9000.

Input

Alphabet Whale Trades For June 13

A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Alphabet. Looking at options history for Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) we detected 420 strange trades.

Benzinga

NASA loses 2 cyclone-tracking satellites after launch company Astra rocket fails

In this edition of HORIZONS, read about a new setback for NASA's storm-monitoring program and private space company Astra, a new flesh-covered robot finger, and more.

Inverse

Criminal googles whether destroying gun clues 'strictly Hollywood'

The woman searched: "does wiping a gun with a cloth really eliminate fingerprints or is this strictly a Hollywood fantasy?"

The Canberra Times

Google to pay $118 million to more than 15,000 women in gender-bias settlement

Google has agreed to pay $118 million to more than 15,000 women to settle a years-long class-action lawsuit alleging the Mountain View, California, company discriminated against female employees.

Tribune News Service

Why is this allegedly sentient chatbot making me so emotional?

A psychologist explains why our response to Google's existential AI bot says more about us than it does about AI.

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Benzinga

$1000 Invested In This Stock 15 Years Ago Would Be Worth $8,400 Today

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) has outperformed the market over the past 15 years by 9.0% on an annualized basis producing an average annual return of 15.23%. Currently, Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.42 trillion.

Tribune News Service

If abortion is made a crime, will Microsoft, Amazon and other big data players cooperate with police?

In a moment when dozens of states are poised to curtail abortion access, Washington has been put forward as a safe harbor for reproductive rights.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Google, Facebook, Twitter Will Have to Tackle Deepfakes or Risk EU Fines

Alphabet unit Google , Facebook, Twitter and other tech companies will have to take measures to counter deepfakes and fake accounts on their platforms or risk hefty fines, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The measure is part of the European Commission's updated code of practice on disinformation…

Evening Standard

The Leader podcast: Will ‘thinking’ AI and blockchain run future cities?

Following reports Google has developed a “sentient” artificial intelligence chatbot allegedly capable of reasoning and thinking, what is the future role of AI and the vast amounts of data washing around London?

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The Guardian - US

John Oliver on big tech: ‘Ending a monopoly is almost always a good thing’

The Last Week Tonight host examined Google, Amazon and Apple and efforts to address ‘anti-competitive conduct’

The Guardian - US

Google engineer says AI bot wants to ‘serve humanity’ but experts dismissive

Blake Lemoine claims of sentience for artificial intelligence bot described as ‘ball of confusion’ by Steven Pinker

Evening Standard

Tech & Science Daily: Does Google’s AI chatbot have feelings? & we’re at London Tech Week 2022

Theo Blackwell MBE, London’s Chief Digital Officer has been speaking to us at London Tech Week, about the ethics behind using AI.

The Independent UK

Google engineer making ‘sentient AI’ claim sparks joke among film fans

Google engineer controversially claimed AI bot wishes ‘to be acknowledged as an employee of Google rather than as property’

Tom’s Guide

How to create a new Gmail account

Here's everything you need to know about how to create a new Gmail account, whether it's your first one or a secondary account.

The Guardian - UK

How does Google’s AI chatbot work – and could it be sentient?

Researcher’s claim about flagship LaMDA project has restarted debate about nature of artificial intelligence

Axios

Google places engineer who claims Chatbot AI has mind of its own on leave

The company's view: Not so fast. The algorithm is just a very good conversationalist.

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