Recent models of the artificial-intelligence chatbot have been bringing up the creatures in conversations with users seemingly out of the blue, as well as gremlins, trolls and ogres. The goblin-speak caught the attention of programmers, who are often heavy users of the bot. (Glickman, The Wall Street Journal)
Read MoreDawkins isn’t the first, but might be the most eminent person yet, to be seduced into believing an AI is somehow alive. Sceptics rushed to pick apart the 85-year-old’s conclusions, drawn from experiments with Anthropic’s Claude AI models and OpenAI’s ChatGPT and published on the UnHerd website. (Booth, The Guardian)
Read MoreSouthern Baptist membership sank last year to its lowest level since 1973, even as the United States’ largest Protestant denomination saw increases in baptisms and attendance at services. (Smith, AP News)
Read MoreBest known for its railway interchange and a Bentley factory, Crewe is now the headquarters of a fanatical Islamic religious sect, whose leader claims to be the “new pope” and the successor to the prophet Mohammed. (Johnston, The Telegraph)
Read MoreIn an increasingly fractured media ecosystem, age is a major factor in determining people’s news and information needs and priorities, the ways they access news, and who they trust to provide it. This understanding of news engagement by generation is essential for news leaders to develop innovative strategies to reach news consumers across age, including new opportunities to collaborate with influencers, independent creators, and local news and information providers. (AP/NORC)
Read MoreAttacks by the group amount to war crimes, but are being overlooked because of international focus on abuses by the M23 militants in the same region, the human rights charity warned in the report. (Farmer, The Telegraph)
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