‘AI cannot taste the way a chef can’: are chatbots a threat to fine dining?
Artificial intelligence could take personalized service a new, possibly sinister level – but can it really replace a chef?
Lawrence Leung: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet)
The comedian shares what makes him laugh, including an elaborate prank on a grandma, bad cosplay and people trying to take pictures of mirrors
CEO regrets her firm took on Facebook moderation work after staff ‘traumatised’
Outsourcer Sama facing legal cases brought by Kenya-based employees alleging exposure to graphic content
Chinese social media filled with anti-black racist content, says watchdog
Analysis by Human Rights Watch finds the country’s major platforms ‘do not routinely address’ pervasive online racism
Elon Musk won’t fight Mark Zuckerberg in a ‘cage match’ – because he knows he’d lose
America’s richest and most cowardly man, Musk, proposed an idiotic fight, then came up with every excuse not to really do it
Matildas v England: the match that launched a thousand memes
Social media comes alight with tributes to Australia’s Women’s World Cup heroes ahead of their semi-final
Will AI steal my job? Maybe – but here are some possible new opportunities
The rise of AI will destroy jobs – but also create them. And if you didn’t nab that £700,000 role at Netflix, there are plenty of new positions in the offing, many in surprising areas
Twitter appears to delay links by five seconds to sites Elon Musk dislikes
When content posted from critical news outlets and competitor apps was clicked, it opened a blank screen, delaying access
Alarm at exodus of climate voices on Twitter after Musk takeover
Half of regular green tweeters abandoned platform after its sale and cuts to moderation, analysis finds
‘Driverless cars are the hardest problem you could want to solve’ – Oxa’s Gavin Jackson
The head of the UK tech startup is as passionate about self-driving ‘autonomy’ as Elon Musk – but thinks it could be 20 years away
TechScape: ‘Are you kidding, carjacking?’ – The problem with facial recognition in policing
When a pregnant Black woman was falsely arrested, she fought back. Here’s what happened next. Plus, the week in AI
US publisher of pro-fascist books revealed as military veteran
Bailey Ross, reported air force reservist and former Coast Guard service member, linked to Agartha Publishing in South Dakota
Vice blocked news stories that could offend Saudi Arabia, insiders say
Exclusive: Media company recently signed lucrative deal with Saudi government-controlled MBC Group
Threads app usage plummets despite initial promise as refuge from Twitter
Social media app, launched in the wake of Twitter chaos, recorded 576,000 active users in August, down 79% from 2.3 million in July
Billion Dollar Heist review – cybercrime documentary relives tech chaos
A hit-and-miss documentary often struggles to explain the hows and whys of the Bangladesh Central Bank cyber heist of 2016