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Artificial intelligence risks GM-style public backlash, experts warn

November 3, 2017 by Neville Hobson 

Researchers say social, ethical and political concerns in the UK about artificial intelligence (AI) are mounting and greater oversight is urgently needed, according to the Guardian. Otherwise, we could expect to see the kind of social disruption that greeted the advent of genetically-modified (GM) foods during the past decades. The Guardian's report notes that there are no testing standards or requirement for AI to explain their decisions. There is also no organisation equipped to monitor and … [Read more...] about Artificial intelligence risks GM-style public backlash, experts warn

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, Communication, Ethics, Innovation, Politics, Public Relations, Science, Society, Software, Technology, Trends Tagged With: Article, Artificial intelligence (AI), Computing, Ethics, Ian Sample, Main section, News, Science, Technology, The AI future, The Guardian, UK news, UK Science

Social media stars breaching rules on promoting brands, watchdog says

October 9, 2017 by Neville Hobson 

songofstyle Instagram

The Guardian reports on a rise in complaints to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK advertising regulator, who says ‘influencers’ on social media sites such as Instagram and Twitter fail to declare that they are being paid to publicise products. The newspaper defines 'influencers' thus: Social media celebrities who have large and engaged followings online. They get paid money to publicise products and can command tens of thousands for one post. This is about disclosure where … [Read more...] about Social media stars breaching rules on promoting brands, watchdog says

Filed Under: Advertising, Business, Communication, Ethics, Marketing, Reputation, Social Media, Web Tagged With: Advertising, Article, Blogging, Digital media, instagram, Internet, Main section, Media, News, Newspapers & magazines, Sarah Marsh, Social media, Technology, The Guardian, Twitter, UK Home News, UK news

Artificial intelligence survey finds UK public broadly optimistic

April 25, 2017 by Neville Hobson 

Pepper

This article titled "Artificial intelligence survey finds UK public broadly optimistic" was written by Ian Sample Science editor, for theguardian.com on Monday 24th April 2017 23.01 UTCApart from fears of mass unemployment, accidents with machinery, restrictions on freedom, increased economic inequality and a devalued human experience, the public are broadly optimistic about the arrival of artificial intelligence, according to one of the first surveys of British opinions about the technology. … [Read more...] about Artificial intelligence survey finds UK public broadly optimistic

Filed Under: Artificial Intelligence, Business, General, Innovation, Society, Technology, Trends, Workplace Tagged With: Article, Artificial intelligence (AI), Computing, Consciousness, Ian Sample, News, Royal Society, Science, Technology, UK news, UK Science

Please stay, please go – Europeans make their case to UK voters

June 22, 2016 by Neville Hobson 

The UK and the EU

This article titled "Please stay, please go – Europeans make their case to UK voters" was written by Letters, for The Guardian on Monday 20th June 2016 19.22 UTCDon’t EXIT … EXIST! As citizens of France and as citizens of the world – whatever our social or artistic milieu, whatever our opinions – we are writing to say that we love you. We love Britain, your culture, your history, your civilisation, your temperament, our common history. You cannot vote to leave us, for to leave Europe would be to … [Read more...] about Please stay, please go – Europeans make their case to UK voters

Filed Under: Europe, Communication, Events, Politics, Public Relations, Society Tagged With: Article, Brexit, Editorials & reply, Europe, European Union, Letters, Main section, Politics, The Guardian, UK Letters and Leader Writers, UK news, World news

Theresa May unveils UK surveillance measures in wake of Snowden claims

November 5, 2015 by Neville Hobson 

Yesterday, the government presented plans to Parliament for a wide range of powers that will permit security agencies to view the activities of everyone in the UK who goes online. Known as the Investigatory Powers Bill, if it becomes law next year it will enable the security services to conduct a wide range of activities - including seeing the names of every website people have visited, and the power to hack devices and run operations to capture large amounts of data as it transits the … [Read more...] about Theresa May unveils UK surveillance measures in wake of Snowden claims

Filed Under: Communication, Politics, Public Relations, Society, Technology, Trends, Web Tagged With: Alan Travis, Article, Edward Snowden, Ewen MacAskill, GCHQ, News, NSA, Patrick Wintour, Politics, surveillance, Theresa May, UK news, UK security and counter-terrorism, US news, World news

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