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‘It will help get mid-budget films made’: why directors are embracing AI
By Robert BoothSome film-makers say the technology could enable them to bypass the studio giants and take more creative risks
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/16/directors-embracing-ai-film-making
#Filmindustry #AIartificialintelligence #Film #Business #TheGuardian #RobertBooth
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The first anti-AI protester to be jailed has a message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain your humanity’
By Robert BoothWynd Kaufman, 69, chained and locked the front doors of OpenAI’s headquarters last year with members of StopAI
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/16/california-openai-protester-wynd-kaufman
#California #OpenAI #ProtestUS #AIartificialintelligence #Activism #Technology #WestCoast #SanFrancisco #LawUS #USjusticesystem #USnews #TheGuardian #RobertBooth
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Lobbying giant filmed offering reporter payment for flattering client coverage in national press
By Peter Apps and Robert BoothExclusive: Guardian investigation of CT Group uncovers practice that appears to seek hidden influence over public opinion
#BorisJohnson #Politics #UKnews #DavidCameron #Lobbying #LyntonCrosby #TheGuardian #PeterApps #RobertBooth
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UK investigation to determine if TikTok fails to protect children from harmful content
By Robert Booth and Dan MilmoOfcom concerned platform’s age verification is ineffective, leaving some at risk of seeing posts about self-harm and suicide
#TikTok #Internetsafety #Children #Internet #Socialmedia #UKnews #Ofcom #Socialmediaban #TheGuardian #RobertBooth #DanMilmo
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"Rachael Maskell, a Labour MP, former NHS worker and critic of Palantir’s £330m contract to help run NHS England’s federated data platform, told the Guardian ..."
#AishaDown, #RobertBooth, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps
I'm struggling to find words strong enough to describe what a phenomenally bad decision this was. To give access to health data for all the citizens of an entire country, to a US company co-founded by Peter Thief. A major investor in FB (remember Cambridge Analytica?).
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"It led to criticism from several MPs, who said that it raised yet more questions about the UK’s portfolio of contracts with the company. Palantir has built up more than £500m in contracts in Britain, including a £330m contract with the NHS, as well as deals with the police and Ministry of Defence."
#AishaDown, #RobertBooth, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps
So now that Palantir has publicly announced its obvious textbook evil, MPs rush to performatively denounce it.
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CW: Uk pol: US big tech corrupting UK politicians (Guardian article)
Another round of hires of UK ex-polititians by the big tech firms, accompanied by subservient admiration of those firms by the current government crop.
The current crop happens to be Labour, but it makes no difference. Universal corruption.
My disdain for these politicians is unbounded. Moral disdain for their corruptability, but also political & strategic disdain for their stupidity and their disregard for the consequences of their actions.
A minor sign of hope: some scrutiny coming from the parliamentary committees.
Good writing by the Guardian's #RobertBooth.
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Smartphone: fa male? Fa bene? Pareri opposti, forse in buona fede, forse no, disorientano l’opinione pubblica come nel dibattito sul fumo, ma è comunque meglio che se ne parli
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Britons have more confidence in EU than Westminster, poll finds
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/30/britons-more-confidence-in-eu-than-westminster-poll-brexit?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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‘He was the leader’: Johnson’s evidence angers Covid bereaved
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/22/he-was-the-leader-johnsons-evidence-angers-covid-bereaved?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#RobertBooth