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Ben Tarnoff / The Guardian: A profile of Joseph Weizenbaum, who created the first chatbot in 1966 but turned against AI, believing the computer revolution constricted our humanity — Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum was there at the dawn of artificial intelligence - but he was also adamant that we must never confuse computers with humans Ben Tarnoff / The Guardian: A profile of Joseph Weizenbaum, who created the first chatbot in 1966 but turned against AI, believing the computer revolution…

Derek Malcolm, who served as the Guardian’s film critic for more than 25 years, has died at the age of 91.His death on Saturday was confirmed by his wife, the historian Sarah Gristwood. He died at home in Deal, of heart and lung failure, after a few months of illness.Malcolm joined the Guardian in the early 1970s and wrote a weekly film column until 1999; the longest post in a strikingly successful and varied career.After the Guardian, he joined the Evening Standard and, after his departure as their chief film critic in…

Set your hero an impossible task that can only be accomplished through devilish cunning and godlike derring-do, involving planes, trains and automobiles, and watch the money come rolling in. Then make him do it all over again. And again.This might be a reductive way of looking at the Mission: Impossible series, over whose seven-film span nuclear catastrophe has been prevented, biological warfare averted and international arms dealers foiled, but it is what generations of fans have come to expect.For an action hero like…

With the launch of Call of Duty’s Season 4 Reloaded update, players now have access to the new MX Guardian shotgun. This fully-auto shotgun is ideal for close-quarters engagements and is best used in smaller-game modes, as it only has 15 slugs in the “clip.” Below, we’ll list the best MX Guardian loadouts across Warzone and Modern Warfare 2, along with how to unlock the weapon. How to unlock the MX Guardian Activision is doing something new with the MX Guardian, requiring players to complete a series of battle pass…

“Go woke, go broke!” encapsulates the schadenfreude that rightwing culture warriors express when art forms that embrace progressive ideals fail commercially. Such sentiment has been vanquished by the success of Spider-Man: Across the Spider‑Verse, which is currently the biggest film in the US, grossing more than half a billion dollars worldwide in a month. The animated movie, a sequel to 2018’s Oscar‑winning Into the Spider‑Verse, bounces around different universes meeting socially aware, racially diverse superheroes. The…

Garena Free Fire Redeem Codes for June 28: Garena Free Fire players can purchase cosmetic updates from the in-game store to make their character look cooler and stand out from the millions of other players. But why spend a penny when you can also get them for free? Garena Free Fire players currently have an opportunity to get their hands on the Coastal Guardian Bundle through the Knockout Event! It began on June 26 and will go on till July 2, so there is plenty of time to grab it in the game.You can get the Coastal…

While John Wick: Chapter 4 was a close second, Still for me has been the most rewarding movie experience of 2023. Fox himself is an utterly engaging subject, and his lightness and wit elevate what could have otherwise been a grim and heavy story. The film is put together with consummate skill, effortlessly weaving perfectly chosen clips spanning Fox’s career with some of the best constructed recreation I’ve ever seen. This is a joy of a film. David O’Brien, 44, Dublin I’ve been a movie buff from the time I was six or…

Infosys refuted charges of having been awarded “tainted” government contracts while testifying at an Australian parliamentary committee hearing on Friday. The Indian IT major said it was not aware of anything that departs from the company’s “integrity, transparency” during the inquiry into allegations that it gained federal contracts awarded to key clients of a Canberra-based consulting firm Synergy 360, which is linked to former Australian lawmaker Stuart Robert.Testifying at the hearing, Infosys executive vice-president…

James Holden’s label Border Community introduced me to electronic music that I probably would never have listened to otherwise. Over the years, he seems to have moved away from club-based music in favour of a more organic, human sound. It’s been almost 20 years since the creation of Border Community and this album is a celebration of that. Each track feels like a nod to parts of his previous discography. The percussion on most tracks is very faint and makes the album feel like a lost memory. The only track where the beat…

RisingWings, an independent studio of BGMI-maker Krafton has announced the early access test records for its real-time strategy defence mobile game “Defense Derby”.The early access test lasted from April 27 to May 11 in India along with Korea, Thailand and Taiwan and saw the participation of 19,600 users with a playtime of over 81,500 hours.The game features a new system and modes such as “Guardian's Journey”, “Guardian Level” and “Derby Free Fight – Mirror Match”, which were not available in last year’s global…