‘I’m being paid to fix issues caused by AI’

Suzanne Bearne Technology Reporter Sarah Skidd Sarah Skidd makes good money improving copy written by AI AI is making me extra money, says Sarah Skidd, a product marketing manager who writes for tech and start-up companies. In May Ms Skidd was approached by a content agency to urgently rework website copy that had been produced…

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Viral band success spawns AI claims and hoaxes

A band called The Velvet Sundown has had its tracks played hundreds of thousands of times on Spotify since appearing several weeks ago – without anyone knowing for sure what it is. The band has a verified page on the music streaming platform, with more than 850,000 monthly listeners. However, none of the four named…

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Quantum computers are surprisingly random – but that’s a good thing

Shuffling quantum objects is much stranger than shuffling classical ones Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images Quantum computers can produce randomness much more easily than previously thought, a surprising discovery that shows we still have much to learn about how the strange realm of quantum physics intersects with computation. Randomness is a key component of many computational tasks…

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Marvel’s Wolverine PS5 – everything we know so far

What’s the next PS5 exclusive? (Image credit: Sucker Punch) Ghost of Yōtei is the next big PlayStation exclusive, releasing in October. It’s a sequel to Ghost of Tsushima, but stars a brand new protagonist. We’ve now seen a story trailer that reveals main character Atsu, and the squad of villains she’s going to be hunting….

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