AI risks deepening inequality, says head of world’s largest SWF

One reader reveals that a man she trusted to make investments for her in bitcoin vanished with her money, in response to an article on romance scams Re your article (‘I opened up like a giant elevator’: the seven sly, savage stages of a £100,000 romance scam, 11 November), in January 2017 I met a man who was both charming and entertaining. He knew all about bitcoin cryptocurrency and told me why I should invest in it. In fact, he said: “I will add you to my portfolio, then you will get more for your investment because wealthy people…

Students at the University of Staffordshire have said they feel ‘robbed’ after a course they hoped would launch their digital careers turned out to be taught in large part by AI. A recorded meeting shows student James confronting a lecturer about using slides generated by AI to teach a coding module. ‘I do not want to be taught by GPT,’ said the student. This year, the university uploaded a policy statement to the course website appearing to justify the use of AI, laying out ‘a framework for academic professionals leveraging AI automation’ in scholarly work and teaching ‘We could…

Guy Singh-Watson, who made millions from his organic vegetable delivery business, says children who inherit large sums of money are invariably miserable Source link