"It's up to you to figure out what you're comfortable sharing back with Tinder," Tinder Head of Product Mark Kantor told 404 Media. Still, users can't pick individual photos they want analyzed or ignored. [...]
Tinder has already leaned heavily into AI. Kantor told 404 Media that artificial intelligence is writing more than half the app's code these days.
Taking money from just about anyone is just the latest example of Reform’s leader following the Trump school of self-enrichment
Nigel Farage will say pretty much anything for money. Write him a script, stuff a coin in the slot and off he goes: the man who would be prime minister could be your personal mouthpiece for less than ÂŁ100.
Or at least, that’s the obvious explanation for why – until he was exposed by the Guardian – the Reform UK leader has been churning out written-to-order video messages on request for (among others) Canadian white supremacists, a man jailed for throwing a bottle during the 2024 summer riots, and someone apparently keen to hear him talk about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “big naturals”, pornified slang describing the breasts of a woman who could be running for US president before long.
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Continue reading...Distributor says authorities warned screening Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania’s docudrama could harm India–Israel relations
The Indian release of The Voice of Hind Rajab, the Oscar-nominated Tunisian film about the death of a five-year-old girl during the Israel-Gaza war, has been blocked by the country’s ratings body, according to the film’s Indian distributor.
In a report by Variety, Manoj Nandwana of Mumbai-based Jai Viratra Entertainment said that he was told that if the film was released, it would “break up” India-Israel relations.
Continue reading...Clubs may be able to roll over squad cost ratio allowance
ÂŁ30 price cap on away tickets extended until 2027-28 season
The Premier League is poised to amend its new spending rules before they are introduced next season to give clubs greater flexibility in the transfer market.
Under squad cost ratio (SCR) rules approved last November, clubs will be restricted to spending 85% of their revenue on player costs, with a levy payable to the Premier League, for distribution among the other clubs, in the event of a breach. A six-point deduction would be imposed if a club’s spending reached 115% of revenue.
Continue reading...âš˝ Updates from the 5.45pm GMT kick-off in Denmark
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Andy Reid is a pretty good pundit, but his taste in what I believe are called overshirts leaves something to be desired.
I can’t help but note that McAtee and Lucca were both hooked at half-time when Fenerbahce visited Nottingham; both start tonight. I guess it’s possible Forest use the first half to stay in the game, then send on their better players to try and steal a result, but given they went close to full-strength in the home leg, it feels like the 1-0 defeat has persuaded them to abandon their hopes of winning this competition.
Continue reading...Daria Boyarskaya coordinating OSCE mission overseeing vote in which pro-Moscow Viktor Orbán could lose power
Hungarian rights groups have raised concerns over the appointment of Vladimir Putin’s former interpreter to a key role in an international election monitoring mission, amid fears of Russian interference ahead of Hungary’s crucial vote next month.
Daria Boyarskaya, who worked for many years for Russia’s foreign ministry and interpreted in numerous high-level meetings including one between Putin and Donald Trump, is now a senior adviser at the parliamentary assembly of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE-PA), based in Vienna. She is coordinating the body’s mission to monitor next month’s parliamentary election in Hungary.
Continue reading...James Webb Space Telescope posted a photo:
Part of a collection of images from Chandra and other telescopes features regions where stars are forming, areas often nicknamed “stellar nurseries.” X-rays are energetic enough that they can penetrate the gas and dust of these regions, giving insight to the young stars and other high-energy phenomena that are happening within, including the effects of X-rays on any planets or planet-forming disks orbiting the stars.
Read more: chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2026/spring/
This image: The Cat’s Paw Nebula including X-rays from Chandra (pink) and infrared data from James Webb. A mottled patch of purple at the center reveals young, million-year-old stars tucked behind thick, overlapping rings of dark orange cosmic dust. The pockets of blue sky appearing through the clouds highlight the complex structure of this stellar nursery.
Credit: X-ray: NASA/SAO/CXC; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/J. Major
Fiber-optic cables could be used to detect moonquakes, offering a simpler way to gather seismic data to support future missions.…
Voormalig NRC-hoofdredacteur Peter Vandermeersch is door uitgever Mediahuis tijdelijk geschorst omdat hij kunstmatige intelligentie gebruikte voor het schrijven van nieuwsbrieven. Daarin stonden citaten die door AI waren verzonnen, bevestigt de journalist in een blog na berichtgeving hierover van NRC.
In zijn post stelt Vandermeersch dat hij verschillende taalmodellen heeft gebruikt en er volop mee experimenteerde. "Daar ben ook ik, zelfs met al die jaren van ervaring en kennis die ik op de teller heb, in de val getrapt van hallucinaties", schrijft Vandermeersch. "Ik vatte rapporten samen met een AI-tool en begon daarop te werken, in het vertrouwen dat de samenvattingen correct waren. Al doende heb ik ten onrechte woorden in de mond gelegd van mensen, terwijl ik die als parafraseringen had moeten formuleren. In een aantal gevallen ging het om mijn interpretatie van hun woorden. Dat was niet enkel onzorgvuldig, het was fout."
Vandermeersch, die bij Mediahuis actief is als fellow Journalism & Society, vindt het "meer dan zuur" dat juist hij erin is getrapt, terwijl hij naar eigen zeggen collega's lange tijd heeft gewaarschuwd voor de gevaren van AI. "Natuurlijk had ik die zaken moeten controleren. De broodnodige 'human oversight', waarvoor ikzelf voortdurend pleit, schoot tekort."
De Vlaming vindt ook dat hij transparanter had moeten zijn met zijn gebruik van AI. "Toen ik wist dat een aantal citaten niet correct was, had ik die gelijk moeten rechtzetten. Nu deed NRC dat in mijn plaats."
AMSTERDAM (ANP) - Joodse basisscholen en middelbare scholen in Amsterdam worden extra beveiligd voordat ze opengaan, als ze open zijn en bij het uitgaan van de school. De gemeente laat dit donderdag weten. Aanleiding is de aanslag bij een joodse school in de hoofdstad vorige week.
Het gaat om "fysiek statisch toezicht" in samenwerking met de politie en de Koninklijke Marechaussee, aldus de gemeente. Ook is er extra toezicht ingesteld bij Joodse instellingen. Verder worden camerabeelden van "alle relevante Joodse locaties" 24 uur per dag bekeken.
De maatregelen komen bovenop de veiligheidsmaatregelen die al gelden voor joodse scholen en synagogen. Ze blijven van kracht "zo lang als nodig".
Explosies
"Een brede vertegenwoordiging van de Joodse gemeenschap van Amsterdam" heeft afgelopen weekend in het stadhuis uitleg gekregen over de extra maatregelen. Maandag heeft burgemeester Femke Halsema met de politie voorlichting gegeven op een school.
De gemeente laat verder weten dat er vorige week na de aanslag bij de synagoge in Rotterdam al maatregelen zijn genomen in Amsterdam. Zo heeft de politie extra toezicht gehouden. "Deze aanvullende maatregelen hebben echter helaas niet kunnen voorkomen dat er alsnog vrijdagnacht een explosief is afgegaan bij de joodse school."
Naar de verschillende explosies wordt nog onderzoek gedaan.
WASHINGTON (ANP) - De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft Israël opgedragen niet opnieuw Iraanse gasvelden aan te vallen. "Ik heb hem gezegd: doe dat niet", aldus Trump over zijn woorden tegen de Israëlische premier Benjamin Netanyahu.
Israël viel eerder installaties rond het belangrijke Iraanse gasveld Zuid Pars aan, volgens Trump als vergelding voor Iraanse aanvallen. Teheran viel op zijn beurt na die aanval een belangrijke Qatarese installatie aan, Ras Laffan. De topman van QatarEnergy, de uitbater van de installaties, zei donderdag dat de Iraanse gasexport daardoor met 17 procent moest worden teruggeschroefd, voor een periode van zeker vijf jaar. De Europese gasprijs steeg na de aanval op Ras Laffan met circa 35 procent, om later weer te dalen.
Aanvankelijk zei Trump niet te hebben geweten van de Israëlische aanval op Zuid Pars, maar Israëlische functionarissen verklaarden tegen persbureau Reuters later dat de VS wel degelijk waren ingelicht over de plannen.
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Photographer and drone pilot Pio Andrea Peri captured this overhead photo of a Sicilian city called Centuripe. Perched atop hilltops, the city looks like a person from above — even on Google Maps. (via daily overview)
Tags: drones · pareidolia · photography · Pio Andrea Peri
A bold new structure has appeared in Cary Park in Cary, North Carolina: the latest sculptural pavilion by Marc Fornes / THEVERYMANY. The work is titled “L’Ile Folie,” which nods to the architectural tradition of the folly, a landscape feature that was all the rage with wealthy estate owners in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Often nostalgic and resembling ruined miniature castles or bucolic village buildings, follies were generally non-functional and conceived as pure decoration. Fornes, however, reimagines this practice with an eye toward the future rather than the past. The pavilion “gives this tradition a contemporary meaning:Â memorable, playful, and slightly surreal,” says a statement.
Fornes is known for creating high-tech structures made from thousands of individual facets, blurring the distinction between architecture and sculpture. Situated along a boardwalk and perched over a pond, the gleaming white pavilion invites visitors to pause and appreciate their natural surroundings from a contemporary landmark.
“Constructed from ultra-thin folded aluminum panels, each piece is digitally fabricated and precisely riveted into place,” says a statement. “There is no hidden frame; the skin is the structure. Thousands of perforations filter sunlight into delicate patterns, turning the canopy into an ever-changing atmosphere of shadow and shimmer.”
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