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Sam doesn’t know she’s a Bot

ByThe Webmaster 22/01/201413/04/2025

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Super Artificial Intelligence agent thinks it’s a real person Dateline: 7 January 2019 You may recall the movie ‘Her’ where the lead character falls hopelessly in love with his virtual girlfriend Samantha. She returns his love, even though she’s really his smartphone operating system. Perhaps you remember the incident in 2013, when a telemarketing agent…

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Gen Y locked into smartphone habit

ByThe Webmaster 20/02/201313/04/2025

YOUNG people are so addicted to their smartphones that most admit using them while on the toilet and some suffer withdrawal symptoms if the phones are taken away. The findings are revealed in new research that also shows one-third of Australia’s Gen Y (roughly, 20-30 year-olds) admit checking their smartphones, emails or social media sites…

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Smartphone apps track users even when shut down

ByThe Webmaster 13/09/201213/04/2025

Some smartphone apps collect and transmit sensitive information stored on a phone, including location, contacts, and Web browsing histories, even when the apps are not being used by the phone’s owner, according to two researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “It seems like people are no longer in control of their own privacy,” said…