The AI tools that crunch numbers, generate text and videos and find patterns in data rely on mass surveillance and exercise concerning control over our lives, the boss of encrypted messaging app Signal told AFP on Thursday.Pushing back against the unquestioning enthusiasm at VivaTech in Paris, Europe's top startup conference where industry players vaunt the merits of their products, Meredith Whittaker said concerns about surveillance and those about AI were two framings of the same thing . The...
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Hibs are open to the idea of selling a major asset – for the right price - in a bid to off-set the financial hit of failing to make the top six AND fund a summer rebuild, with Elie Youan top of the list following concrete interest from France. And even the £6 million investment by billionaire Bournemouth owner Bill Foley isn’t expected to completely offset budgetary restraints imposed as a result of finishing on the wrong side of the Scottish Premiership split line. Youan, who has been...
Axed Hibs boss Nick Montgomery has spoken about the pride and disappointment he feels over his brutally short eight-month stint as Easter Road gaffer. And the Englishman, appointed as Lee Johnson’s successor in September but sacked with just two games of the season remaining, has backed billionaire Bournemouth owner Bill Foley’s investment to help Hibs challenge at the right end of the Scottish Premiership table. Montgomery ultimately paid the price for failing to steer the Hibees into the top...
Former Celtic and Hibs manager Tony Mowbray has revealed the reasons behind his decision to step down as manager of English League One club Birmingham City. The 60-year-old was named as successor to Wayne Rooney at St Andrews earlier this season but health reasons and an ‘unexpected surgery’ forced him to step down after he had made a promising start to life in the Championship with the Blues. Former manager Gary Rowett returned to take temporary charge in March but was unable to keep the club...
Sheffield United have already changed their mind about signing one of their original transfer targets this summer, Chris Wilder has revealed, after the Blades boss reiterated the importance of attitude as well as ability as he begins reprofiling his squad. United are expected to need between 10 and 12 players this summer after a big turnover following relegation from the Premier League. Wilder, who oversaw a similar rebuild of United soon after coming into the building back in 2016 to succeed...
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Neil Lennon is poised to make his return to management in Romania as the former Hibs and Celtic boss jets out to sign a contract. The former midfielder was last in management with Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia. His last spell in Scottish football ended in 2021 after a bid to bring a 10th Premiership title in succession to Celtic collapsed, having previously managed the Hoops and Hibs. He was at Easter Road between 2016-19, delivering promotion to the top flight from the Championship, finishing...