Articles by Samuel Gibbs

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Musk, Wozniak and Hawking Urge Ban on Warfare AI and Autonomous Weapons
Samuel Gibbs – The Guardian, 3 Aug 2015

27 Jul 2015 – An open letter warning of a “military artificial intelligence arms race” and calling for a ban on “offensive autonomous weapons” was signed by Tesla’s Elon Musk, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Google DeepMind chief executive Demis Hassabis and professor Stephen Hawking along with over 1,000 AI and robotics researchers.

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Facebook Denies Emotion Contagion Study Had Government and Military Ties
Samuel Gibbs – The Guardian, 7 Jul 2014

Researchers say the study was not funded by Minerva Research Initiative, which engaged scientists in national security issues.

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Antivirus Software Is Dead, Says Security Expert at Symantec
Samuel Gibbs – The Guardian, 12 May 2014

Information chief at Norton developer says software in general misses 55% of attacks and its future lies in responding to hacks.

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Man Buys $27 of Bitcoin, Forgets about Them, Finds They’re Now Worth $886k
Samuel Gibbs – The Guardian, 4 Nov 2013

Bought in 2009, currency’s rise in value saw small investment turn into enough to buy an apartment in a wealthy area of Oslo.

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