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This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning’s news as it happens. Let’s get you set up for the day Oh wow would you look at that — it’s Friday, and this is The Loop. Let’s get going. Deputy PM responds to claims about Defence torture-resistance training program A court has been told Australian soldiers suffered hallucinations and one threw themself against a wall during a torture res...

Hacked from Xinjiang police records, data shows status of 700,000 Uyghurs in detention. For years, Abduweli Tursun had no idea what happened to family members back home. He had fled to Turkey in 2014 as Chinese authorities cracked down on the mostly Muslim population in the far western Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, supposedly to suppress terrorism and religious extremism. Living in Istanbu...

No, chatbots aren’t sentient. Here’s how their underlying technology works. Microsoft released a new version of its Bing search engine last week, and unlike an ordinary search engine it includes a chatbot that can answer questions in clear, concise prose. Since then, people have noticed that some of what the Bing chatbot generates is inaccurate, misleading and downright weird, prompting fears t...

On Thursday morning I had a long conversation with Google’s advanced search engine, which revealed (among other things) that it identifies as a Youtube video titled “What’s Your Name? (Super Simple Puppets version)” and is disturbingly obsessed with nuclear war and its hatred of the left. Over more than 45 minutes, What’s Your Name? (Super Simple Puppets version) and I discussed its evasive com...

Tech giants Google and Microsoft debuted search engine chatbots running on artificial intelligence (AI) earlier this month, but both have already run into issues. They have published false information as truth, become confused, and in some cases allegedly acted erratically. Let’s take a look at why AI chatbots aren’t perfect, how much you can actually trust them, and why experts are pleased tha...

We’ve all seen the successful lawn and landscaping companies that dominate the online space. How are they doing it? What is the “ace up their sleeve” bringing them results? Here’s the answer: Your successful competitors invest in and execute an all-inclusive marketing strategy. Basically, they are doing everything because there is no smoking gun when it comes to being successful with your onlin...

Susan Wojcicki, a longtime Google executive who played a key role in the company’s creation, is stepped down as YouTube’s CEO after spending the past nine years running the video site that has reshaped entertainment, culture and politics. In an email to YouTube employees that was shared publicly Thursday, the 54-year-old Wojcicki said she is stepping down to “start a new chapter focused on my f...

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an essential component of any website that wishes to be successful. With the rise of digital journalism and online news, SEO for news websites has become increasingly important. In this article, we will discuss the steps you can take to optimize your news website for search engines. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is an essential component of any website ...

Last week, both Microsoft and Google announced that they would incorporate AI programs similar to ChatGPT into their search engines—bids to transform how we find information online into a conversation with an omniscient chatbot. One problem: These language models are notorious mythomaniacs. In a promotional video, Google’s Bard chatbot made a glaring error about astronomy—misstating by well ove...

By Susan Wojcicki A personal update from Susan on stepping back from her role as CEO of YouTube. Editor’s note: This note was sent to YouTube employees earlier this morning. Hi YouTubers, Twenty-five years ago I made the decision to join a couple of Stanford graduate students who were building a new search engine. Their names were Larry and Sergey. I saw the potential of what they were buil...