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Spotify is introducing a new feature that will highlight if an artist has been generated by artificial intelligence (AI). The streaming service says the AI Persona badge, that will start appearing on some profiles from mid-September, will flag to listeners if an “artist’s identity may be AI-generated and does not represent a real person”. The changes are being introduced to give listeners “more transparency” about what they’re hearing, Spotify says. It comes after some music fans made it “clear” to the streamer they don’t like seeing a profile that seems to be a human, to then realise it’s AI-generated.AI-generated music…

One June day in 2015, I stood outside Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre near Bedford and heard the women inside singing. “Set her free,” said the graffiti on the walls. “Shut it down.” I had often visited the centre and heard the desperate stories of women who were held inside it. But that day felt hopeful rather than despairing, as hundreds of women – refugees, campaigners, lawyers, members of parliament, actors, writers – gathered around the centre to demand freedom for the women locked up.When I set up the organisation Women for Refugee Women, I was driven by my faith…

The Federal Government has commenced the distribution of starter packs to 18,510 Nigerians trained under the first batch of the Renewed Hope Vocational and Skills Training Programme, an initiative of the National Social Investment Programme Agency aimed at equipping beneficiaries with the tools needed to start businesses and become self-reliant. The beneficiaries, drawn from the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, underwent two weeks of intensive vocational training at more than 230 accredited centres across the country. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the programme in Abuja on Wednesday, the National Programme Manager, N-POWER, Dr Nsikak…

Legislation that would modernize federal labor law began with a handful of lawyers meeting, of all places, in an ice-cream shop.“We wrote for hours what we would do to amend the National Labor Relations Act,” said Marni von Wilpert, a member of the San Diego city council who was then an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). Bringing together “our collective experience as labor lawyers over the years, really trying to unrig the rules so that working people could have a fair shot”.Though that meeting in Washington DC took place over a decade ago, the plan to reform…

Morgan Durrant, a Delta spokesperson, confirmed the details to Ars. “One initial finding is an unauthorized WiFi network, which was not provided, operated, or supplied by Delta, was present onboard the aircraft for a short time during the flight,” Durrant told Ars via email. Delta further noted that the flight’s safety was “never in question and no aircraft operating systems were affected,” and that no emergency was declared. The actual onboard Wi-Fi was disabled for 30 minutes. The Atlanta Police Department referred all inquiries to the FBI. Atlanta’s FBI bureau told Ars that it is looking into the matter. Officials…

Minister says poorer places have taken ‘fair share’ of asylum seekers, after PM suggests affluent areas should take moreYesterday Andy Burnham suggested that more asylum seekers would need to be housed in more affluent areas in future. Unsurprisingly, this has not gone down well at the Daily Mail.Mail splash Photograph: Daily MailIn an interview on BBC Breakfast this morning, Anna Turley, the immigration minister, said that areas like Blackpool (where the Grand Metropole Hotel was until very recently being used to house asylum seekers – see 9.24am) have already taken their “fair share” of migrants.Backing up the point Burnham made…

The police command in Enugu State has detained a 26-year-old male armed robbery suspect, recovered a locally-made pistol and a live cartridge in a citizen-supported operation. Daniel Ndukwe, the police spokesman in Enugu State, in a statement on Tuesday in Enugu, said the citizen-supported operation took place at Obollo Etiti in Udenu Local Government Area of the state. Mr Ndukwe, a superintendent of police, said the detention followed receipt of a credible information on 10 August at about 1: 45p.m., alerting police to the suspicious activities of a young man who had arrived at a hotel, purportedly to lodge. He…

Super Falcons striker Uchenna Kanu has revealed that some Nigeria players struggled to eat the day after their painful Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) quarter-final defeat to Cameroon. Nigeria’s hopes of defending their WAFCON title and securing an automatic qualification spot for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup suffered a major blow after the Super Falcons lost 1-0 to Cameroon in Casablanca on Sunday. The defeat ended Nigeria’s title defence and sent the Indomitable Lionesses into the semi-finals, while Cameroon also secured one of Africa’s four automatic tickets to the 2027 Women’s World Cup. Nigeria, meanwhile, were left with…

‘Claustrophobic”, “oppressive”, “pretty depressing” – these are the words Jeffrey Tomec and Dave van Egdom volunteer when I ask them to reflect on their work as part of Swedish indie developer Wrong Organ. I’d add “nightmare-inducing”, too. Their last game, Mouthwashing, was an acclaimed work of horror storytelling set on a scuttled space freighter, in which players uncover the horrible things its desperate crew have done to each other.When you’re planning a follow-up to something so pitilessly nasty, how do you raise the stakes? Well, you could set the entire game in the stifling crew compartment of a heavily armoured…

The Nigeria Police Force has barred Amotekun, vigilante groups, hunters, the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and other community-based security outfits from participating in security operations during Saturday’s governorship election in Osun State. The directive prohibits the groups from escorting election materials, guarding polling units, mounting checkpoints or carrying arms as part of election security, with the police warning that anyone who deploys or sponsors unauthorised security outfits for the poll will be arrested and prosecuted. The directive was contained in a statement issued on behalf of the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, by the Force Public Relations Officer, Ani…