The Dublin International Film Festival (DIFF) returns this month on 22 February, running until 2 March. Here s our recommendations on what to check out:
LänsförsäkringarThe website opens with a shaky livestream that feels out of the Blair Witch Project: as a disembodied hand pans across a dark, clothing-strewn bedroom, a girlish voice tells viewers that she uses makeup to “delete the ugly” and believes the world will end in five years. As imaginary followers leave the stream, the voice begins to shout, then plead:“Please, can you stay a little longer?”This is Laika 13, a chatbot designed by a team of Swedish AI experts and a neuroscientist meant
During the trial of Brianna Ghey's murderers we heard how Scarlett Jenkinson (Girl X), who was 15 at the time, had an obsession with violence, would trawl the dark web looking for gore, immerse herself in violent imagery and had access to 'Red Rooms' where abuse would take place on a live stream.