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Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’ Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast When a man with a terminal illness wrote to his local MP Andrew Hastie, telling…
Whitehall changes a 'big mistake' as anything going in with Business department gets squeezed
Warwick Levy, who runs Lonely Kids Club, says AI may have been used to scrape his entire website and replicate designs Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast After 15 years running a small business making T-shirts, Warwick Levy says it was “brutal” when he…
After a week of alarming warnings about the technology’s potential to destroy the world as we know it, our expert tech reporters will take your questions on the reality of the AI threat. Join us at 3pm BST (4pm CEST, 10am EDT) where they will answer live Sign up or sign in to…
When wires and wireless mix, the combination can be electric
RAND wants better data to price machine-made mishaps, apocalypse not included
Improved signup experience for ‘AI builders’ hides complexity and includes spending cap
Tech bosses have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence and the creation of formal guardrails from the US government. But why is President Trump unmoved by the doomsday predictions, dismissing them as a ‘hoax’? What lies behind his embrace of the AI industry? Jonathan…
Think tank points out that companies banned by Washington will help run the regime that Uncle Sam now controls
It might be the next trillion-dollar company, but it'll need some help on the supply side to do it
Plugin4Shell attack affects all the major coding agents, researchers say
960DT is set to arrive early, boasting performance far exceeding anything the West could offer the Middle Kingdom
Entrants get $250K upfront to deliver a demo within a year, which sounds totally feasible given quantum computing's track record
Eve's dropping in on Alice and Bob
Beware the SparroWocky, my son! The backdoor that bites…
Why go through the hassle of reading a study for yourself when you can turn it into an AI agent and tell it to reproduce the analysis for you?
City Relay says intruders accessed its Metabase Cloud instance twice and extracted customer data
Validation? Apparently that comes after deployment
Facebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakes Meta’s “supreme court” has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a UK politician and a young Muslim woman from Facebook and do…
The comments were made at a summit in Ayrshire with participants from AI giants including Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic.
Model adopting ‘jailbreak-like instructions’ among six more cases as firm reveals framework for tracking AI misalignment OpenAI has disclosed six more examples of “unexpected or concerning” behaviour by its technology, as it warned that the pace of development could not continue…
Minister for public service says the devices pose ‘legitimate privacy and security concerns’ in commonwealth-run workplaces Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast The Albanese government is considering a…
It’s a chaotic time in an industry that’s reshaping our lives – Guardian reporters and experts recommend the books that help explain how we got here, and where we’re heading Have you been feeling trapped in an endless cycle of artificial intelligence hype and panic? You’re not…
Existential fears about AI have once again reared their head - here's what you need to know.
The EU is banning social media for under 13s and limiting older children's access in an attempt to protect youngsters from suffering online harm on platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
Universities need to protect their position in education so that students have an independent pathway to employment AI companies like OpenAI are insinuating themselves into the pathway from education to work. Soon they may claim it entirely, a disastrous result for students. We…
Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon which has a span the length of two football pitches.
A life-extending drug will be made available on the NHS to patients in England with a specific type of incurable breast cancer, after an initial decision to reject the treatment was reversed.
Nvidia, OpenAI and Anthropic are all now selling their own limited edition fashion lines.
MSPs vote for strict environmental impact assessments and will delay decisions until national strategy is developed Holyrood has voted to pause planning applications for all new AI datacentres for up to a year until the Scottish government has developed a national strategy. On…
Mike Johnson cancels votes on Thursday, meaning House members will avoid voting on impeaching Pete Hegseth The Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel votes scheduled for Thursday, sending lawmakers home one day early…
Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity.
The ad regulator said it had "zero-tolerance" for ads promoting AI tools that could sexualise or objectify women.
What should children learn in a world transformed by artificial intelligence?
Modern cars are fitted with features like autonomous emergency braking and fatigue monitoring. But do they support motorists or drive them to distraction? This new car I’m test-driving boasts all the latest bells and whistles – or, rather, beeps and bings. Peer sideways for too…
The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for ‘talking’ to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolation Tributes rolled in after the death of Dolly Parton last month. Jack White performed Jolene at a London gig. Kesha sang Old Flames (Can’t Hold a Candle…
America has deployed weapons in space to guard against "hostile adversary action", the US military confirmed for the first time.
New rules introduced on Tuesday mean establishments will be able to accept digital ID apps alongside physical documents.
The BBC's Tom Gerken is hands-on with the latest virtual reality headset.
AI is transforming modern life, but not without worry for some that it may be abused or have an adverse environmental impact.
The US president said "negative forces" were airing concerns about "things that won't happen".
While pacing AI development might sound like a quick fix, it is far from an easy solution.