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Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently
Technology

Meet Wispy, the AI assistant helping people with dementia live independently

The CrossSense glasses identify objects and provide step-by-step instructions to guide users through everyday tasks

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society
Letters

If tech giants want to build data centres, make them give something back to society

A Big Issue reader suggests a way that data centres can be made to fund positive change

‘What are data centres actually for? Did anyone actually ask us if we want AI?’
Letters

‘What are data centres actually for? Did anyone actually ask us if we want AI?’

Big Issue readers speak out against plans for more UK data centres

Mr MoneyJar on the pros and cons of using AI as your financial adviser
Experian

Mr MoneyJar on the pros and cons of using AI as your financial adviser

‘Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid’
Letters

‘Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid’

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As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism
Steven MacKenzie

As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: ‘We demand you replace what you destroy’
Technology

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: ‘We demand you replace what you destroy’

How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business
Opinion

How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: ‘I felt suddenly exposed’
Technology

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: ‘I felt suddenly exposed’

Ireland’s basic income for artists shows respect for human creativity in the age of AI
Paul McNamee

Ireland’s basic income for artists shows respect for human creativity in the age of AI

Can we build enough reservoirs to escape the jaws of death?
Water

Can we build enough reservoirs to escape the jaws of death?

Will AI be the end of humanity?
Artificial intelligence

Will AI be the end of humanity?

Letters: Grok isn’t the problem. Men are the problem
Letters

Letters: Grok isn’t the problem. Men are the problem

From bubbles to ‘SlopTok’: Why 2026 could see both the highs and lows of artificial intelligence
Jeni Tennison

From bubbles to ‘SlopTok’: Why 2026 could see both the highs and lows of artificial intelligence

Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: ‘I love that Taylor Swift has found her person’ 
My Big Year

Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: ‘I love that Taylor Swift has found her person’ 

Using AI for your Christmas shopping could backfire. Here’s why
Christmas

Using AI for your Christmas shopping could backfire. Here’s why

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?
Artificial intelligence

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’
Digital inclusion

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: ‘It is for my future’

Queen explore ABBA Voyage-style show: ‘I’m taken with the idea we can be the original Queen again’
Exclusive

Queen explore ABBA Voyage-style show: ‘I’m taken with the idea we can be the original Queen again’

Loneliness is a growing problem. It’s time we started talking to each other
Paul McNamee

Loneliness is a growing problem. It’s time we started talking to each other

Men are increasingly turning to AI and social media for health advice. The NHS needs to catch up
William Pett

Men are increasingly turning to AI and social media for health advice. The NHS needs to catch up

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I asked ChatGPT to rate my life choices. I didn’t like what it told me
Sam Delaney

I asked ChatGPT to rate my life choices. I didn’t like what it told me

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?
Benefit fraud

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI
Artificial intelligence

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI

Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal
Letters

Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal