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

Relying on artificial intelligence for your Christmas shopping this year? Beware of bias. It’s harmless enough when it comes to Christmas shopping, but the tech is becoming embedded in contexts where the results really, really matter

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?

Moflin is an artificially-intelligent pet which has erupted in popularity in Japan. It has now launched in the UK and US, but will it reach global success at a time of such scepticism over AI companionship? We asked experts for their thoughts

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

As the band celebrate 50 years of Bohemian Rhapsody, they’re also thinking about their future

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

AI is coming for journalism, among other jobs. Enjoy us while you can
Paul McNamee

AI is coming for journalism, among other jobs. Enjoy us while you can

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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

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
Education

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?

Alien: Earth star Alex Lawther: ‘People like Greta Thunberg are why humans deserve to survive’
TV

Alien: Earth star Alex Lawther: ‘People like Greta Thunberg are why humans deserve to survive’

Can we really trust AI to tell the truth?
Lou Gilmond

Can we really trust AI to tell the truth?

Legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg: ‘Technology is not alien – it’s completely human’
Film

Legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg: ‘Technology is not alien – it’s completely human’

DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds
Artificial intelligence

DWP’s ‘unhealthy’ AI obsession is trapping people in poverty, Amnesty report finds

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK’s new data law will make your life ‘radically different’, minister says

Big tech wants to mine human creativity for AI training. We say no
Paul McNamee

Big tech wants to mine human creativity for AI training. We say no

Labour wants to use ‘Minority Report’ AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences
Jake Hurfurt

Labour wants to use ‘Minority Report’ AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences

Don’t justify spending cuts with ‘overinflated’ promises on AI, Labour told: ‘AI isn’t perfect’
Artificial Intelligence

Don’t justify spending cuts with ‘overinflated’ promises on AI, Labour told: ‘AI isn’t perfect’

Why working as a butcher’s boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI
John Bird

Why working as a butcher’s boy made me feel like an earlier version of AI

Why would billionaires end world hunger when they can buy the fountain of youth?
Paul McNamee

Why would billionaires end world hunger when they can buy the fountain of youth?

How do we stop AI becoming an ‘engine of inequality’, and make it a force for good?
Artificial intelligence

How do we stop AI becoming an ‘engine of inequality’, and make it a force for good?

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth
Books

Under the Eye of the Big Bird by Hiromi Kawakami review – light among the poignancy and depth

‘In an age of misinformation, facts suffer too’: How the end of fact-checking puts democracy at risk
social media

‘In an age of misinformation, facts suffer too’: How the end of fact-checking puts democracy at risk

‘Rushed implementation’ of AI in DWP benefits system could ‘harm’ people, experts fear
Department for Work and Pensions

‘Rushed implementation’ of AI in DWP benefits system could ‘harm’ people, experts fear

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‘We’ve been waiting for this’: Sexually explicit deepfakes ruin lives – a crackdown is long overdue
Online abuse

‘We’ve been waiting for this’: Sexually explicit deepfakes ruin lives – a crackdown is long overdue

It’s my job to search for extraterrestrial intelligence among the stars. This is what I’ve found
Science

It’s my job to search for extraterrestrial intelligence among the stars. This is what I’ve found

The age of surveillance: Are we already living in a Big Brother dystopia?
Lou Gilmond

The age of surveillance: Are we already living in a Big Brother dystopia?

This man wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his dead cat. So he resurrected him as an AI robot
Artificial Intelligence

This man wasn’t ready to say goodbye to his dead cat. So he resurrected him as an AI robot