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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

Jake Hurfurt, head of research and investigations at Big Brother Watch, writes about his fears for government plans to use AI to predict murder

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’

The government wants to use artificial intelligence to streamline the work of the civil service. Experts are urging caution

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

We are at a crossroads as capitalism potentially reduces us to little more than stimulators of machines

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?

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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

Starmer wants to ‘mainline’ AI into the UK’s ‘veins’. Here are the opportunities – and the risks
Artificial Intelligence

Starmer wants to ‘mainline’ AI into the UK’s ‘veins’. Here are the opportunities – and the risks

‘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

Britain’s data watchdog has a warning for big tech and AI companies: ‘We’re watching you’
Artificial Intelligence

Britain’s data watchdog has a warning for big tech and AI companies: ‘We’re watching you’

Teething problems with VAR and handball rules serve as a warning about AI
Artificial Intelligence

Teething problems with VAR and handball rules serve as a warning about AI

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated
Artificial Intelligence

Millions of lost jobs or a four-day working week? The impact of AI on the job market is complicated

AI is a tool like the paintbrush – it can be used for good things and terrible things
Phillip Toledano

AI is a tool like the paintbrush – it can be used for good things and terrible things

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould
Technology

How the death of toddler Awaab Ishak inspired the creation of AI app to tackle damp and mould

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?
Artificial Intelligence

AI skills will soon be as necessary for job seekers as Microsoft Word. Who will be left behind?

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to ‘unnatural intelligence’
John Bird

Why we should rename artificial intelligence to ‘unnatural intelligence’

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here’s why that’s so dangerous
Susannah Copson

Tony Blair thinks the DWP could be automated by AI. Here’s why that’s so dangerous

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Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, ‘right-wing a**holes’ and why we all should be kinder to one another
Social justice

Zoë Wanamaker on Donald Trump, ‘right-wing a**holes’ and why we all should be kinder to one another

AI in schools: Bullies using AI to create sexually explicit images of classmates, parents warned
Artificial Intelligence

AI in schools: Bullies using AI to create sexually explicit images of classmates, parents warned

DWP ramps up AI use to ‘bring the future to the welfare system’ and push people into work
Department for Work and Pensions

DWP ramps up AI use to ‘bring the future to the welfare system’ and push people into work

Why AI quiz makers like ChatGPT are no match for human ingenuity  
Artificial intelligence

Why AI quiz makers like ChatGPT are no match for human ingenuity