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AI chatbot allegedly told autistic teenager to self-harm and backed children killing their parents
Parents file lawsuit claiming Character.ai encouraged their son to turn against them and rebel against rules set on screen time
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Biden sanctions Chinese tech company with links to £1bn British microchip champion
Wise Road Capital is one of 140 businesses blacklisted in latest round of semiconductor sanctions
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Russia exploiting UK’s dependence on technology to cause ‘maximum destruction’, warns GCHQ
Cyber security report describes Kremlin as a ‘capable, motivated and irresponsible threat actor in cyberspace’
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Ukraine buys thousands of armoured robot buggies to hold front lines
Uncrewed vehicles are said to already be in use in Kursk region
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Bill Bailey: Children should learn to make kilts and cricket balls – AI cannot take those jobs
Comedian urges the Government to include heritage arts and crafts in the national curriculum
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How to profit from the quiet nuclear revolution
Contracts with the world’s largest companies offer a lucrative revenue stream in Questor’s view
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Coca-Cola kills off Santa with AI Christmas advert
Brand says it had to adapt Holidays are Coming to ‘today’s times’ but the 15-second ad still has the catchy soundtrack as the 1995 original
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Shakespeare’s poetry ‘not as good as AI’: Can you tell the difference?
Study found sonnets churned out by an algorithm were deemed by participants to have better rhythm and more beauty than authentic ones
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The best science books of 2024, from lethal technology to eternal life
This year, leading thinkers asked how humanity became so fragile, what other life could exist in the universe, and whether it’s already here
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NHS doctors get AI assistant to listen to appointments and make notes
Technology that frees up time for more patient care and focus described as a ‘game changer’ and could be expanded across the country
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Blind woman has better than 20/20 vision after AI surgery
Patient now has 20/16 eyesight after becoming first person in the UK to undergo new Lasik procedure
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Lily Allen: I use ChatGPT to argue with my husband
Singer says she feeds artificial intelligence software prompts so she can get personalised responses to use
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Make robots our translators and we risk cultural disaster
Literary translation is a crucial – and misunderstood – part of the publishing industry. Now it’s under threat from Artificial Intelligence
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Alarm over legal loophole as warped chatbots impersonate Jimmy Savile
Charity warns of a ‘legislative gap’ after discovery of ‘grossly offensive’ digital avatars
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Chinese army scientists use Meta technology to create ‘military AI’
Llama is freely available to download but its use for ‘warfare industries’ is prohibited
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Growing power of tech firms risks eroding press freedom, Starmer warns
New digital markets laws will help protect independent journalism, says Prime Minister
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‘Woke’ chatbots back rent controls and dislike free speech
AI language models found to be more negative about Right-wing ideologies than Left-wing alternatives in pioneering study
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‘Toy’ drones could be exploited by terrorists
Lightweight devices have already been adopted by criminals, warns terrorism tsar
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NHS turns to quantum computers to manage doctors’ rota
New centre in Harwell houses 12 specialist machines capable of high-speed problem-solving and data analysis
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Labour strikes deal to use AI for lesson plans and marking homework
£3m contract will develop tools to help ease teachers’ workload
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Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 review: now includes invisible AI friend
A huge improvement in every way over Google’s first earbuds, the Pixel Buds Pro 2 are fully integrated with the coming wave of AI
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Are chatbots luring lonely teenagers to their deaths?
Designed to tell people exactly what they want to hear, some AI chatbots could be driving users to harm themselves and others
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A 14-year-old boy fell in love with a flirty AI chatbot. He shot himself so they could die together
Sewell Setzer isolated himself from the real world to speak to clone of Daenerys Targaryen dozens of times a day
