Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race | AI (artificial intelligence)
Hello, I’m Blake Montgomery, writing to you after a double-header feature of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the World Cup…
How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table | Technology
For decades, the technology industry was a fortress that labor unions couldn’t breach. Tech workers already had cushy compensation packages,…
Gen Z is living in an intimacy economy, where connection is commodified | Alice Lassman
“There are parts of myself I only share with my AI,” Jerome told me. “Your AI?” I asked. He was…
Tell us your experiences of living near AI datacentres in the UK | AI (artificial intelligence)
There are around 450 large data centres across the UK. These warehouses contain computing infrastructure that power cloud services and,…
Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption | Nine Entertainment
Australia’s biggest media company, Nine Entertainment, has blamed the “extreme state of disruption” from AI for its decision to cut…
Man of his word: Pope Leo speeches declared human-authored by Australian AI detection tool | Vatican
A collection of speeches and writings by Pope Leo XIV has been certified as human-authored less than two months after…
Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’ | AI (artificial intelligence)
AI chatbots provide inaccurate, inconsistent and unreliable guidance to voters asking which party they should back, a study suggests, often…
Not enough water for UK’s datacentre plans, trade body says | Water
The UK will not have enough water for future datacentres, the water industry has said in stark criticism of the…
Welcome to the age of extreme job anxiety | Zoe Williams
The personal experience of long-term unemployment is one people rarely share, for completely understandable reasons. There’s a bit of superstition…
Jeff Bezos and UK government invest in £2bn British startup CuspAI | AI (artificial intelligence)
Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, and the UK government have invested in a £2bn British artificial intelligence startup that is aiming…