Developing nations need climate justice, not debt | Cop30
As a researcher working on sustainability and labour-intensive sectors such as fashion and textiles, I see every day how climate…
Bond market power: why Rachel Reeves is keen to keep the £2.7tn ‘beast’ onside | Budget 2025
At just after 12.30pm on Wednesday, the machine will be listening, the trading algorithms ready, and billions of pounds of…
‘Extra challenging during a difficult time’: Robert Redford’s daughter criticises AI tributes to the late actor | Film
Robert Redford’s daughter Amy Redford has criticised the proliferation of artificial intelligence tributes to her father, who died in September,…
One in four unconcerned by sexual deepfakes created without consent, survey finds | Deepfake
One in four people think there is nothing wrong with creating and sharing sexual deepfakes, or they feel neutral about…
Can’t tech a joke: AI does not understand puns, study finds | Artificial intelligence (AI)
Comedians who rely on clever wordplay and writers of witty headlines can rest a little easier, for the moment at…
Minister indicates sympathy for artists in debate over AI and copyright | Regulators
The technology secretary, Liz Kendall, has indicated she is sympathetic to artists’ demands not to have their copyrighted works scraped…
Four ways AI is being used to strengthen democracies worldwide | Nathan E Sanders and Bruce Schneier
Democracy is colliding with the technologies of artificial intelligence. Judging from the audience reaction at the recent World Forum on…
Has Britain become an economic colony? | Technology
Two and a half centuries ago, the American colonies launched a violent protest against British rule, triggered by parliament’s imposition…
Meet the AI workers who tell their friends and family to stay away from AI | Artificial intelligence (AI)
Krista Pawloski remembers the single defining moment that shaped her opinion on the ethics of artificial intelligence. As an AI…
Greek secondary school teachers to be trained in using AI in classroom | Greece
Secondary school teachers in Greece are set to go through an intensive course in using artificial intelligence tools as the…