China lags behind US at AI frontier but could quickly catch up, say experts | China
Standing on stage in the eastern China tech hub of Hangzhou, Alibaba’s normally media-shy CEO made an attention-grabbing announcement. “The…
UK media groups should be allowed opt out of Google AI Overviews, CMA says | Digital media
Web publishers and news organisations could be given the power to stop Google scraping their content for its AI Overviews,…
‘Shameful’: Trump’s EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health | Environment
After a tumultuous year under the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a new, almost unrecognizable guise…
Copyrighted art, mobile phones, Greenland: welcome to our age of shameless theft | Jonathan Liew
Last week I discovered that an article I wrote about the England cricket team has already been copied and repackaged,…
‘This train isn’t going to stop’: shocking Sundance film shows promises and perils of AI | Sundance 2026
Are we barreling toward AI catastrophe? Is AI an existential threat, or an epochal opportunity? Those are the questions top…
Doomsday Clock at 85 seconds to midnight amid threats from climate crisis and AI | US news
Earth is closer than it has ever been to destruction as Russia, China, the US and other countries become “increasingly…
UK ministers accept $1m from Meta amid social media ban consultation | Meta
Ministers have accepted $1m from Meta, the US tech and social media company, to build AI systems for defence, national…
‘Wake up to the risks of AI, they are almost here,’ Anthropic boss warns | AI (artificial intelligence)
Humanity is entering a phase of artificial intelligence development that will “test who we are as a species”, the boss…
At Davos, tech CEOs laid out their vision for AI’s world domination | Technology
Hello, and welcome to TechScape. This week’s edition is a team effort: my colleague Heather Stewart reports on the plans…
Facing menu anxiety? Just Eat launches AI chatbot to help pick a food delivery | Food & drink industry
In the beginning, collecting a takeaway was the epitome of a lazy night in. Then delivery apps saved some more…