The government must move more quickly on AI regulation
We wouldn’t design new cars without road safety laws, so should we expect less for artificial intelligence?
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We are finally living in the age of AI. What took so long?
After a decade of hype, it looks like ChatGPT and GPT-4 are going to change society every bit as much…
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Who’s really making money from HustleGPT?
The stakes couldn’t be higher – AI will soon be the only business in town.
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Data on cloud will change the way you interact with the government
Deepak Shukla, from AWS, on how modern data and AI tech will benefit us all.
ChatGPT-4 will be ubiquitous – all the more reason for us to know how it works
Open AI’s tool could take over everything from law to dating, but without the system behind it being revealed.
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Only philosophy can beat AI
No computer can be programmed to question its own moral code.
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AI porn will never be sexy
Machine-generated erotica lacks a human touch.
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ChatGPT and the death of the author
AI-powered chatbots are not only exploiting human creativity but rapidly eroding it.
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Big Tech’s race for our data is on
The question is who we want to own the data, and how badly we want the AI that it feeds.
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Amazon’s worker surveillance “leads to extreme stress and anxiety”
Academics have warned MPs that the use of connected tech in the workplace needs to be better regulated.
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Carl Benedikt Frey: in an automated future, trade unions will be more important than ever
The economist says Britain is at a crucial turning point: use robots to boost productivity and jobs, or risk unrest.
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I am haunted by the fear of being usurped by an artificial intelligence program
With relentlessly miserable weather and inspiration running dry, the last thing I need is a digital doppelgänger.
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Doug Gurr: “We are potentially decades away from a mass extinction”
As Cop15 ends, the former Amazon boss turned director of the Natural History Museum wants to make nature count by…
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ChatGPT proves that AI still has a racism problem
Even the most advanced artificial intelligence is hindered by the inherently racist data it’s trained on.
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AI can only do hollow, hotel lobby art
Lensa will eventually mean AI is taught using AI art.
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The Policy Ask with Mark Girolami: “Computer science should be compulsory at GCSE level”
The Alan Turing Institute’s chief scientist on the importance of computing education and using data to clean up the UK’s…
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Technology has eroded liberal democracy. But it could also be used to restore it
From using AI to inform legislature to strengthening online voting, institutions are increasingly looking to tech to help protect civic…
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Do mapping apps exacerbate prejudice?
GIS navigation tools have come to dictate our mobility – but their suggested routes are not free from bias.
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Why Babylon is scaling back its ambitions in the UK
Though increasingly popular with its cohort of younger patients, Babylon’s digital-first strategy appears to be in trouble.
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How ethical data sourcing is helping to tackle child sexual abuse online
An Australian project shows how AI can make searching for and identifying illegal material a less traumatic process.
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