Online criminals attacking HSBC ‘all the time’, says head of UK arm

Ian Stuart tells MPs that cybersecurity is biggest expense as bank systems face scrutiny after M&S and Co-op attacks

AI can be more persuasive than humans in debates, scientists find

Study author warns of implications for elections and says ‘malicious actors’ are probably using LLM tools already

Labour, Green and Lib Dem voters fare best overall and users rarely date on the other side of the political spectrum

Editorial: Ministers seem to think a more conciliatory approach to corporate behemoths is good for growth. The evidence suggests otherwise

Songwriter says he thinks it is a ‘criminal offence’ to let tech firms use protected work without permission

Leon Emirali has created digital versions of all UK MPs, including a Wes Streeting avatar who is unabashedly frank about who the next PM should be

Refuges turn down 65% of requests for support, says parliamentary committee calling for better monitoring

It circumvents financial privilege grounds on which earlier version was rejected by MPs on Wednesday

Government uses arcane procedure to strip amendment passed by House of Lords from its data bill

Promises of tech-driven growth give big US firms access to Downing Street that leaves rivals in the cold

Exclusive: Technology secretary Peter Kyle had 28 meetings with people in or close to tech sector in six months

New system will analyse responses 1,000 times faster than a human and save millions, ministers claim

Peers back amendment to data bill requiring AI companies to reveal which copyrighted material they have used

Élysée warns against Kremlin’s disinformation efforts after ‘cocaine’ conspiracy theory spreads online

Reform gets almost 14 times the engagement per post as the main UK parties on the platform