Nigel Farage launching new website to help people denied accounts by banks
The ex-Ukip leader has been hailed as a consumer champion after vowing to create a guide on how to flood banks with data requests
Artificial intelligence is powering politics – but it could also reboot democracy
Generative AI can involve citizens directly in decision-making, but not while developers’ incentives are only financial, says Polly Curtis, chief executive of Demos
AI bots could replace us, peer warns House of Lords during debate
Crossbencher asks Lords to imagine bots with ‘higher productivity and lower running costs’ as example of risk to UK jobs market
The Observer view on how Hollywood’s strikes show that we can’t trust corporations with AI
The past 1,000 years show the rewards of technological progress go to those who own and control it, not society
Nick Clegg defends release of open-source AI model by Meta
Head of global affairs at Facebook owner claims AI’s development is running behind ‘hype’ about its risks
Boris Johnson ‘has forgotten’ passcode for phone wanted by Covid inquiry
Spokesperson says ex-PM wants to hand over WhatsApp messages but experts describe latest development as ‘pretty lame excuse’
AI use widened to assess universal credit applications and tackle fraud
Department of Work and Pensions warned by auditor general about potential bias in algorithms
A Kind of Kidnapping review – sleazy MP no one wants is taken in pitch-black comedy
Bungling amateurs kidnap a morally bankrupt politico in this British film – but his wife won’t spring for him, and he’s enjoying the publicity
Labour would use AI to help people find jobs, says Jonathan Ashworth
Shadow work and pensions secretary will talk up possibilities of artificial intelligence as colleague discusses dangers for workers
2024 will be a litmus test for AI’s effect on elections – and voters’ faith in them
Politicians and tech firms need to be transparent now about the use of artificially generated campaign content, says Ellen Judson of thinktank Demos
Rise in racist abuse against Sadiq Khan linked to London clean air zone expansion
Study by Greater London authority finds mayor has received over 300,000 pieces of racist abuse since being elected
‘We have to flip the AI debate towards hope’: Labour’s techno-optimist, Darren Jones
The chair of the Commons business select committee is a firm believer that technology is a force for good and should be central to his party’s plans to transform the UK
Twitter rips into Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘pretentious’ poetry – except it’s actually by Shelley
The former Labour leader posted the famous ‘Rise like lions’ verse to promote his poetry anthology – but Twitter users thought it was his own, and weren’t impressed
Time running out for UK electoral system to keep up with AI, say regulators
Watchdog calls for campaigners to behave responsibly amid fears over potential misuse of generative AI
Gary Neville: ‘When Boris Johnson was PM, I felt we were in real danger’
The former England footballer says it was lockdown that made him more vocal politically. Here the Sky pundit and Labour party member talks Keir Starmer, Lineker’s tweets and VAR