Policymakers who think AI can help rescue flagging UK economy should take heed Healthy scepticism is needed because flaw is that large language models remain prone to casually making things up
‘We’re being attacked all the time’: how UK banks stop hackers Devastating attacks at M&S, the Co-op and Harrods highlight risks as lenders say cybersecurity is biggest expense
Entrepreneur ‘humiliated’ after London Tech Week turns her and baby away Davina Schonle prevented from entering event with eight-month-old and had to cancel meetings for tech startup
Takeover fever grips City as three UK firms receive US offers Alphawave, Oxford Ionics and Spectris targeted as flagging share prices leave British companies vulnerable
The ‘death of creativity’? AI job fears stalk advertising industry WPP and others roll out AI-generated campaigns as Facebook owner Meta plans to let firms create their own ads
UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AI
Amazon ‘testing humanoid robots to deliver packages’ Tech firm is building ‘humanoid park’ in US to try out robots, which could ‘spring out’ of its vans
AI pioneer announces non-profit to develop ‘honest’ artificial intelligence Yoshua Bengio’s organisation plans to create system to act as guardrail against AI agents trying to deceive humans
Magnetic 3D-printed pen could help diagnose people with Parkinson’s Study utilises handwriting-generated electrical signal to measure tremor in tandem with AI machine learning
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to enable AI ad creation by end of next year Move sends shock waves through traditional media industry by posing threat to advertising agencies
Former bosses at video games firm Ubisoft on trial in France accused of sexual harassment Allegations against three former executives include bullying and assault as Assassin’s Creed maker faces #MeToo moment
M&S contractor ‘investigating whether it was gateway for cyber-attack’ Tata Consultancy Services said to be holding internal inquiry into whether its staff or systems were used to gain access
M&S expects cyber-attack to last into July and cost £300m in lost profits Retailer says website likely to reopen within weeks but disruption to some services could last longer
Scattered Spider is focus of NCA inquiry into cyber-attacks against UK retailers Detectives say English-speaking hacker community a key suspect after M&S, Co-op and Harrods targeted
Elon Musk’s AI firm blames unauthorised change for chatbot’s rant about ‘white genocide’ xAI’s Grok bot repeatedly referred to widely discredited claim about South Africa that has been touted by Donald Trump