Matt Brittin has taken the helm of the supertanker BBC, but there are plenty of icebergs in his way
First, the new DG will have to navigate staff cuts, culture wars and a sea of fake news, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson
Billionaires are trying to lull us into AI complacency. Don’t let them
As resistance to datacenters grows, Musk and others are painting a rosy picture. But the US must institute protections
Who’s behind the Facebook page posting hateful AI slop about the UK? The answer might lie in south Asia
Our research has uncovered young entrepreneurs in Sri Lanka and Pakistan using AI tools to make deeply objectionable content – and money, says Niamh McIntyre of the Bureau for Investigative Journalism
Standard Chartered to cut more than 7,000 jobs as it steps up AI use
London-headquartered bank will reduce back-office jobs and aims to move some workers to new roles
Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds
Tracker of attitudes towards artificial intelligence also finds almost half of the public would prefer to avoid it
Jury hands victory to Sam Altman and OpenAI in battle with Elon Musk
OpenAI CEO and president found not liable for breaking contracts made with Musk when founding the startup
Pope Leo to issue text on human dignity and AI with Anthropic co-founder
The pope’s encyclical will address ‘the protection of the human person in the age of AI’, the Vatican says
Tech firms face tougher UK rules on intimate image abuse
Ofcom to update codes of practice amid rise in ‘revenge porn’ and AI-generated deepfakes targeting women and girls
How realistic is threat of Iran charging to use internet cables under strait of Hormuz?
Plan floated in Iranian media to extract revenues from US tech firms would rely on intimidation and is legally dubious
Melbourne psychiatrist refuses new patients who don’t consent to AI note-taking
Registration form informs patients that if they do not wish AI to be used, they will need their referring doctor to refer them to a different service provider
Australia’s social media ban preventing teenagers from accessing the news, research finds
Half of the teenagers who have been blocked say they are seeing less news than before – but they are not necessarily going back to traditional sources
Anthropic to share Mythos cyber flaw findings with global finance watchdog
Startup has declined to release Claude Mythos AI model publicly amid fears it could be used by hackers
‘Capitalism has to become more humane’: a Stanford economist on big tech, power hoarding and democracy
Mordecai Kurz argues tech oligarchs erode democracy through monopolies – and predicts how the trend may end
The return of Westworld is perfect timing for the flattery-oriented age of AI
Now that real life has caught up with science fiction, the imminent danger isn’t malfunctioning cowboys, it’s the robots convincing us that we’re great and everything is totally fine