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The jobs AI can’t do – and the young adults doing them
For many young people entering the workforce, the stigma of hands-on jobs is fading. T…
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California to impose new AI regulations in defiance of Trump call
Gavin Newsom signs order to prioritize public safety and rights as president seeks to …
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CEO of Epic Games apologizes after laying off employee with terminal brain cancer
Tim Sweeney, chief of firm that created Fortnite, received backlash after worker’s wif…
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Apple subsidiary fined by UK government over Moscow sanctions breach
Apple Distribution International, based in Ireland, made payments worth £635,000 to a …
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I took off my headphones – and noticed a stranger in peril
Slumped on the pavement, she wasn’t breathing – and I wouldn’t have realised if I’d be…
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UK’s big, risky AI bet – podcast
Reporter Aisha Down explores the UK’s ‘phantom investments’ in AI, and the risk the go…
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Two in five Australian GPs use AI scribes to record patient notes – but do they trade care for convenience?
Some doctors argue it allows them to better connect with patients, but advocates warn …
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‘Soon publishers won’t stand a chance’: literary world in struggle to detect AI-written books
US release of horror novel Shy Girl cancelled and UK book discontinued after suspected…
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The OnlyFans inheritance: how its owner’s death could reshape the porn money-making machine
Leonid Radvinsky’s widow has been left with a crucial role in deciding what happens to…
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‘They feel true’: political deepfakes are growing in influence – even if people know they aren’t real
AI images of people – such as women in military contexts – are making money and servin…
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Sony to hike PS5 prices by $100 as AI and Iran war push up memory chip costs
Updated prices of PlayStation 5 consoles to go into effect on 2 April as electronics m…
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Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029
Banks, governments and tech providers urged to upgrade security because current system…
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Brussels opens investigation into Snapchat amid concern over children’s safety
European Commission says social messaging app is exposing children to grooming and sex…
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Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion
One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his s…
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Former Google executive Matt Brittin selected to be next BBC director general
Former Olympic rower to lead corporation as it hammers out future funding model with g…
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Baltimore sues Elon Musk’s AI company over Grok’s fake nude images
Lawsuit argues XAI failed to disclose risks, limitations and exposure to harm that com…
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Does your business English let you down? Turn it into pure corporate gibberish with LinkedIn Speak
Struggling to find the right buzzwords to adorn your CV, or to put a gloss on a series…
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Divide between Silicon Valley and ordinary people grows ever larger
Big tech believes the future is AI while everyday Americans remain wary; and the dange…
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Revolut warns it risks backlash over support for energy-intensive AI and crypto
Fintech company’s profits leap to £1.7bn as it gears up for US push after getting UK b…
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Hong Kong police can demand phone and computer passwords under amended national security law
Refusing to comply could lead to year in jail and hefty fine, while providing false in…
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New crypto regulations likely to be big favor to the Trump family, industry insiders say
Regulators narrow securities definitions – a shift that could benefit Trump family’s c…
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Pinterest CEO calls for ban on social media for youth under 16
Bill Ready pointed to Australia’s social media ban for under-16s as a model, though it…
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‘Thank God they’re still alive’: Kaiser therapists claim its new screening system puts patients at higher risk by delaying their care
Kaiser pushed back on striking workers’ claims and AI fears, saying it delivers ‘timel…
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Thousands of people are selling their identities to train AI – but at what cost?
Gig AI trainers worldwide are selling moments of their lives, including calls and text…
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‘It’s stupid’: why western carmakers’ retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance
Iran war should be wake-up call about costs of not going full throttle towards EVs as …
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‘It does feel like an intimidation campaign’: why is US tech giant Palantir suing a small Swiss magazine?
An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve…
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Fire experts ‘kept awake’ over growing hazard of lithium-ion batteries
Fire service warns ubiquity of batteries in everyday products is outpacing public unde…
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Resident Evil at 30: how Capcom’s horror opus has survived
From owing a debt to obscure Japanese horror Sweet Home to the influence of Aliens and…
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Meta AI agent’s instruction causes large sensitive data leak to employees
Artificial intelligence agent instructed engineer to take actions that exposed user an…
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In the killer world of online gaming, there are no hits any more – just survivors
The fates of two ostensibly similar online games released this year, Marathon and High…
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Meta on trial over child safety: can it really protect its next generation of users?
New Mexico prosecutors allege Meta prioritized profit, even as child abuse surged on I…
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Inside China’s robotics revolution
How close are we to the sci-fi vision of autonomous humanoid robots? I visited 11 comp…
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‘They were comparing me to Bonnie Blue’: the disturbing rise of nightlife content
Footage of women walking between bars and clubs in UK city centres, often filmed cover…
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We asked experts about the most responsible ways to use AI tools – here’s what they said
Use AI as a brainstorming partner and organizer, but don’t outsource your judgment …
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The best cordless vacuum cleaners for a spotless home: 10 tried and tested favourites
Stick vacuums are a convenient alternative to corded designs, but which model wins for…
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A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI?
Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and…
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What was Doge? How Elon Musk tried to gamify government
Steeped in gaming and rightwing culture wars, Musk and his team of teenage coders set …
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Don’t upstage your friends! 19 modern etiquette mistakes – and how to avoid them
In a world teeming with social media and smart devices, there are many ways to upset p…
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‘Another internet is possible’: Norway rails against ‘enshittification’
Absurdist video urges policymakers and users to resist deliberate deterioration of pla…
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India’s scattered workforce: the chatbot keeping families in touch during emergencies
Covid exposed the lack of data on the country’s 140 million mobile migrant workers, bu…
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These aren’t AI firms, they’re defense contractors. We can’t let them hide behind their models
From Gaza to Iran, the pattern is the same: precision weapons, chosen blindness, and d…
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Nigeria’s online content creator market has boomed. Can the skit-makers and streamers make it pay?
As platforms make less from advertising, creators are struggling to monetise work – le…
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Can scientists really resurrect the dodo? Inside the company that says they can
Colossal Biosciences’ CEO says its work follows a ‘moral obligation’ while critics say…
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Meta reportedly plans sweeping layoffs as AI costs increase
Sources tell Reuters layoffs could affect 20% or more of company as plans reflect broa…
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With $200m to spend on the midterms, crypto hopes to repeat its 2024 success: ‘It’s the most critical time’
Candidates in both parties – but mostly Republicans – are seeing cash infusions after …
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Will AI take Australian jobs, or is it just an excuse for corporate restructure?
More than 1,000 local tech jobs have recently been cut, with companies citing AI produ…
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Anthropic-Pentagon battle shows how big tech has reversed course on AI and war
Less than a decade ago, Google employees scuttled any military use of its AI. Now Anth…
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Less respawning, more re-rolling: six of the best board games based on video games
From war zones and socially virtuous farming to ever-changing boards and role-playing …
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‘IG is a drug’: jury to deliberate as US trial over social media addiction wraps up
Meta and YouTube accused of creating harmful products in trial seen as a bellwether fo…
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‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push
Layoffs to affect 10% of workforce amid Australian company’s restructuring plan to pus…
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UK Society of Authors launches logo to identify books written by humans not AI
Tracy Chevalier announces registration scheme at the London Book Fair as AI works floo…
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Scott Pilgrim EX review – is it time to grow up?
PC, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5; Tribute Games Inc A treat for nostalgia fa…
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X suspends 800m accounts in one year amid ‘massive’ scale of manipulation attempts
Social media company tells MPs of continual fight against state-backed efforts, with R…
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Revealed: UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’
Exclusive: Rented datacentres and ‘supercomputer’ site that’s still a scaffolding yard…
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‘It means missile defence on datacentres’: drone strikes raise doubts over Gulf as AI superpower
Iran’s targeting of commercial datacentres in the UAE and Bahrain signals a new fronti…
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Current and former Block workers say AI can’t do their jobs after Jack Dorsey’s mass layoffs: ‘You can’t really AI that’
The CEO said he cut the company’s workforce by 4,000 people – almost in half – because…
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Tech oligarchs reshape humanity while billionaires of old seem quaint
From Gates to Musk and Altman, today’s ultra-rich steer AI and tech, raising questions…
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AI chatbots point vulnerable social media users to illegal online casinos, analysis shows
Tech firms condemned for lack of controls with Meta AI and Gemini even offering advice…
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What does the US military’s feud with Anthropic mean for AI used in war?
Tech policy professor who served in US air force explains how a feud between an AI sta…
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The Guardian view on AI in war: the Iran conflict shows that the paradigm shift has already begun
The intensified use of artificial intelligence, and rows over its control, demonstrate…
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UK arts must not be sacrificed for speculative AI gains, peers say
Ministers urged to abandon plans to let tech firms use work of novelists, artists and …
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Union tries to seize control of works council at Tesla’s German factory
Lawsuits and slander claims fly in IG Metall’s battle with Elon Musk over employment r…
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Google faces lawsuit after Gemini chatbot allegedly instructed man to kill himself
Lawsuit is first wrongful death case brought against Google over flagship AI product a…
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Even for fans like me, the Pokémon 30th anniversary ‘stuff’ is a bit much
With the wait for the new Winds and Waves games set to stretch into 2027, Pokemon’s 30…
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Quit ChatGPT: right now! Your subscription is bankrolling authoritarianism | Rutger Bregman
As a historian, I’ve studied the major consumer boycotts of history. We can take down …
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Five of the most interesting upcoming indie games
From the ghostly Shutter Story to road trip adventure Outbound and strategy puzzler Ti…
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Anthropic’s AI model Claude gets popularity boost after US military feud
Claude climbs to top of app store charts in US and UK after being blacklisted by Penta…
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I’m on the Meta Oversight Board. We need AI protections now | Suzanne Nossel
AI is transforming our world. Accepting independent oversight is the least companies c…
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Datacentre developers face calls to disclose effect on UK’s net emissions
Campaign groups write to technology secretary amid concerns that sites could double ov…
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Readers reply: what would happen to the world if computer said yes?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions asks whether …
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£12m for a Pokémon card? If you’re not in the game you’re missing a trick
The record sum paid at auction for a rare example is part of a boom in trading cards –…
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