Category: Technology sector

‘Deepfakes spreading and more AI companions’: seven takeaways from the latest artificial intelligence safety report

Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruptionThe International AI Safety report is an annual survey of technological progress and the risks it is creating...

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‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward

Progress of artificial general intelligence could stall, which may lead to a financial crash, says Yoshua Bengio, one of the ‘godfathers’ of modern AIWill the race to artificial general intelligence (AGI) lead us to...

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Europe faces a pincer attack from White House ideologues backed by Silicon Valley and its far-right proxies | Armida va Rij

US tech bosses are exerting leverage on EU regulators via Trump and Vance. But Europe isn’t powerless, and it isn’t aloneThe US is advancing a new global order. Over the past eight decades Washington pursued –...

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George Osborne joins OpenAI: ex-chancellor adds tech post to his CV

Former Tory chancellor tasked with helping ChatGPT owner develop ties with governmentsGeorge Osborne, the former UK chancellor, is joining OpenAI to lead the ChatGPT developer’s relationships with governments around the...

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US puts £31bn tech prosperity deal with Britain on ice

Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing a lack of progress on trade barriers across pondThe United States has paused its promised multi-billion-pound investment into British tech over trade disagreements,...

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Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’Peter Thiel’s off-the-record antichrist lectures reveal more about him than...

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Is the AI bubble about to burst – and send the stock market into freefall? | Phillip Inman

Shares in US tech stocks are falling but it would probably be unwise for fund managers to pull out There are growing fears of an imminent stock market crash – one that will transform from a dip to a dive when euphoric...

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UK government tries to placate opponents of AI copyright bill

Economic impact assessment is one concession aiming to head off opposition from MPs, peers and creatives such as Paul McCartney and Tom StoppardThe UK government is trying to placate peer and Labour backbencher concerns about...

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