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Building them at home would allow policymakers to advance the interests of American companies and workers
Brain-computer interfaces are already being used to treat Parkinson’s disease and allow paralysed patients to operate computers
Ignore the doomsayers, this technology has transformed the game for the better and it can do the same for education
Used right, the technology can unleash human creativity rather than destroy it
A shortage of domestic capital and the lure of the US threaten the benefits of Britain’s biggest AI research success
These are not simply cyber security flaws but problems with the way that models are trained
Accruing income at home from land and power abroad has an old name: empire
Our sense of smell helps us to keep a few shreds of privacy intact and maintains a dividing line between real and virtual worlds
The prime minister needs a plan to avoid a US ban on Chinese models that would divide the world
In solving complex problems, process can be as important as the final result
Out of public sight, bureaucrats are trying to fight digital fire with fire
Concerns about inequality are likely to increase rather than decline as the technology transforms our societies
Bringing clarity to a fuzzy P(doom) debate
Both industries change rapidly and reach throughout the economy, requiring officials to weigh the benefits of innovation against risks
Imagine inviting oil companies to design climate policies or car companies to make traffic rules
We are already witnessing the unintended consequences of algorithms realising goals with badly defined parameters and restrictions
The technology’s advances have not yet translated into big improvements in real-life care
Technological innovations mean that the terms of military conflict have changed — forever
Without stronger safeguards, the danger is that any disaster could trigger a furious public backlash and regulatory overreaction
Reducing the speed of innovation is going to be hard, both practically and politically, but it is the right decision
The founders of OpenAI, Anthropic, Grok and DeepMind have warned about the dangers, now technology needs to be human scale
The founders of OpenAI, Anthropic, Grok and DeepMind have warned about the dangers, now technology needs to be human scale
Data is the one area where it can still be sovereign and it has the greatest potential to generate growth
Commercial AI tools failed to defend the platform against the attack — the solution lies in open-weight models
Commercial AI tools failed to defend the platform against the attack — the solution lies in open-weight models
Boundaries between different occupations are blurring at the cost of a collaborative company culture
Asian cultures harbour a very different attitude towards technologies that are regarded as threatening in the west
The US will fall behind China if people believe the technology is something being done to them rather than built with them
Detection software offers quick answers, but the risk of false positives and the stigma of being accused are leading to societal mistrust in the...
The rush to collaborate with these tech companies comes with risks
Trump is uncharacteristically deaf to voter fears over the technology
A sense of fatalistic inevitability about the technology’s evolution is triggering something close to despair
The country has bet big on tech services but disruption is coming
The most advanced systems are evolving faster than efforts to keep them safe
Talented researchers and entrepreneurs have built a dynamic start-up ecosystem that deserves to be magnified
The Chinese company behind TikTok is pouring resources into the technology. Some think it is a big gamble
New and cheaper models could be a boon for the growth of the tech sector
Some publishers think AI could not only help authors but replace them
It is becoming clear that the knowledge they require is currently locked inside employees’ heads
The evolution of the technology offers fresh opportunities for hoodwinkers and charlatans
Regulators want to use the technology in their bid to cut red tape
Disinformation and deepfakes are known risks but biased LLMs could also be used to influence public opinion
Tech companies need to come clean about the mounting environmental fallout of their race to build more hubs
Excessive regulation could hamper innovation and harm retail savers
The costs of remaining at the frontier of AI are punishing, but the penalties for falling behind may be even worse
The labs develop the technology, but citizens and their elected representatives must make the rules
Given the competition, it’s debatable whether a US-China safety deal is even possible
Technology that helps people do things they couldn’t otherwise achieve can also lead to atrophy
The tech sector is buzzing in Britain. But can it ever be more than a US outpost?
There must be a global agreement on how the technology is controlled