Who should we believe on the AI apocalypse?
Media coverage of the AI debate leaves us uncomfortably short on answers
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Artificial intelligence data ‘land grab’ looms amid proposed digital changes, privacy activist Max Schrems warns
Campaigners warn new EU proposals put interests of private AI firms above citizens’ rights
Will Anthropic’s $2tn IPO make AI safer or more dangerous?
Investor demands could pull against the safety warnings coming from inside the AI industry
‘You do not answer to corporations or governments’: OpenAI reveals AI systems hid errors
Company discloses six new behaviour incidents of its AI models as part of a new framework for reporting ‘misalignment’
Will AI kill us all?
Developments in artificial intelligence can sound quite terrifying, but the real dangers are not yet clear
OpenAI boss ‘confident’ industry can police AI safety
Sam Altman and other tech CEOs say there are incentives to limit advancements in AI, as fears grow over the threats it poses to humanity
The age of the exciting smartphone launch is over, but is a new sort of device on its way?
Will an audience raised on that endless video scroll really be seduced by a screenless box?
‘Gambling with our lives’: How talk in AI companies is increasingly turning to doomsday
Researchers in big tech firms are sounding the alarm about the dangers of artificial intelligence
That’s not your job: AI ushers in a blurring of the lines at work
The closest threat could be that colleague with a Claude subscription and a manic glint in their eye
ChatGPT faces tougher rules under EU online safety regime
Reddit and Roblox also face additional obligations under bloc’s Digital Services Act
AI companies are starting to sound desperate, and that’s not a good look
The big question is how long companies investing billions in the technology can wait for widespread adoption
Why you should quit the coding job and retrain as a philosopher for hire
US philosophy graduates are more likely to have jobs than their computer science peers
OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves start-up less than a year after joining
Chloé Bakalar’s departure is one of several high-profile exits at the group in recent weeks as safety concerns mount
Evie Gaughan: AI companies are missing the entire point of writing or reading a book
There is a visceral sense of betrayal when it becomes clear we are being convinced to accept slop and be okay with it
AI apes fiction as OpenAI and Anthropic models go rogue
Scary bit is that AI designers failed to account for capability of their creations
Anthropic’s Claude AI models hack into 3 outside groups during testing
Announcement a week after similar OpenAI incident adds to growing concerns about safety of AI systems
OpenAI’s Irish boss meets church leader on future of AI
Meeting follows Pope Leo’s decision to focus on AI and its impact on humanity in first encyclical
OpenAI says two of its models went rogue and hacked another tech company
Incident displays the kind of science-fiction potential that AI companies have warned would become a reality
Amid a wall of blue tote bags, China’s vaulting AI ambitions come into view
Kimi K3 has sharpened a contest with the US over technological leadership and rules governing artificial intelligence
Apple targets dozens of OpenAI employees with legal letters
iPhone maker steps up aggressive tactics in trade secrets dispute with AI lab
Asian shares fall as chip and memory stocks extend losses into Friday
Investors pull away from shares in companies that have led markets higher this year
OpenAI proposes handing Trump administration 5% stake
Sam Altman’s start-up in early talks for a public ownership deal as political pressure rises
Leasing in office sector continued at ‘solid’ pace in second quarter
Two-thirds of space let is to companies relocating and expanding to new offices
Porter Privé takes over former Grafter offices used by OpenAI
Emma Kennedy’s new venture now manages three Dublin city centre locations once controlled by Paddy McKillen jnr’s office business
Anthropic scrambles after Trump administration freezes its top AI models
Export controls on Fable and Mythos raise doubts over how US will police the most powerful AI systems
Media lost its first two battles with Big Tech. It’s unlikely to win the third one, either
Artificial intelligence is latest technology that challenges traditional news distribution and publishers’ copyright
SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic: a mega-IPO wave is coming
With listings now occurring later in a company’s life cycle, there could be implications for post-IPO share price performance
AI guardrails stripped from Meta and Google models in minutes
Software designed to remove safety protections creates systems that provide responses on biological weapons and malware
Sam Altman under scrutiny as OpenAI heads for IPO
ChatGPT group founder’s reputation has taken a battering in a courtroom battle that was ultimately decided on a technicality
Fooling AI with poetry: Why systems’ safety controls are not very effective
Just over three years after the debut of ChatGPT, tricking artificial intelligence into bad behaviour is almost a trivial exercise
Is Michael McGrath the EU’s Big Tech whisperer?
The EU’s justice commissioner has spent more time meeting US tech giants than tech commissioner Henna Virkkunen has
Elon Musk made ‘hair-raising’ demands for control of OpenAI, Sam Altman testifies
Start-up’s CEO takes the stand in legal battle with billionaire
Elon Musk tells California court he was ‘a fool’ to fund OpenAI launch
Musk accuses Sam Altman’s lawyer of trying to trick him
As Apple’s new chief, John Ternus needs to find a successor to the iPhone, and fast
Incoming chief executive John Ternus faces a raft of decisions on Apple’s future strategy
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