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Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media
Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers…
Grok AI generated about 3m sexualised images this month, research says
Estimate made by Center for Countering Digital Hate after Elon Musk’s AI image generation tool…
Scarlett Johansson and Cate Blanchett back campaign accusing AI firms of theft
Hundreds of writers, musicians and performers urge licensing deals instead of scraping creative work Scarlett…
The year of the ‘hectocorn’: the $100bn tech companies that could float in 2026
OpenAI, Anthropic, SpaceX and Stripe are rumoured to be among ten of the biggest companies…
Bezos’s Blue Origin announces plans to deploy thousands of satellites in 2027
Deployment will serve data centers, governments and businesses, jumping into market dominated by SpaceX Jeff…
Nostalgia for local cafes risks halting progress | Letters
Alderman Gregory Jones KC responds to an article by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett about her beloved…
Badenoch tells Starmer to ‘just get on’ with under-16s social media ban
Tory leader says delay will harm children’s mental health after No 10 said it would…
No ban on gas boilers in UK warm homes plan but heat pumps get £2.7bn push
Government opts against phasing out new boilers by 2035 in effort to cut energy bills…
UK credit cards: six ways to help you pick the best deals
From understanding jargon such as APRs and 0% transfer offers, to getting perks such as…
My analogue month: would ditching my smartphone make me healthier, happier – or more stressed?
When I swapped my iPhone for a Nokia, Walkman, film camera and physical map, I…