All news on the topic: Artificial intelligence (AI)

Geoffrey Hinton says there is 10-20% chance AI will lead to human extinction in three decades, as change moves fast

Friends of the Earth calls on government to rein in growth of datacentres for fear they could increase fossil fuel use

Chip takes minutes to complete tasks that would otherwise take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 years

Leading philosopher says issue is ‘no longer one for sci-fi’ as dawn of AI consciousness is predicted for 2035

Daisy may seem like a scammer’s dream, willing to chat on the phone and hand over her bank details.

America’s Three Mile Island energy plant, the site of the worst nuclear accident in US history, is preparing to reopen as Microsoft looks for ways to satisfy its growing energy needs.

Tech company wants Labour to relax laws that prevent AI models being ‘trained’ on copyrighted materials

Artist Butterbro accused of walking fine line between parody and discrimination and helping make racial slur mainstream

Move is the latest of a string of CMA investigations into technology tie-ups

Tesla CEO alleges his former partners, including CEO Sam Altman, manipulated him into co-founding the company

Experts warn growth of extremist influencers and ‘micro-donations’ could create even bigger wave of unrest

It’s the case of the vanishing startup: some of Silicon Valley’s most promising names in the fast-developing generative AI space are being gobbled up by or tied to the hip of US tech giants.

US firm’s move, amid Beijing-Washington tensions, sparks rush to lure users to homegrown models