AI prototypes for UK welfare system dropped as officials lament ‘false starts’

found 2025 › Jan › 27 (Mon) @ 06:39 UTC

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Exclusive: Pilots for staff training, jobcentres and speeding up disability benefit payments not being taken up

‘Serious concerns’ about DWP’s use of AI to read correspondence from benefit claimant

Min…

AI is a force for good – and Britain needs to be a maker of ideas, not a mere taker | Will Hutton

found 2025 › Jan › 26 (Sun) @ 13:25 UTC

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After Donald Trump’s reckless bonfire of safeguards, our best plan is to become tech champions ourselves

It was only 11 years ago that Prof Stephen Hawking declared that explosive and untrammelled gro…

Paul McCartney says change in law over AI could ‘rip off’ artists

found 2025 › Jan › 25 (Sat) @ 22:33 UTC

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Former Beatles member says government should protect creative workers as consultation on copyright continues

Sir Paul McCartney has warned artificial intelligence could “rip off” artists if a proposed…

Now gen AI has stopped telling us to glue cheese to pizza, it’s bland as a margherita | Tim Adams

found 2025 › Jan › 25 (Sat) @ 22:33 UTC

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Despite fewer silly glitches, you now get an executive summary of the world, with all interesting complications removed

I often find myself thinking of a sentence by the American novelist Nicholson Ba…

Pope warns Davos summit that AI could worsen ‘crisis of truth’

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 20:56 UTC

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Francis calls for close oversight of technology that raises ‘critical concerns’ about humanity’s future

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Pope Francis has warned global leaders in Davos that artificial …

Revealed: Microsoft deepened ties with Israeli military to provide tech support during Gaza war

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 11:18 UTC

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Leaked documents shed light on how Israel integrated the US tech giant into its war effort to meet growing demand for cloud and AI tools

The Israeli military’s reliance on Microsoft’s cloud technology…

Davos day three: NATO chief Rutte calls for ‘step up’ in support for Ukraine — live updates

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

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Rolling coverage from the World Economic Forum in Davos

NATO chief Mark Rutte then warns that he sees too many politicians, both inside and outside Ukraine, discussing what peace talks would mean for …

Tech titans bicker over $500bn AI investment announced by Trump

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

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After unveiling of Stargate, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and Satya Nadella of Tesla, OpenAI and Microsoft trade barbs

Major tech moguls had their claws out for each other on Wednesday, hissing at their riva…

OpenAI spars with Elon Musk over $500bn Stargate project

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

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Tesla boss in rare break with Donald Trump over AI initiative, saying ‘they don’t actually have the money’

Billionaires at heart of Trump administration in public spat as Elon Musk doubts $500B Stargate investment

found 2025 › Jan › 23 (Thu) @ 07:32 UTC

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Billionaire Elon Musk launched a high-profile attack on his own X site on the funding pledge behind a splashy new deal to pour $500 billion into AI investments.