Datacentre hailed by government was supposed to start operating next year but may be held back into mid-2030s

Guardian investigation finds apparent discrepancy between what tech company has said about its AI capacity – and the number of advanced chips it has in operation

With rivals racing to market to raise ‘eye-popping sums’, the spotlight is now on the AI sector’s one-time ‘poster child’

Requests for gas connections by operators amount to more than 15 terawatt hours per year, endangering climate targets

Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zero

The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos In certain corners of the internet, on niche news feeds and algorithms, an AI-generated British schoolgirl has emerged as something of a phenomenon. Her name is Amelia, a purple-haired “goth girl” who proudly carries a mini union flag and appears to have a penchant for racism. Continue reading...

The future privacy battle has higher stakes then ever as state-level US politics lean into deputizing citizens to use whatever data they can to commit human rights abuses.

Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent