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The updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations has been laid before Parliament. Here’s what that means.

A new class action lawsuit accuses OpenAI of sharing intimate user data with Google and Meta without consent.

Large language models aren’t trained on real-life conversations. As we encounter their language, it could affect our own

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A new study out of Finland casts doubt on the efficacy of the country’s lengthy assessments, harsh, invasive questioning, and delayed medical treatments.

Reporter Estefany Rodríguez, detained by ICE with no arrest warrant, may face deportation. Her attorneys seek immediate review of the legality of her case.

Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood will tighten rules on access to accommodation and financial support

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The Egyptian queen has fascinated me from childhood, but following the archives led only to ancient gossip and Roman propaganda. Fiction was the way to liberate her from misogynist myth

I was called aggressive for criticising passages in Kate Clanchy’s memoir. But the real problem lies deep in the overwhelmingly white world of publishing

Thank you all so much for your donations! The situation is still dire there so … Brie Harris needs your support for Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp

Thank you all so much for your donations! The situation is still dire there so … Brie Harris needs your support for Help the LGBTQ Refugees of the Kakuma Camp