Synthetic surveys using digital twins do a poor job estimating the public mood and are especially error-prone for some subgroups, including Republicans and Black adults.

The risks of AI aren’t what we think they are, as a recent security incident between China and the United States reveals

In Guilty Pleasure, Patricia Nilsson reveals how the adult industry commodified intimacy and emotion – and shaped the internet in its image

"Do you watch the news? Do you listen to the radio? Do you read anything about what's going on in the world?” one of the judges asked the lawyer, who submitted false testimony and witnesses after using...

Class action will target “Real-Time Bidding” (RTB) data breach in Microsoft’s advertising system, and is anticipated to affect Microsoft’s operations across the EU

This lesson explores philosopher Harry Frankfurt's notion of bullshit, and explains why LLMs are, by his definition, bullshit machines.

The more we learn about how AI does business, the more unfair it looks

Letter: Bev Littlewood reminds us that mathematics has been the prime driver of the rise in AI, in response to an editorial

It’s giving Thanos energy.

The AI boom has driven US chipmaker Nvidia’s supply chain emissions up by 725% since 2020, according to a new report by environmental and civil society groups.

Scepticism over artificial intelligence in taxpayer-funded research “demonstrates fragility” of support within UK

In a leaked document, the Irish Presidency proposes to EU Member States that the interest of AI companies to make profits should take precedence over the fundamental rights of Europeans.

The episode shows the risks of using this new, relatively poorly understood technology in the middle of the Iran war

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NVIDIA, the world’s most valuable company by market capitalisation, has been using greenwashing tricks to misleadingly mask its staggering emissions impacts, finds a new analysis.

Government announces before vote on moratorium that any projects above 50MW must submit assessments in planning process

Global push will triple toxic e-waste annually in 25 years, filling enough shipping containers to circle globe six times

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Stop hyper-scale data centres in Scotland -

Silicon Valley is shifting away from chatbot queries toward a future filled with resource-intensive agentic AI—and it's driving the data center buildout.

Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentres

"Bring Your Own Power" fails to address the rising costs or pollution driven by data centers' exploding energy demands.

To drink or to think – that is the question