Natasha Singer’s book “Coding Kids” tracks how public schools were bewitched by private corporations, setting the stage for the ed-tech backlash of today.

The artificial intelligence company also released a framework for reporting when its systems go wrong.

The shock that briefly brought a shared sense of purpose has left a complicated legacy

Data is the one area where it can still be sovereign and it has the greatest potential to generate growth

The “Dead Internet” theory is back.

Reading fiction may strengthen the social skills we use to understand and connect with others.

Top mathematicians gathered recently in San Francisco at the offices of OpenAI to discuss what would be left for humans to do when artificial intelligence becomes superhuman at math.

🐴 The Odyssey - the story of the aftermath of Greeks bearing gifts - is having a moment this summer. So too is the story of the public bracing for AI. While researchers are debating what an #AGI 'w...

AI is enabling a deluge of cyberattacks the likes of which we’ve never seen before.

Prime Minister Keir Starmer said his government would bar children under 16 from social media starting in 2027. The move follows similar policies in Australia and several other countries.

Keir Starmer to set out plans on Monday but there are fears a decision to ban some platforms but not others will lead to legal challenges Teenagers under the age of 16 are to be banned from accessing “high-risk” social media apps while safer platforms will be subjected to restrictions, under a sweeping government crackdown to be announced next week. Under-18s will also be banned from using romantic or sexual AI chatbots following a consultation on keeping children safe online. Continue reading...

The ruling holds that a company that designs, trains, operates, and manages an AI system must assume legal liability for any damages caused by the responses it generates.

His new encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas, seeks to counterbalance alarm with hope but lands firmly on one side.

Firm whose partners bill more than $2,000 per hour apologises to judge for software-driven errors in bankruptcy case

Announcement comes just days after education minister Olivia Bailey told MPs that the problem of phones in schools was ‘already solved’

A.I. companies are facing hostility and mistrust—and much of the heightened, sometimes histrionic rhetoric about the powers of the technology has come from within the industry.

PM summons senior figures from Meta, TikTok, Google and X and says social media is ‘putting our children at risk’ Keir Starmer has told social media bosses “things can’t go on like this” in a Downing Street meeting over internet safety. The prime minister summoned senior figures at Meta, TikTok, Google and X to No 10 on Thursday morning as his government considers imposing new restrictions on platforms, including an Australia-style ban for under-16s. Meta owns Facebook and Instagram, and Google owns YouTube. Continue reading...

Chief executive is training and testing his own character as part of wider push to develop ‘personal superintelligence’

Dario Amodei’s warnings should not be dismissed

As with Brexit, public anger could swing behind the idea that we need to take back control

Nasa astronauts begin journey home having collected eagerly awaited photographs of impact craters and ridges Nasa’s Artemis II astronauts have described the powerful emotion felt when soaring over the moon as they photographed impact craters, cracks and ridges and began their long journey home. Among the eagerly awaited images captured by the crew, who worked in pairs at the Orion capsule windows, are those of the Earth rising from behind the moon, a solar eclipse and parts of the 590-mile (950km) wide Orientale impact basin that have never been observed with the naked eye. Continue reading...

New interviews and closely guarded documents shed light on the persistent doubts about the head of OpenAI.

Ofcom data points to more passive consumption amid changes to apps and fears about mental health and past posts

* Dark-blue women end eight years of rivals’ dominance * Light-blue crew power to four-length win in men’s race Oxford’s women ended eight years of Cambridge dominance in their Boat Race with a sensational performance led by the Olympic medallist Heidi Long, while Cambridge eventually overpowered their dark-blue rivals in the men’s race after a fiercely contested opening. On a breezy and largely overcast day in London, Oxford’s women forged an early lead as the first race of the day sped away from Putney, and they led by about six seconds by Hammersmith Bridge, with tens of thousands of fans cheering the boats on from the riverside, lining the 6.8km course all the way. Continue reading...

A judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration's designation, clearing the way for Anthropic to keep doing business without the label starting next week.

The lawsuit concerned allegations that Meta covered up its platforms’ impact on children's mental health and its knowledge of child exploitation online.

Hundreds of British families will test social media bans, curfews and app time ​limits to see how they impact ‌children's sleep, family life and schoolwork, the government said.

New Mexico hails ‘historic’ win after jury finds firm misled consumers over safety and enabled harm against users A New Mexico jury on Tuesday ordered Meta to pay $375m in civil penalties after it found the company misled consumers about the safety of its platforms and enabled harm, including child sexual exploitation, against its users. This is the first bench trial to find Meta liable for acts committed on its platform. Continue reading...

A new set of precepts is meant to make the chatbot Claude wise, decent, and safe. It also marks a striking transfer of public responsibility from constitutional government to private tech firms.

Exclusive: Allowing US tech firm to analyse intelligence in name of tackling fraud raises fresh concerns over privacy * FCA deal gives Palantir yet more access to inner workings of power in Britain Palantir is to be granted access to a trove of highly sensitive UK financial regulation data, in a deal that has prompted fresh concerns about the US AI company’s deepening reach into the British state, the Guardian can reveal. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has awarded Palantir a contract to investigate the watchdog’s internal intelligence data in an effort to help it tackle financial crime, which includes investigating fraud, money laundering and insider trading. Continue reading...

The economic shocks may well be coming, but we have already entered an age of profound uncertainty about ourselves and the world around us.

An investigation by journalists working with Republik magazine may have struck a nerve by suggesting the company has failed in Switzerland

Administration faces unprecedented criticism from Big Tech and former supporters over attacks on the AI lab

Tech companies believe in intellectual property, but not yours.

A revenue-based charge would protect the livelihoods of copyright holders and bring legal certainty

Why Grandma and Grandpa can’t seem to stop scrolling.