“NIn the future we will never move as slowly as we do now,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. caution This week, addressing the urgent need to shape the use of …
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The Guardian’s view on AI: The departure of security staff raises concerns about the industry’s pursuit of profit at all costs Editorial
hHardly a month goes by without some AI grandee warning that this technology poses an existential threat to humanity. Many of these warnings may be vague or naive. Other people …
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TeaThe UK government’s first guidance on the use of tablets, smartphones and other screens by young children, expected in April, cannot come soon enough. The laissez-faire approach is arguably no …
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The Guardian’s view on regulating big tech: Politicians should support Musk’s challenge to Ofcom | editorial
TeaHe released a stream of AI-generated images of bikini-clad women and children on Twitter, some of which were in erotic poses or with injuries, leading to a strong reaction from …
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The Guardian’s view on giving legal rights to AI: humans should not give way to ill-advised debate | editorial
mMost readers of Kazuo Ishiguro’s 2021 novel Clara and the Sun will have been struck by the portrait of its eponymous AI narrator. As a solar-powered “artificial friend” purchased as …
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The Guardian’s view on antibiotics: Recent breakthroughs are good news, but humanity is losing the big race editorial
DDuring his tenure as Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Margaret Chan Used to say that everyone “Easy“Antibiotics were already found. Her point was that in responding to the …
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The Guardian’s view on regulating pornography: £1 million fine doesn’t prove the Online Protection Act is working editorial
AThere is increasing awareness of the harm caused by online pornography. Last month, the government bowed to pressure from campaigners and promised to make depictions of strangulation illegal. This is …