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Will new technology help to make the world a better place, or is AI just another tech bubble that will benefit the few?

While promising convenience AI chatbots as search engines may change the way we learn from the internet and not necessarily in a good way

An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that can feel all too real. The Silicon Valley giant suspended one of its engineers last week who argued the firm's AI system LaMDA seemed…

Consumers need transparency about how such systems are used, says professor of linguistics Emily M Bender