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

We need more safeguards in place to prevent us from mistaking machines for humans

Researcher’s claim about flagship LaMDA project has restarted debate about nature of artificial intelligence

The UK economy shrank by a larger than expected 0.3 per cent in April, heightening fears that Britain is headed for recession. City experts had been expecting output to contract by 0.1 per cent, following a similar decline in March.

The company's view: Not so fast. The algorithm is just a very good conversationalist.

Blake Lemoine was placed on leave by the technology giant last week after he published transcripts of remarkable conversations between himself and the AI bot

Google has a book-reading, meditating "chatbot" that is sentient, according to one of its engineers. But the tech giant says there is "no evidence" of that. Here is what we know so far.

Blake Lemoine says system has perception of, and ability to express thoughts and feelings equivalent to a human child

Blake Lemoine says LaMDA has talked about ‘personhood’ and ‘rights’