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I’ve never used ChatGPT – am I going to get left behind in the AI revolution?

FIRST PERSON: With increasing numbers of people using generative AI on a daily basis, do we face a new two-tier society: the prompters and the prompt-nots? Self-confessed luddite Helen Coffey examines whether her decision to stay analogue is damaging her future prospects

The Independent UK

‘I don’t worry about a robot takeover’: AI expert Michael Wooldridge on big tech’s real dangers (and occasional blessings)

Almost 50 years after he first got his hands on a computer, the Oxford professor still believes in the power of technology. Can his beloved game theory explain why Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs consistently misuse it?

The Guardian - UK

Race for AI is making Hindenburg-style disaster ‘a real risk’, says leading expert

Prof Michael Wooldridge says scenario such as deadly self-driving car update or AI hack could destroy global interest

The Guardian - UK

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Experts warn of threat to democracy from ‘AI bot swarms’ infesting social media

Misinformation technology could be deployed at scale to disrupt 2028 US presidential election, AI researchers say

The Guardian - UK

Meta to announce $15bn investment in bid to achieve computerised ‘superintelligence’

Mark Zuckerberg expected to announce Meta will buy 49% stake in Scale AI as race to dominate AI market speeds up

The Guardian - UK

Today’s AI can crack second world war Enigma code ‘in short order’, experts say

Crowning achievement of Alan Turing’s codebreakers is now ‘straightforward’, according to computer scientists

The Guardian - UK

Experts urge caution over use of Chinese AI DeepSeek

UK officials say they are monitoring any national security threat to data from the new AI

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How to watch the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures online and on TV

Every Christmas, the U.K.'s Royal Institution puts on a set of lectures, each exploring a fascinating subject in science. Here's how you can watch the Ri Christmas Lectures wherever you are.

LiveScience

The 10 biggest science stories of 2023 – chosen by scientists

From insight into our human ancestry and breakthroughs on the moon to a flourishing of AI and terrifying new developments in the climate, it was a year of scientific drama

The Guardian - UK

The professor’s great fear about AI? That it becomes the boss from hell

Some concerns about artificial intelligence are very speculative, but there are genuine risks, says the man aiming to demystify the technology in the Royal Institution Christmas lectures

The Guardian - UK

Hacked UK voter data could be used to target disinformation, warn experts

Data from Electoral Commission breach could allow rogue actors to create AI-generated messages in effort to manipulate elections

The Guardian - UK

60-minute masterclass: Artificial Intelligence with Michael Wooldridge

Join Michael Wooldridge, professor of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at the University of Oxford, as he discusses the past, present, and future of artificial intelligence

The Guardian - UK

Last of the seaside cinema organs: Weston-super-Mare bids adieu to its Compton

As Odeon brings down the curtain on the Somerset cinema, a farewell concert will sound the last of its ‘wonder’ pipe organ

The Guardian - UK

Elections in UK and US at risk from AI-driven disinformation, say experts

False news stories, images, video and audio could be tailored to audiences and created at scale by next spring

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‘I didn’t give permission’: Do AI’s backers care about data law breaches?

Regulators around world are cracking down on content being hoovered up by ChatGPT, Stable Diffusion and others

The Guardian - UK

ChatGPT: what can the extraordinary artificial intelligence chatbot do?

Ask the AI program a question, as millions have in recent weeks, and it will do its best to respond

The Guardian - UK

‘I am, in fact, a person’: can artificial intelligence ever be sentient?

Controversy over Google’s AI program is raising questions about just how powerful it is. Is it even safe? By Amelia Tait

ABC News

How Aspen Medical got 'paid access' to politicians before it made more than $1 billion in the pandemic

The former chairman and co-founder of Aspen Medical tells Four Corners how the company obtained access to senior ranks of the Coalition government before it made more than $1 billion from the pandemic.

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Aspen Medical was given more than $1 billion in government PPE contracts despite no experience in large-scale procurement

Private healthcare company Aspen Medical was given more than $1 billion in government PPE contracts, despite having no experience in large-scale procurement, a Four Corners investigation reveals.

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