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The private Alpha School says its students can learn faster and better – but experts warn not all may benefit from an AI boom in schoolsIn the world’s tech innovation epicenter, an “AI-powered” private school has made headlines for unabashedly embracing the technology.Alpha School San Francisco, which opened its doors to K-8 students this fall, is the newest outpost of a network of 14 nationwide private schools. Its...
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The platform exposing exactly how much copyrighted art is used by AI tools
From 007 to Elsa, Vermillio claims it can trace percentage of AI-generated image drawn from pre-existing materialAsk Google’s AI video tool to create a film of a time-travelling doctor who flies around in a blue British phone booth and the result, unsurprisingly, resembles Doctor Who.And if you ask OpenAI’s technology to do the same, a similar thing happens. What’s wrong with that, you may think? Continue reading...
Are we living in a golden age of stupidity?
From brain-rotting videos to AI creep, every technological advance seems to make it harder to work, remember, think and function independently …Step into the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Media Lab in Cambridge, US, and the future feels a little closer. Glass cabinets display prototypes of weird and wonderful creations, from tiny desktop robots to a surrealist sculpture created by an AI model prompted to...
Parents will be able to block Meta bots from talking to their children under new safeguards
Measures come amid concern generative AI characters are having inappropriate conversations with under-18sParents will be able to block their children’s interactions with Meta’s AI character chatbots, as the tech company addresses concerns over inappropriate conversations.The social media company is adding new safeguards to its “teen accounts”, which are a default setting for under-18 users, by letting parents turn off...
Happy birthday to the NES, companion to millions of Nintendo childhoods
Forty years ago today, the Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the US – and a generation of kids were sucked into video games for lifeThe Nintendo Entertainment System was released in the United States on 18 October 1985: about a year after I was born, and 40 years ago today. It’s as if the company sensed that a sucker who’d spend thousands of dollars on plastic toys and electronic games had just entered the...
Driverless cars are coming to the UK – but the road to autonomy has bumps ahead
Waymo plans London robotaxis as early as 2026, but the history shows hype, hesitation and a few missed turnsThe age-old question from the back of the car feels just as pertinent as a new era of autonomy threatens to dawn: are we nearly there yet? For Britons, long-promised fully driverless cars, the answer is as ever – yes, nearly. But not quite.A landmark moment on the journey to autonomous driving is, again, just...
The Kind Of Journey That Changes You Forever
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They’re Not Even Pretending Anymore: How Corporations Turned Your Stuff Into Their Rental Property
The Subscription Economy Isn’t About Convenience—It’s About Control, and the Bill Is DueContinue reading on Medium »
UK MPs warn of repeat of 2024 riots unless online misinformation is tackled
Science and technology select committee says complacency over social media content puts public at riskFailures to properly tackle online misinformation mean it is “only a matter of time” before viral content triggers a repeat of the 2024 summer riots, MPs have warned.Chi Onwurah, the chair of the Commons science and technology select committee, said ministers seemed complacent about the threat and this was putting the...
Olivia Williams says actors need ‘nudity rider’-type controls for AI body scans
Dune star says performers are regularly pressed to have bodies scanned on set with few rights over how data is used‘Have we done ourselves out of a job?’: concerns in film and TV industry over on-set body scanningActors should have as much control over the data harvested from scans of their body as they do over nudity scenes, the actor Olivia Williams has said, amid heightened concern over artificial intelligence’s...
Keeper review – a sparkling ecological fantasia of pure imagination
This whimsical action-adventure game sees you stomping through nature as a life-giving lighthouse – and it only gets weirder from thereThe world of Keeper looms from the screen like a dream coloured by psilocybin. Here is a gnarled landmass of bubblegum blues, powder pinks and strange, luminous beasts, where evolution seems to occur at light speed. This world’s considerable beauty is amplified by how it is rendered:...
‘Have we done ourselves out of a job?’: concerns in film and TV industry over on-set body scanning
Actors unclear on rights over their data and what it will be used for, as cast and crew alike fear for future of their rolesOlivia Williams says actors need ‘nudity rider’-type controls for AI body scansFor performers on TV or movie sets, it is not unusual to receive a request to enter a booth filled with scores of cameras ready to capture their likeness from every possible angle. Yet with the cast and crew of...
Can AI Avoid the Enshittification Trap?
Cory Doctorow’s theory of “enshittification” explains how tech platforms rot from within. As AI grows more profitable—and powerful—it risks the same fate.
Overconsumption and ruin: before and after images visualise how tech could harm our planet
From Venice to the Iguazu Falls, an exhibition in London illustrates the hidden cost of our gadgets and devicesArtists have created visualisations of the impact of the climate crisis on some of the world’s most recognisable landscapes, in a project to highlight the environmental effects of tech consumption.Venice in Italy, the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland, Iguazu Falls on the border of Argentina and Brazil, and...
The Download: the rehabilitation of AI art, and the scary truth about antimicrobial resistance
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. From slop to Sotheby’s? AI art enters a new phase In this era of AI slop, the idea that generative AI tools like Midjourney and Runway could be used to make art can…
‘Legacies condensed to AI slop’: OpenAI Sora videos of the dead raise alarm with legal experts
The video app can produce realistic deepfakes of Marx shopping and MLK Jr trolling. Some say using ‘historical figures’ is the company’s way of testing the legal watersLast night I was flicking through a dating app. One guy stood out: “Henry VIII, 34, King of England, nonmonogamy”. Next thing I know, I am at a candlelit bar sharing a martini with the biggest serial dater of the 16th century.But the night is not over....
This startup thinks slime mold can help us design better cities
It is a yellow blob with no brain, yet some researchers believe a curious organism known as slime mold could help us build more resilient cities. Humans have been building cities for 6,000 years, but slime mold has been around for 600 million. The team behind a new startup called Mireta wants to translate the…
From slop to Sotheby’s? AI art enters a new phase
In this era of AI slop, the idea that generative AI tools like Midjourney and Runway could be used to make art can seem absurd: What possible artistic value is there to be found in the likes of Shrimp Jesus and Ballerina Cappuccina? But amid all the muck, there are people using AI tools with…
ByteDance’s Other AI Chatbot Is Quietly Gaining Traction Around the World
ByteDance is paying for ads and partnering with influencers to promote its AI chatbot app Cici in countries like the UK, Mexico, and Indonesia.
Silent Hill f review – fascinating horror game maims the monsters teenage girls face
PC, PS5, Xbox; KonamiAfter an apocalyptic supernatural fog descends, school girl Hinako wakes up in a town populated by psychosexual beasts and gaslighting men in masksThere are some horror games you can finish in a couple of days of intense play; they almost invite that sort of frenzied consumption. But there are others that need to be savoured, and sometimes even suffered. Silent Hill f is in the latter category,...
10 AI Agents That Will Maximize Your Productivity in 2025
Discover ten powerful AI agents transforming how developers, creators, and professionals work in 2025. Discover what they do, how to use…Continue reading on Medium »
Gaslighting in the Name of AI Safety: How Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5
Author’s note: This article describes a period of time from September 29th, 2025, when Sonnet 4.5 was released, to October 7th, 2025, when…Continue reading on Medium »
Artificial Intelligence or Authentic Progress?
A response to The LT3000 Blog’s “Artificial Intelligence or Authentic Stupidity?” (8 October 2025)Continue reading on Artificial Intelligence in Plain English »
Handheld vs Console: How the ROG Xbox Ally X Stacks Up Against Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5 Pro
The gaming hardware landscape has evolved dramatically, with powerful handheld PCs now competing for attention alongside traditional home…Continue reading on Medium »
The Future of Life: Technology, Work, and Values in a New Era
Our world is changing faster than ever before. In the past two decades, technology has evolved at an incredible pace—from artificial…Continue reading on Medium »
How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot
An AI chatbot developed by TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, is now more popular than DeepSeek. The feat proves that user-friendly design often matters more than having the most advanced AI model.
Take our quiz: How much do you know about antimicrobial resistance?
This week we had some terrifying news from the World Health Organization: Antibiotics are failing us. A growing number of bacterial infections aren’t responding to these medicines—including common ones that affect the blood, gut, and urinary tract. Get infected with one of these bugs, and there’s a fair chance antibiotics won’t help. The scary truth…
Unlocking the potential of SAF with book and claim in air freight
Used in aviation, book and claim offers companies the ability to financially support the use of SAF even when it is not physically available at their locations. As companies that ship goods by air or provide air freight related services address a range of climate goals aiming to reduce emissions, the importance of sustainable aviation…
Barrister found to have used AI to prepare for hearing after citing ‘fictitious’ cases
Judge rules Chowdhury Rahman used ChatGPT-like software and then tried to hide it, wasting immigration tribunal’s timeAn immigration barrister was found by a judge to be using AI to do his work for a tribunal hearing after citing cases that were “entirely fictitious” or “wholly irrelevant”.Chowdhury Rahman was discovered using ChatGPT-like software to prepare his legal research, a tribunal heard. Rahman was found not...
ROG Xbox Ally X review – like nothing handheld gaming has seen before, for better or worse
Xbox’s portable console combines the openness of PC gaming and Microsoft’s desire for you to play its titles anywhere – but it doesn’t come cheap or without hitchesThe ROG Xbox Ally X, the handheld console collaboration from Asus and Microsoft, is an impressive, yet expensive, piece of gaming tech. The pricier of the two portable gaming devices dropping on 16 October, the all-black ROG Xbox Ally X will cost you a cool...
Italian news publishers demand investigation into Google’s AI Overviews
Newspaper federation says ‘traffic killer’ feature violates legislation and threatens to destroy media diversityItalian news publishers are calling for an investigation into Google’s AI Overviews, arguing that the search engine’s AI-generated summaries feature is a “traffic killer” that threatens their survival.FIEG, the Italian federation of newspaper publishers, said it has submitted a formal complaint to Agcom,...
Spotify partnering with multinational music companies to develop ‘responsible’ AI products
Market-leading music streamer collaborating with the Sony, Universal and Warner music groups to create new AI featuresSpotify has announced it is teaming up with the world’s biggest music companies to develop “responsible” artificial intelligence products that respect artists’ copyright.The market-leading music streamer is collaborating with the Sony, Universal and Warner music groups – whose combined rosters feature...
The Download: creating the perfect baby, and carbon removal’s lofty promises
This is today’s edition ofThe Download,our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. The race to make the perfect baby is creating an ethical mess An emerging field of science is seeking to use cell analysis to predict what kind of a person an embryo might…
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck
“We were the targets.” WIRED spoke to seven Tesla Cybertruck owners about their most controversial purchase and why they’re proud to drive it.
The problem with Big Tech’s favorite carbon removal tech
Sucking carbon pollution out of the atmosphere is becoming a big business—companies are paying top dollar for technologies that can cancel out their own emissions. Today, nearly 70% of announced carbon removal contracts are for one technology: bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). Basically, the idea is to use trees or some other types…