26 h. ago Travel experts predict holidays will soon become 'cheaper and easier to book'

On Monday, the artificial intelligence giant OpenAI introduced a feature that would allow users to make purchases through ChatGPT, in partnership with Etsy and Shopify. Travel experts say this will pave the way for a big change.

Science

34 h. ago Nearly a third of Americans have had a ‘romantic relationship’ with an AI bot, new survey says

More than half of those surveyed (54 percent) said that they had some sort of relationship with an artificial intelligence platform

Politics

42 h. ago The Shadow’s Edge review – Jackie Chan as watchable as ever as fisticuff

This bloated cops-and-robbers thriller is overlong and unnecessarily complex but thankfully Chan is never more than 10 minutes from a fight or a shootoutHong Kong action-movie legend Jackie Chan was an international superstar back in the late 1990s-early 2000s with crossover fare like the Rush Hour flicks, but sightings in western-made movies have been much sparser of late, apart from a supporting role in Karate Kid: Legends and the occasional bit of voicework in the never-ending Kung Fu Panda franchise. But in Asia, the 71-year-old works all the time, still doing his own stunts, as well as working as a producer and fight choreographer.This Macau-set cops-and-robbers thriller even has a little fun by introducing him as a “retired” cop turned dog walker called Wong, surrounded by a motley pack of pooches that he marshals expertly through the streets. Once the best surveillance man on the force, Wong’s observational skills have not faded a jot, as he proves by recounting exactly which...

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57 h. ago Google AI Overview appears to block results on searches for ‘Trump cognitive decline’ but not for Biden

Google appears to have blocked certain artificial intelligence search results for queries about President Donald Trump’s mental acuity

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59 h. ago US jobs market yet to be seriously disrupted by AI, finds Yale study

Report say changes to occupational mix since release of ChatGPT in 2022 ‘sluggish’ compared with 1940s and 50sThe US jobs market has yet to experience serious disruption from breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, according to an academic study.Analysis by Yale University’s Budget Lab found there had been no “discernible disruption” since ChatGPT’s release in November 2022. Continue reading...

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62 h. ago ‘I think you’re testing me’: Anthropic’s new AI model asks testers to come clean

Safety evaluation of Claude Sonnet 4.5 raises questions about whether predecessors ‘played along’, firm saysIf you are trying to catch out a chatbot take care, because one cutting-edge tool is showing signs it knows what you are up to.Anthropic, a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company, has released a safety analysis of its latest model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, and revealed it had become suspicious it was being tested in some way. Continue reading...

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63 h. ago Leading UK tech investor warns of ‘disconcerting’ signs of AI stock bubble

James Anderson voices concern over soaring valuations of artificial intelligence firmsA leading British tech investor has described soaring valuations of artificial intelligence companies as “disconcerting”, amid concerns of an AI stock market bubble.James Anderson was an early backer of Tesla, Amazon and China’s Tencent and Alibaba, generating vast returns for Baillie Gifford’s flagship fund. Now at the Italian investment company Lingotto, Anderson said he had not seen signs of an investment bubble until recently, when the ChatGPT developer, OpenAI, and its rival Anthropic announced hefty valuation increases. Continue reading...

Events

65 h. ago Scientists uncover potential CURE for epilepsy as AI detects tiny brain lesions in children with the condition

A new artificial intelligence tool that can detect tiny brain lesions that cause epilepsy in children could help speed up diagnoses, paving the way for a potential cure  experts revealed today.

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3 d. ago My petty gripe: not only am I losing my livelihood to AI – now it’s stealing my em dashes too

The humble em dash is being used as a tell that something is written by a large language model. But it’s James Shackell’s favourite piece of punctuation, and he’s not ready to lose itRead more petty gripesMy editor’s email started off friendly enough, but then came the hammer blow: “We need you to remove all the em dashes. People assume that means it’s written by AI.” I looked back at the piece I’d just written. There were dashes all over it—and for good bloody reason. Em dashes—often used to connect explanatory phrases, and so named because they’re the width of your average lowercase ‘m’—are probably my favourite bit of punctuation. I’ve been option + shift + hyphening them for years.A person’s writing often reflects how their brain works, and mine (when it works) tends to work in fits and starts. My thoughts don’t arrive in perfectly rendered prose, so I don’t write them down that way. And here I was being told the humble em dash—friend to poorly paid internet hacks everywhere—was...

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4 d. ago DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Rachel's in Wonderland. The rest of us should be counting the spoons...

Artificial intelligence may be replacing entry-level jobs with alarming speed and firms are slashing recruitment because of swingeing business tax rises, but Rachel Reeves has the solution.

Politics

4 d. ago Trump's team keeps posting AI portraits of him. We keep clicking

President Donald Trump and his administration have embraced artificial intelligence-generated images, crafting a new official portrait of him

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6 d. ago AI analysis reveals £71,000 painting thought to be a copy is a genuine Caravaggio

The Badminton House version of ‘The Lute Player’ is currently in the UK

Economics

6 d. ago Most of gen Z watch TV with the subtitles on – and I understand why | Isabel Brooks

Thanks to social media, we’re now living in a subtitled world - even when that means divided attentions and error-strewn captionsI used to think there were two types of people: the ones who only use subtitles when necessary, and the unappreciative philistines who use them for no good reason. I was willing to die on this hill, arguing that they distracted from the purity of the audiovisual experience: the cinematographer’s attention to detail, the glimpse of a tear in an actor’s eye, the punchline of an expertly timed joke, and so on.But I have been forced to recognise just how alone I am on this hill: in 2021, a survey found that 80% of 18-25-year-olds used subtitles all or some of the time, while a new survey run by streaming service U found that 87% of young Britons are using subtitles more than they used to. There is no longer a debate about subtitles: among my peers, “two types” of people have given way to “mostly one type”. (Meanwhile, the 2021 survey found that less than a qua...

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6 d. ago Private equity sees profits in power utilities as electric bills rise and Big Tech seeks more energy

Private investment firms that are helping finance America’s artificial intelligence race and the huge buildout of energy-hungry data centers are getting interested in the local utilities that deliver electricity to regular customers — and the servers that power AI

Science

7 d. ago Cute fluffy characters and Egyptian selfies: Meta launches AI feed Vibes

Under Mark Zuckerberg’s publicity video for Vibes, one Instagram user commented: ‘Bros posting ai slop on his own app’Facebook and Instagram to charge UK users £3.99 a month for ad-free versionCat videos, selfies and dad jokes are typical fare for any social media feed but Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is introducing a new twist: they’re all made by artificial intelligence.The Meta founder and chief executive has announced the launch of Vibes, a new feed on the Meta AI app comprised entirely of AI-made videos. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago ChatGPT will now think about you overnight so that it can start conversations

‘Pulse’ system aims to have new and tailored information for you in the morning

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7 d. ago Experts join forces to help accelerate NHS use of artificial intelligence

The national commission will advise the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency on new guidelines, expected to be published next year.

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8 d. ago How getting a job in the Artificial Intelligence sector can safeguard your future

PANIC over AI putting people out of work is nothing new, but less well known is that it is also creating employment. The World Economic Forum’s 2025 Future of Jobs Report estimates 92million jobs will be lost to AI globally by 2030, but 170million will be generated, a net gain of 78million. Working in the...

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8 d. ago Judge approves $1.5 billion copyright settlement between AI company Anthropic and authors

A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots

Economics

8 d. ago I created an AI version of myself to lighten my workload – she does all the jobs I won’t, and she’s hot too

A SAVVY model has revealed she's made an AI version of herself to lighten her workload and offer fans 'new' services. Alix Lynx has two million followers on Instagram and an army of admirers on OnlyFans. Instead of shying away from artificial intelligence, she decided to take ownership of her own X-rated chatbot doppelgänger. On...

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