3 d. ago Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates

When social media first exploded, we missed our chance to protect women and girls. Now history is repeating itselfSociety is sleepwalking into a nightmare. The rate of global investment in AI is rocketing, as companies and countries invest in what has been described as a new arms race. The Californian company Nvidia, which dominates the market in the chips needed for AI, has become the most valuable in the world. The trend has been dubbed an “AI frenzy”, with the components described by analysts as the “new gold or oil”.Everyone is getting in on the act, and politicians are desperate to stake their countries’ claim as global leaders in AI development. Safeguards, equitable access and sustainability are falling by the wayside: when countries gathered for the Paris AI summit in February 2025 and produced an international agreement pledging an “open”, “inclusive” and “ethical” approach to AI, the US and the UK refused to sign it.Laura Bates is the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project...

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7 d. ago Holyrood Presiding Officer 'blatantly biased' against Unionist politicians, claim Tories

Alison Johnstone showed the red card to former SFA match official Douglas Ross during FMQs today.

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7 d. ago Douglas Ross accuses Holyrood's Presiding Officer of bias against unionists

Mr Ross has been excluded from the parliament’s chamber for the entirety of Thursday

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2 w. ago New laws should improve ‘everyday experience’ for those in need of legal help

Holyrood announced it had passed the Regulation of Legal Services (Scotland) Bill on Tuesday.

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3 w. ago Trans women banned from female toilets in Scottish Parliament after Supreme Court ruling

Alison Johnstone, the presiding officer, said access to Holyrood's toilets would now be based on "biological sex".

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4 w. ago Pakistan and India trade accusations of drone attacks as conflict escalates

Pakistani military official accuses Delhi of ‘another blatant act of aggression’ a day after Indian strikes killed dozensPakistan and India accused each other of overnight drone and missile attacks, with Delhi claiming to have thwarted strikes on more than a dozen cities and Islamabad claiming to have shot down 25 Indian drones.The allegations levelled on both sides marked a stark escalation of the conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations, after Indian missile strikes on Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday killed 31 people. Continue reading...

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