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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

Trafalgar Square monument would stand in ‘stark contrast’ to treatment codebreaker received in his lifetime

The plinth is currently used to showcase artistic works temporarily.

Fraudsters are being given more sophisticated ways to trick us into believing they are someone they are not, says James Wise, a trustee of the thinktank Demos

He proposed a new test that tasks A.I. with turning $100,000 into a million-dollar business.

Scientists used CRISPR editing to make the world's 1st genetically modified snakes, giving new insight into how the reptiles develop their patterned scales

Is the A.I. breakthrough for real this time?

One of the boldest, most breathless claims being made about artificial intelligence tools is that they have “emergent properties” — impressive abilities gained by these programs that they were supposedly never trained to possess. “60 Minutes,” for example, reported credulously that a Google program taught itself to speak Bengali, while…

There has been shock around the world at the rapid rate of progress with ChatGPT and other artificial intelligence created with what’s known as large language models (LLMs). These systems can produce text that seems to display thought, understanding and even creativity.