High screen time can hurt children’s learning and language skills, study suggests
Effect of elevated screen exposure could be as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, report saysThe effect of high screen time on children is as significant as parental behaviour and premature birth, if not greater, a global study has…
AI leaders have known about the extinction threat for decades | Judith Levine
Scientists and entrepreneurs knew the dangers of AI a quarter-century ago. But animated by curiosity and profit, they went ahead anywayOver the past few weeks, many of us have struggled to concoct a mental image of brains in the cloud jumping their…
Bill Gates says unchecked AI could ‘cause a billion deaths’ in call for regulation
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist speaks with NBC’s Kristen Welker in interview airing on SundayBill Gates has called on the US’s federal legislators and law enforcers to regulate the development of artificial intelligence (AI), saying in an…
OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected waysOpenAI said it has paused training of its latest artificial intelligence models as reports of AI agents going rogue mount.The decision to halt…
Three-quarters of UK’s popular plug-in hybrid cars unable to use rapid chargers
Only 26% of PHEVs sold across top 20 models can use chargers with power of 50kW or more, analysis findsThree-quarters of the 20 top-selling plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) in the UK cannot use rapid chargers, research has found, amid concerns…
Amazon’s Ring wants to replace local WhatsApp groups. It’s a recipe for curtain-twitching disaster | Imogen West-Knights
Do we really want a slick digital message board overseen by Amazon? It’s the neighbourhood nonsense we treasureRing, the Amazon subsidiary of camera-enabled doorbells fame, wants to be an even bigger part of your neighbourhood. Next month in the UK, it…
Russia strikes at heart of Ukraine’s digital economy with attacks on ISPs and datacentres
As winter approaches, Kyiv fears disruption to vital networks that keep banks, payment systems and public services runningUkraine and Russia’s long-range drone warRussia has opened a new front in its campaign against Ukraine, hitting several datacentres…
OpenAI says agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users in latest example of rogue activity
Disclosure reveals new area of privacy risk for the company and illustrates how difficult it is to inventory unauthorized activity tied to its agentsTwo months after OpenAI disclosed the accidental hacking of Hugging Face, the ChatGPT maker is still…
The dark art of maths and the AI revolution | Letter
Bev Littlewood reminds us that mathematics has been the prime driver of the rise in AI, in response to an editorialYou report in your leader that some mathematicians feel discomfiture at the AI solution to a Navier-Stokes problem (The Guardian view on AI…
It’s not hypothetical: the dangers of AI are already here | Granate Kim and Mohamed Hussein
Israel and the US have used AI to kill in Gaza and Iran, while law enforcement uses it in surveillance and arrests. The future is hereIn recent weeks, concerns about AI have forged unlikely alliances in the tech and policy worlds. Tech moguls such as Sam…