Our tech overlords are planning for conscious AI to conquer the cosmos. What could go wrong? | Eduardo Porter

A new belief set is uniting some of the wealthiest men in the world around a ‘transhuman’ future – actual humanity be damned

AI is Eroding Our Humanity. These Experts Want to Change That.

Plus, what’s really going on “under the hood” of a chatbot

At last, David has landed a double punch on the tech Goliaths. Now to hit them even harder | Jonathan Freedland

The US court verdicts declaring Meta liable for getting people addicted and ruining lives must be just the start of a global fightback, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

MPs accuse social media firms of Iran misinformation

Parliamentary hearing focused on online harms from X, TikTok and Meta including use of AI to ‘nudify’ young girls

From India, Guterres calls for $3 billion fund to ensure AI benefits all

The future of artificial intelligence “cannot be decided by a handful of countries or left to the whims of a few billionaires,” the UN Secretary-General told the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi on Thursday, calling for a global fund to help developing nations to better access these technologies.

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Ed Zitron on big tech, backlash, boom and bust: ‘AI has taught us that people are excited to replace human beings’

His blunt, brash scepticism has made the podcaster and writer something of a cult figure. But as concern over large language models builds, he’s no longer the outsider he once was

Digitalization and Democracy | International IDEA

At the crossroads of digitalization and democracy lies a landscape brimming with both challenges and opportunities. As more and more aspects of life and politics take place in the digital world, this challenge is impossible to ignore.