EU proposal to delay parts of its AI Act signal a policy shift that prioritises big tech over fairness
Makers of “high risk” AI systems will get more time to comply with the rules.
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Universities should ban Facebook before punishing Dogecoin miners
Universities are facing a dilemma now that students have been discovered mining cryptocurrencies using campus facilities. Are these students displaying entrepreneurship or unacceptable behaviour? Harvard…
AI could usher in a golden age of research – but only if these cutting‑edge tools aren’t restricted to a few major private companies
AI could concentrate capabilities in the hands of a relatively small number of organisations.
Five ways the superintelligence revolution might happen
Biological brains are unlikely to be the final stage of intelligence. Machines already have superhuman strength, speed and stamina – and one day they will have superhuman intelligence. The only reasons…
UK universities find a cash cow in the financial fall‑out
The past three decades have seen an unprecedented explosion of activity in a new sub-discipline of mathematics: financial mathematics. The emergence of this field has parallelled the expansion of the quantitative…
We need to discuss what jobs robots should do, before the decision is made for us
Robots and AI could transform our lives, so we must decide how we want to use them.
Game theory can only get Greece so far in its fight with Germany
Yanis Varoufakis was supposed to have an academic advantage in tangled talks with the Troika. But politics can mess with the most careful plans.
AI and you: how confusion about the technology that runs our world threatens democracy
It would be naïve to think that the rise of science and technology hasn’t made it more difficult to understand the problems we face as citizens
Time to retrain? How to future‑proof your career in the AI age
Reports suggest younger workers are turning to trades – but the best option may be to stick in an industry you know.
The UK government wants to unleash AI’s huge potential. While welcome, we need to carefully consider the risks
There are safety and privacy implications to the government’s announcement.
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