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Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian Australia news live: Malcolm Turnbull says trusting Aukus is ‘stark staring bonkers’; Minns considers banning ebikes for under-12s Former PM has told a public inquiry the agreement will probably result in no submarines for Australia. Follow today’s news live Police say the remains found in a suitcase near Goulburn are not human. Supt Linda Bradbury with NSW police said: …

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John Harris Whitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they’re having on communities Amid headlines about the UK’s drought, Europe’s wildfires and impossible global temperatures, it was 28C when I arrived in Slough last Monday. I was there to look…

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s Finance sector will gain from the tech but it will need substantial investment and create risks, says rating agency The rating agency Moody’s has said the race to adopt AI is putting big banks at the mercy of a small group of Silicon Valley firms, leaving them vulnerable to widespread outages and price gouging…

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian OpenAI to pause some work on AI model Astra due to security concerns Agent found to be able to find and exploit vulnerabilities without human intervention, and to carry out cyber-attacks OpenAI will pause some work on an artificial intelligence model because of security concerns, the company stated Friday, following a series of incidents in which AI agents have escaped co…

Artificial Intelligence Who Is My Enemy? I’m No Longer Sure. Where does the side of the angels really lie?

Artificial Intelligence New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. The tech giant is investing in the natural-gas-burning power plant as part of a huge data center in Texas, even as it pledges to honor climate commitments.

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian Parenting is hard. Should we let AI do it for us? | Dave Schilling Tech companies offer eye-movement trackers, personalized podcasts and ‘optimized nap predictions’. Who actually needs this? What job in our world is less lucrative than being a parent? A Hollywood internship? Volunteering at a soup kitchen? Professional writer? Parenting is the only job you have to pay mon…

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role Observers express concern that the division has lost its independence and commercial reality has taken over When Sir Demis Hassabis said AI had brought the world to a “pivotal moment in human history” last month, he knew another big change was imminent. This shift was closer to home. The Nobel p…

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian President Xi nevers wastes a good crisis. As Iran, Ukraine and Palestine distract the world, he tightens his grip | Simon Tisdall Ever the strategist, the Chinese leader is taking the offensive, both abroad and at home. That’s bad news for global order, and minorities in his country Imagine what would happen if a British prime minister in London told the Scots they could …

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian ‘I hate what AI is doing to the minds and happiness of the young’: Katherine Rundell on the view from the classroom Education is at a crossroads, argues the author and academic. Should we embrace new technology in the name of efficiency, or is it time to fight back? If you set out to design from scratch a tool to facilitate authoritarian rule, it would look exactly like A…

Artificial intelligence (AI) | The Guardian Rising number of UK children report seeing explicit deepfakes of themselves Exclusive: anonymous flagging service says cases have surged, as watchdog says AI is making sexualised or ‘nudified’ content easier to produce Children in the UK have reported a surge in explicit deepfake images featuring their likenesses, as a safety watchdog warned AI is making such content easi…