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Silicon Valley including Meta has embraced Maga politics, says Nick Clegg

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Meta’s former head of global affairs says executives pivoted right in some cases for ‘rather more self-interested’ reasonsSilicon Valley companies including Meta have decided to embrace Maga politics, some for “rather more self-interested” reasons, the former UK deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has said.Clegg, who spent nearly seven years at Meta as the head of […]

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Experts say we should use passkeys, but can a smartphone PIN really be safer than a password?

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The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions explores a topical issue of personal cybersecurityReaders reply: If an alien asked you: ‘What is music?’ what would you play for them?I’ve been struggling to get my head around the idea that a passkey, which can be a PIN on your phone, or facial recognition,

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Billions spent and hypothetical returns: the AI boom explained with six charts

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Expenditure is growing fast and consumer take-up accelerating. But alarm bells are sounding The race is very much on. Elon Musk’s SpaceX, which makes AI models as well as space rockets, announced last week it is seeking a $1.77tn (£1.31tn) valuation on the US stock market while Anthropic, the startup behind the Claude chatbot, said

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‘A driver of political violence’: how the breakneck AI boom is fueling anti-tech extremism

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Backlash against AI is taking an extremist turn, following in the footsteps of earlier techno-pessimist militantsSign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email When a 20-year-old man from Texas was arrested earlier this year for allegedly trying to burn down OpenAI’s headquarters and Sam Altman’s house, authorities found an anti-AI manifesto alongside his lighter

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Labour will make AI ‘work for the workers’, says Liz Kendall

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Technology secretary promises to support people whose jobs are swept away by automationLiz Kendall has insisted Labour will make artificial intelligence “work for workers”, and not abandon people whose jobs are swept away by its rapid advance.With public fears mounting about the impact of AI on employment, particularly for young people, the technology secretary claimed

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Anthropic urges ‘temporary pause’ on AI development to discuss risks

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Announcement that ‘policymakers’ need to be convened by US firm viewed as marketing ploy by some expertsAnthropic has floated the idea of a worldwide “temporary pause” on AI development – and said it was going to convene “policymakers” to discuss the dangers of advanced AI – in its latest release touting the capabilities of its

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A uni professor admitted using AI to write an opinion piece. Here’s what it revealed about trust in the technology

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Without disclosing that work has been generated using the technology, faith in existing industries will continue to be undermined Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcasWhen a university vice-chancellor this week admitted to using AI in writing an opinion piece for a major

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My year with the robots: how Joanna Stern let AI into her home, work – and heart

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In 2025, the tech journalist invited artificial intelligence to do nearly everything for her, including editing the book she was writing about the experiment. Some of it was useful, some not – but it was her time with a chatbot companion that really shook herFor a year, Joanna Stern decided to turn herself into a

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What does the UK watchdog’s new Google AI results rule mean for publishers?

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Giving news websites the power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramificationsThe UK’s competition watchdog has ordered Google to change how it uses publishers’ content in its AI-powered search results, in a move that will have global ramifications.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is using powers that allow

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EU proposes to block foreign providers using ‘kill switch’ to disrupt vital tech across Europe

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European Commission aims to reduce ‘risky dependencies’ on foreign suppliers in cloud computing, AI and semiconductor productionThe EU executive wants to ensure no foreign government or company has access to a “kill switch” to turn off or disrupt vital tech services across the continent, as part of an effort to cut dependencies on the US

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