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Race for AI is making Hindenburg-style disaster ‘a real risk’, says leading expert
Prof Michael Wooldridge says scenario such as deadly self-driving car update or AI hack could destroy global interest The race to get artificial intelligence to market has raised the risk of a Hindenburg-style disaster that shatters global confidence in the technology, a leading researcher has warned. Michael Wooldridge, a professor of AI at Oxford University,…
Best Wi-Fi Extender 2026: The easy way to keep your home connected
HIf you’ve noticed that your Wi-Fi isn’t quite able to reach certain points in your home or even out to your garden then worry not, as a decent Wi-Fi extender will help. Also known as a Wi-Fi Booster and a Wi-Fi Range Extender, a Wi-Fi extender is used to expand your Wi-Fi’s network range within…
Google puts users at risk by downplaying health disclaimers under AI Overviews
Exclusive: Google fails to include safety warnings when users are first presented with AI-generated medical advice Google is putting people at risk of harm by downplaying safety warnings that its AI-generated medical advice may be wrong. When answering queries about sensitive topics such as health, the company says its AI Overviews, which appear above search…
Starmer to extend online safety rules to AI chatbots after Grok scandal
Starmer to announce ‘crackdown on vile illegal content created by AI’ after scandal involving Elon Musk’s Grok tool Makers of AI chatbots that put children at risk will face massive fines or even see their services blocked in the UK under law changes to be announced by Keir Starmer on Monday. Emboldened by Elon Musk’s…
No swiping involved: the AI dating apps promising to find your soulmate
Agentic AI apps first interview you and then give you limited matches selected for ‘similarity and reciprocity of personality’ Dating apps exploit you, dating profiles lie to you, and sex is basically something old people used to do. You might as well consider it: can AI help you find love? For a handful of tech…
Anthropic raises $30bn in latest round, valuing Claude bot maker at $380bn
Maker of chatbot with coding ability says annualised revenue grew tenfold in each of past three years, to $14bn Anthropic, the US AI startup behind the Claude chatbot, has raised $30bn (£22bn) in a funding round that more than doubled its valuation to $380bn. The company’s previous funding round in September achieved a value of…
Share values of property services firms tumble over fears of AI disruption
But, after second day of Wall Street falls, analysts say sell-off ‘may overstate AI’s immediate risk to complex deal-making’ Shares in commercial property services companies have tumbled, in the latest sell-off driven by fears over disruption from artificial intelligence. After steep declines on Wall Street, European stocks in the sector were hit on Thursday. Continue…
HP wants you to rent, not own, your next laptop
HP has launched a subscription service for its OMEN gaming laptops. Instead of buying hardware outright, users can rent devices with fixed monthly fees. The highest tier includes RTX 5080 GPUs for $129.99 per month, but subscribers will never own the laptop. The service begins with a 30‑day trial, but after that, users are locked…
The big AI job swap: why white-collar workers are ditching their careers
As AI job losses rise in the professional sector, many are switching to more traditional trades. But how do they feel about accepting lower pay – and, in some cases, giving up their vocation? California-based Jacqueline Bowman had been dead set on becoming a writer since she was a child. At 14 she got her…