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  • ‘Deepfakes spreading and more AI companions’: seven takeaways from the latest artificial intelligence safety report

    Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption The International AI Safety report is an annual survey of technological progress and the risks it is creating across multiple areas, from deepfakes to the jobs market. Commissioned at the 2023 global AI safety summit, it is chaired by…

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  • How the left can win back the internet – and rise again | Robert Topinka

    In the final part of this series, we look at how infighting has ripped the left apart online while the right has flourished – and how some progressives are turning the tide Robert Topinka is a reader in digital media and rhetoric at Birkbeck, University of London Part one: How liberals lost the internet Part…

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  • AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says

    The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they use AI-generated news should carry “nutrition” labels and tech companies must pay publishers for the content they use, according to a left-of-centre thinktank, amid rising use of the technology as a source for current affairs. The Institute for…

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  • Universal basic income could be used to soften hit from AI job losses in UK, minister says

    Lord Stockwood says people in government ‘definitely’ talking about idea as technology disrupts industries • Business live – latest updates The UK could introduce a universal basic income (UBI) to protect workers in industries that are being disrupted by AI, the investment minister Jason Stockwood has said. “Bumpy” changes to society caused by the introduction…

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  • ‘This can’t be left to individual families’: how social media ban could affect under-16s

    Parents, teachers and young people share their views on whether social media restrictions would work in the UK Pressure is mounting on the UK government to introduce a ban on social media for under-16s, after a decisive vote in House of Lords in favour of Australian-style restrictions. Peers backed a Tory-led amendment to the children’s…

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  • Pornhub to stop new UK users accessing site from next week

    Company cites impact of mandatory age checks introduced in summer 2025 under the Online Safety Act Pornhub is to stop new users accessing its site in the UK from next week, citing the impact of mandatory age checks that were introduced last summer under the Online Safety Act. The pornography website, which is one of…

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  • Coinbase adverts banned in UK for suggesting crypto could ease cost of living crisis

    Advertising Standards Authority says firm advised by George Osborne ‘trivialised risks of cryptocurrency’ A cryptocurrency company advised by George Osborne has been banned from showing a set of adverts that suggested using its services could be a solution to the cost of living crisis. Coinbase, which appointed the former Conservative chancellor to chair its global…

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  • AI is hitting UK harder than other big economies, study finds

    Britain is losing more jobs than it creates owing to artificial intelligence, Morgan Stanley research suggests More than a quarter of Britons fear losing job to AI in next five years Business live – latest updates The UK is losing more jobs than it is creating because of artificial intelligence and is being hit harder…

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  • More than a quarter of Britons say they fear losing jobs to AI in next five years

    Survey reveals ‘mismatched AI expectations’ between views of employers and staff over impact on careers AI is hitting UK harder than other big economies, study finds More than a quarter (27%) of UK workers are worried their jobs could disappear in the next five years as a result of AI, according to a survey of…

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  • Schools in England should be phone-free all day, education secretary says

    Bridget Phillipson says pupils should not use mobiles at any point, as Ofsted prepares to inspect compliance UK politics live – latest updates Schools should be phone-free throughout the entire day, the education secretary has told headteachers in England, stressing that pupils should not use the devices even as calculators or for research. Bridget Phillipson…

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