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AI needs a 'brake pedal', warns Anthropic co-founder - Jack Clark tells BBC's Newsnight AI could get to the point where it develops without human input.

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Single 20-somethings need AI to make first move on dating apps - Hinge boss

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Phone signal on UK trains not good enough most of the time, research says

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Microsoft says new quantum chip 1,000 times more reliable than predecessor

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Science says dating app users fall into the same cycle. Here's how to spot it -- Download, burnout, delete, repeat: Dating app users follow a predictable and dangerous pattern. These are the signs you're falling for it – and how to escape.

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Businesses use Google's AI to trick you. Google is quietly fighting back -- A BBC investigation revealed a simple way to get AI chatbots to spit out misinformation. Google and other AI companies are now trying to fix the problem.

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What goes on in TikTok's Farlands?

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The space tech solving the world's signal problem

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The ancient trick making food waste useful and tasty -- Instead of throwing away byproducts of food processing, fermentation is making them valuable.

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Fads, not friends, now dominate our social media feeds -- Social media platforms used to be about communication between friends. The business model is to increase the time people spend on their apps and increase ad revenue.

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How to stop AI from turning your brain to mush -- GPS ruined our sense of direction. Search engines weaken our memory. AI, scientists warn, could do the same to everything from creativity to critical thinking.

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Big tech bets on new mascots in bid to seem more cuddly -- The likes of Apple, Microsoft and Google are all putting cartoon characters centre stage.

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How the Victorians Built Britain

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How to Build A Dinosaur

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Dolly: The Sheep that Changed the World

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Inside the Rage Machine

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The Darkest Web

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Dating Apps: The Inside Story

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Trump and the Tech Titans

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'World-first' vaccine designed by artificial intelligence -- Cambridge scientists say they have, for the first time, tested a vaccine designed by AI.

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Mark Zuckerberg's longest-serving employee on AI, jobs - and her boss -- Naomi Gleit has weathered many controversies at Meta, but remains in what she tells the BBC is her "dream job".

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What to know about Canada's new AI strategy -- Canada new roadmap for how it plans to adopt AI over the next decade includes "large-scale" data centres, free AI literacy programme and billions in funding.

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Amazon distribution site to create 1,400 city jobs -- A new £107m distribution centre will open in September next to the company's current site

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PM backs female MP for suing xAI over bikini photo -- Suffolk MP Jess Asato claims the firm's tool Grok was used to create fake images of her in a bikini.

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Who is Elon Musk and what is his net worth? -- The boss of X, Tesla and SpaceX is the world's richest person and has used his platform to make his views known on a vast array of topics.

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UK exams watchdog warns of rise in high-tech cheating -- Ofqual chief says invigilators are being trained to detect devices like smart glasses and hidden earpieces.

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Students' success at global robotics competition -- Two Bristol students were crowned best in the UK in largest global robotics competition in USA.

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Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland back after online banking outage -- "We're aware some customers are having issues with our app and online banking. We're really sorry about this," Lloyds Bank posted on X.

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Martin Scorsese gets backlash after endorsing 'creatively freeing' AI -- AI can help directors "move faster without sacrificing quality or craft" in pre-production, he says.

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Meta workers can opt out of being tracked at work - but only for half an hour at a time -- According to an internal memo, new controls will allow employees to pause the data collection for "up to 30 minutes at a time".

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Publishers in UK can opt out of Google AI search results -- The Competition and Markets Authority says it would put publishers "in a stronger position to negotiate content deals with Google".

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Cancer vaccines using AI gets research funding -- Researchers use AI supercomputers to compare vasts amount of data in search for personal vaccines.

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Do you find yourself aimlessly scrolling? You're not alone -- A Virgin Media O2 report suggests an average of 36% of time spent on phones is without a clear purpose.

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Microsoft testing wearable AI gadget aimed at office workers -- The company said its own workers are testing a "wearable access badge" and a desktop device.

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