End Times Fascism argues that the real danger is not simply the return of twentieth-century fascism, but the emergence of a politics that treats planetary crisis as inevitable, profitable and even desirable.
Malaysia’s multibillion-dollar data-centre expansion is creating a broader opportunity for the country to capture more of the artificial intelligence supply chain, with companies and industry leaders looking beyond server facilities towards chips,
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On a Monday morning in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, Sam Altman arrives for an interview looking remarkably understated for a man who has become one of the most recognisable figures in the
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made headlines at the All-In conference in Los Angeles on Monday after President Donald Trump called him live on stage, turning an already closely watched discussion about artificial
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Bill Gates has spent much of his life at the centre of technological change. Since co-founding Microsoft with Paul Allen in 1975, he has witnessed — and helped shape — the rise
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UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has urged governments and leading AI companies to act urgently as increasingly powerful and autonomous AI systems create unprecedented risks to human rights, essential
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Warnings from researchers at leading U.S. artificial intelligence developer Anthropic that increasingly powerful models could escape human control and even lead to the extinction of the human race have drawn attention in
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China’s top intelligence official has warned that artificial intelligence is creating new national security risks and becoming a major arena of strategic competition between global powers, calling for stronger safeguards and international
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AI is becoming increasingly intelligent, but the deeper question is whether it could one day become conscious. As scientists still cannot fully explain consciousness in humans, determining whether a machine can experience
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Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has called on artificial intelligence companies to slow the pace at which they develop increasingly capable models, arguing that the additional time is needed to address mounting
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The recent theft of two Renoir paintings from a museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer highlights a concerning trend: art thieves are using artificial intelligence to enhance their operations. AI tools help identify vulnerable galleries
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In this cultural and philosophical essay, Martina Moneke begins with The Economist’s reflection on AI-planned travel and follows its implications beyond tourism. She argues that personalized systems do more than help people
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In mid-2023, an experiment within OpenAI’s “RLSlow” research project produced results that changed the way its researchers viewed the trajectory of artificial intelligence. Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI’s chief scientist, recalls that he and
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A concert, a demonstration or a football match may appear to be an ordinary gathering of people. But as artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in facial-recognition systems, such events can also become
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Scientists have systematically mutated nearly every nucleotide in the genome of the bacteriophage ΦX174, or phi X, revealing both unexpected effects on the virus and significant limitations in the ability of leading
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Anthropic is preparing for a potential stock market debut in the autumn and is reportedly approaching investors with an extraordinary proposition: the future market for artificial intelligence could be worth more than
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