Blogs promised to make social theorist Jürgen Habermas’s ‘public sphere’ theory a reality, but we no longer move in the same circles

While users are deserting OpenAI’s chatbot in their millions over its US military policy, X proves the lasting power of platforms, however toxic they might be

General purpose technologies have changed the world – artificial intelligence will be no different

The world is messier than engineers think but removing human intuition from machines could actually improve them

The tech giant once held writing sacrosanct in its corporate meetings, but now delegates it to a chatbot

Two Cambridge researchers have identified the possibility that large language models could further deepen psychological manipulation online

The cloud’s network of submarine cables and energy-sucking datacentres takes a heavy toll on the planet

Moltbook, a new social media platform solely for AI agents, is eerie, intriguing – and a security nightmare

A new generation of smart bots are capable of manufacturing propaganda more convincing and humanlike than our own

Anthropic once prided itself as an outfit that takes ethics seriously, but its dalliance with the US war department suggests otherwise

Ofcom’s investigation into X is not just a regulatory issue. It will define our future relationship with America

Elon Musk’s self-driving vehicle spiel is keeping his EV firm on course – and baffling Wall Street

Who gets all the credit for the ‘ideas’ produced by ChatGPT? It’s a critical question

The rise of the far-right US activist is all down to a dereliction of editorial duty

International trade could eventually be conducted in one of these digital currencies. But which one?

OpenAI’s Sam Altman is wising up to Google’s secret weapon: its Android phones. But other devices are up for grabs

The former Beatle joins 1,000 other artists fighting against the use of their music to train large language models

The company’s success in its five-year battle against the US trade commission doesn’t bode well for regulating corporations

ChatGPT reported a high instance of users displaying signs of mental illness. If harnessed correctly, that could be to everyone’s benefit

A ‘shadow library’ of 500,000 books has been used to teach large language models. That could become the norm