Artificial intelligence

‘It’s time for a new era of scale-up investment to power British growth’

The UK has the talent and tech hubs to become an AI superpower but we lack scale-up capital and an investment culture

AI can’t care for you

I won’t be looked after by a robot anytime soon

Tay-Tay’s Ophelia is positively drowning in artistic references

The star’s channelling of the tragic heroine has sent Swifties flocking to see Friedrich Heyser’s original

ChatGPT spend stalls as AI ‘bubble’ grows

OpenAI’s flagging subscription rate is feeding worries that an AI bubble may soon burst

Driverless cars battle to rule London roads

Waymo will launch robotaxi service in 2026 while UK rival Wayve plans autonomous trials next spring

Is the AI bubble history repeating itself? Ask a chatbot

The AI industry is run on hype and inflated expectations. But the numbers won’t always go up

China’s grip on minerals threatens AI boom in US

Country’s tightened chokehold on rare earths spurred a tariff backlash and could undermine supply chains

AI use is creating a great divide

Given the rate of growth in the sector, the gap between rich and poor countries could prove highly consequential for jobs

Ellison the Almighty, 81, sets his sights on Oxford

The Oracle founder has spent hundreds of millions to fund a new tech institute

Fears as datacentres ‘fail to disclose water usage’

Campaigners want companies supplying AI infrastructure to publicise water consumption

Stop AI ‘companions’ destroying young lives

ChatGPT helped Adam Raine write a suicide note. I lost my sister to a website. Ofcom must curb the use of chatbots

Under 25s at greatest risk for current AI job losses

Nvidia is a victim of an AI cold war between Beijing and Washington

The US is reluctant to help China climb the technology ladder

Nvidia reports soaring profits but AI crash could set it back

It’s boom time for AI, says firm’s founder Jensen Huang, but some fear a dotcom-type blowout is on the way

Robot games triumphs bring Chinese tech domination closer

Gold-medals galore in Beijing highlight another sector in which the rest of the world is falling behind China

‘AI will help our work but it’s not our colleague’

The personification of algorithms erodes what it means to be human

Nick Foster: ‘Predictions are mostly nonsense’

The high-flying futures designer tells the truth about the remarkable field in which he works

ChatGPT update is big step forward, says Open AI

With the buzz around GPT-5 echoing new iPhone models, has ChatGPT achieved a similar edge in commercialising AI?