22+ min ago   (677+ words) There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishing To imagine the future as being almost entirely bleak has somehow crept into the collective…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (143+ words) A series of figures in the tech world have been warning about – and even resigning over – the existential threat posed by AI. How worried should we be? With technology editor Robert Booth Ten per cent. That’s the risk, more or…...

11+ hour, 23+ min ago   (490+ words) From the Trump administration to AI experts, plans by the Anthropic boss to boost safety have spawned a largely negative response OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back slowdown on ‘reckless’ AI development Editorial: controlling AI – humanity cannot outsource its survival…...

1+ day, 5+ min ago   (217+ words) In this episode of Science Weekly, recorded in front of an audience at the London podcast festival on 3 September, Ian Sample hears from Michael Safi, the host of the Guardian’s chart-topping podcast about artificial intelligence, Black Box. In series two,…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (523+ words) As trust in institutions wavers, experts say local, collective action is more effective in driving change This week, reflecting on a summer as “hot as hell”, the UN’s head of climate, Simon Stiell, said: “Climate is sometimes seen as a…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1171+ words) What sounds like the overwrought penultimate episode in a sci-fi series about AI doom is now our reality On Tuesday, a former OpenAI researcher quit his job at Anthropic, warning that “neither company is acting responsibly” and that “the people…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (179+ words) Some inventions, like the dishwasher, improve our lives. But driverless cars will lobotomise us But OK; I drive an automatic and I use satnav, so I’ll concede on those, as well as on some of the safety features, cruise control,…...

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (245+ words) One Nation’s proposal to allow people to access 3% of their super contributions for three years is touted as a lifeline for lower income earners who are struggling to get by. But with no modelling by the party to show the…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (629+ words) Climate Council forecasts more than 267,000 coastal properties will be damaged by flooding by 2100, costing hundreds of billions of dollars When grazier Peter Lake moved to the Clarence Valley in the New South Wales northern rivers region in 2007, he knew was…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (182+ words) Nothing good can come of ditching annual investor votes on remuneration reports or encouraging online-only shareholder meetings The government, like every other one in living memory, is on a mission to reduce red tape for business. The former chancellor Rachel…...