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Artificial intelligence (AI)

AI policies in Africa: lessons from Ghana and Rwanda

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AI policies in Africa: lessons from Ghana and Rwanda

By Thompson Gyedu Kwarkye

Fake models for fast fashion? What AI clones mean for our jobs — and our identities

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Fake models for fast fashion? What AI clones mean for our jobs — and our identities

By Jul Parke

This year, make a commitment to understanding your world better: practise the art of slow looking

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This year, make a commitment to understanding your world better: practise the art of slow looking

By Sienna van Rossum

DeepSeek: why the hot new Chinese AI chatbot has big privacy and security problems

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DeepSeek: why the hot new Chinese AI chatbot has big privacy and security problems

By Mohiuddin Ahmed

Seven advances in technology that we’re likely to see in 2025

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Seven advances in technology that we’re likely to see in 2025

By Lewis Endlar

AI will continue to grow in 2025. But it will face major challenges along the way

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AI will continue to grow in 2025. But it will face major challenges along the way

By Daswin de Silva

Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity’s future

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Smaller brains? Fewer friends? An evolutionary biologist asks how AI will change humanity’s future

By Rob Brooks

Sex machina: in the wild west world of human-AI relationships, the lonely and vulnerable are most at risk

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Sex machina: in the wild west world of human-AI relationships, the lonely and vulnerable are most at risk

By James Muldoon

Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you

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Wondering what AI actually is? Here are the 7 things it can do for you

By Kai Riemer and Sandra Peter

Why does the Olympics have an ‘AI agenda’ and what does it mean for the future of sport?

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Why does the Olympics have an ‘AI agenda’ and what does it mean for the future of sport?

By Tom Hartley and Vaughan Cruickshank

A brief history of AI: how we got here and where we are going

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A brief history of AI: how we got here and where we are going

By Adrian Hopgood

ChatGPT is now better than ever at faking human emotion and behaviour

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ChatGPT is now better than ever at faking human emotion and behaviour

By Marcel Scharth