A scientist has warned that artificial intelligence could "any day now create a catastrophe" and "needs to be tackled more urgently" than climate change.Β
A β¬5bn (Β£4.3bn) EU fund which invests in some of the continent's most promising scale-up technology companies is leading a $100m (Β£73.9m) funding round for Tandem Health, an AI medical assistant which has built a presence at the epicentre of Britain's private healthcare industry.
Anthropic says it has blocked efforts to use its artificial intelligence models to carry out cyber attacks and research which could have led to the creation of biological weapons.
A container ship has arrived in the UK after a landmark journey from China via βthe Arctic, as part of plans for more βvessels to use the route as a shorter and potentially safer βalternative to the Suez βCanal.
More than two-thirds of children have regularly seen content telling them how to look, dress and behave - and which careers and interests to pursue, according to research.
Three directors of a tree-planting company have been jailed after running a Β£70m investment scam that duped thousands of people, including many pensioners, out of their savings.
Water companies dumped sewage into England's waters for more than 43,000 hours during July and August, new data from campaigners Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) shows.
Forecasters have warned it is almost certain that this year's El Nino will intensify into a very strong event in the coming months and last until February next year.