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Facial recognition error prompts police to arrest Asian man for burglary 100 miles away
Exclusive: Alvi Choudhury claiming damages against Thames Valley police after biased technology confused him with man looking ‘10 years younger’
Tennessee grandmother jailed after AI facial recognition error links her to fraud
Angela Lipps spent nearly six months in jail after AI software linked her to a North Dakota bank fraud case
‘I don’t worry about a robot takeover’: AI expert Michael Wooldridge on big tech’s real dangers (and occasional blessings)
Almost 50 years after he first got his hands on a computer, the Oxford professor still believes in the power of technology. Can his beloved game theory explain why Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurs consistently misuse it?
Player faith in technology shaken by storm around AI line-calling at Wimbledon
Glaring errors around Pavlyuchenkova’s match have not been an exception in first year of system’s use at SW19
Pavlyuchenkova ends Sonay Kartal’s Wimbledon dream as AI line-calling fails
Sonay Kartal, the final British competitor in the women’s singles, was beaten 7-6 (3), 6-4 by Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the fourth round
‘Music needs a human component to be of any value’: Guardian readers on the growing use of AI in music
AI promises to have far-reaching effects in music-making. While some welcome it as a compositional tool, many have deep concerns. Here are some of your responses
‘Tentacles squelching wetly’: the human subtitle writers under threat from AI
Artificial intelligence is making steady advances into subtitling but, say its practitioners, it’s a vital service that needs a human to make it work
Children need mental health care provided by humans, not chatbots | Letter
Letter: Dr Roman Raczka says artificial intelligence can’t replace therapist-led care, even though it can offer benefits
‘Deepfakes spreading and more AI companions’: seven takeaways from the latest artificial intelligence safety report
Annual review highlights growing capabilities of AI models, while examining issues from cyber-attacks to job disruption
‘Elon Musk is dangerous and crazy. And I kind of used to like him’: Interpol on their political awakening – and making their masterpiece
They were a big 00s buzz band – but looked in danger of fading out. Empowered by fatherhood and anger at war and AI, the New Yorkers explain why they ‘really showed up’ again
The EU that the UK left no longer exists | Mujtaba Rahman
Andy Burnham’s rise has stoked talk of the terms for a future British return – but this is the wrong question, says political risk analyst Mujtaba Rahman
Can AI equalize political campaign ads – or will it remain a tool for spreading lies?
Political campaigns are increasingly deploying AI and deepfakes to further their messaging, and the scale of spread has experts concerned
Datacentres are a ticking timebomb. We must make sure AI’s benefits outweigh the costs | Nicki Hutley
They suck up energy and water, and blast out heat. Just who is better off from all this investment – aside from tech bros?
US air force cancels promotions over grading error in security test
‘Highly unprecedented anomaly’ meant 135 people given incorrect scores and wrongly informed of promotions
