AI

'What are data centres actually for? Did anyone actually ask us if we want AI?'
Wires connecting to a server
Letters

'What are data centres actually for? Did anyone actually ask us if we want AI?'

Big Issue readers speak out against plans for more UK data centres
Mr MoneyJar on the pros and cons of using AI as your financial adviser
Rotimi Merriman-Johnson, aka Mr Moneyjar. Image: Louise Haywood-Schiefer
Experian

Mr MoneyJar on the pros and cons of using AI as your financial adviser

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'
wires connecting to a monitor
Letters

'Data centres should be made to provide their own power, rather than draining the grid'

As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism
Steven MacKenzie

As data centres encroach in the UK, this is no time for stoicism

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'
Technology

A data centre is uniting bugs and bikers to fight Google: 'We demand you replace what you destroy'

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business
Opinion

How data is the gift that keeps giving for big business

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: 'I felt suddenly exposed'
an illustration of a phone with mapping software
Technology

Technology is creating new ways for domestic abusers to track victims: 'I felt suddenly exposed'

Ireland's basic income for artists shows respect for human creativity in the age of AI
Paul McNamee

Ireland's basic income for artists shows respect for human creativity in the age of AI

Can we build enough reservoirs to escape the jaws of death?
Water

Can we build enough reservoirs to escape the jaws of death?

Will AI be the end of humanity?
Artificial intelligence

Will AI be the end of humanity?

Letters: Grok isn't the problem. Men are the problem
Letters

Letters: Grok isn't the problem. Men are the problem

Grok is flooding X with sexualised images. But can the UK fight AI-generated abuse?
Artificial intelligence

Grok is flooding X with sexualised images. But can the UK fight AI-generated abuse?

From bubbles to 'SlopTok': Why 2026 could see both the highs and lows of artificial intelligence
a data centre
Jeni Tennison

From bubbles to 'SlopTok': Why 2026 could see both the highs and lows of artificial intelligence

Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: 'I love that Taylor Swift has found her person' 
My Big Year

Blue Lights star Katherine Devlin: 'I love that Taylor Swift has found her person' 

Using AI for your Christmas shopping could backfire. Here's why
Christmas

Using AI for your Christmas shopping could backfire. Here's why

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?
someone stroking moflin
Artificial intelligence

I met Moflin, the AI pet. Could it help fight loneliness or is it a sign of a dystopian future?

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'
Minister Liz Lloyd in a workshop at the Bromley by Bow Centre.
Digital inclusion

Inside the government-backed community hub teaching people digital skills: 'It is for my future'

Queen explore ABBA Voyage-style show: 'I'm taken with the idea we can be the original Queen again'
Exclusive

Queen explore ABBA Voyage-style show: 'I'm taken with the idea we can be the original Queen again'

Loneliness is a growing problem. It's time we started talking to each other
Paul McNamee

Loneliness is a growing problem. It's time we started talking to each other

Men are increasingly turning to AI and social media for health advice. The NHS needs to catch up
man on a computer
William Pett

Men are increasingly turning to AI and social media for health advice. The NHS needs to catch up

Letters: AI can't replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care
Letters

Letters: AI can't replace the human ability to interpret, judge or care

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
I asked ChatGPT to rate my life choices. I didn't like what it told me
Sam Delaney

I asked ChatGPT to rate my life choices. I didn't like what it told me

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?
Prime minister Keir Starmer and chancellor Rachel Reeves laughing
Benefit fraud

DWP to save billions by tackling fraud and error in the benefits system. But at what cost?

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI
ChatGPT
Artificial intelligence

From translators to masseuses: Meet the workers most and least at risk of being replaced by AI

Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage
Letters

Letters: I feel very alone as a working-class liberal