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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?

Human rights campaigners fear that the government's methods for tackling fraud and error in the benefits system could have 'devastating consequences'
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

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: 'Are you for real?!'
A bench with armrest bars across it in Pokémon Legends Z-A
Gaming

Pokémon Legends Z-A features anti-homeless hostile architecture: 'Are you for real?!'

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?
Education

Is AI pushing jobless young graduates to the far right?

Why it takes more than a smartphone to create digital inclusion
Elizabeth Anderson

Why it takes more than a smartphone to create digital inclusion

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Digital ID cards: Why control and surveillance are not the answer to Britain's immigration problem
Rows of flags from across the world
Andreea Dumitrache

Digital ID cards: Why control and surveillance are not the answer to Britain's immigration problem

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change
Science

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change

Can we really trust AI to tell the truth?
Lou Gilmond

Can we really trust AI to tell the truth?

Legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg: 'Technology is not alien – it's completely human'
Film

Legendary filmmaker David Cronenberg: 'Technology is not alien – it's completely human'

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now
computers
Joel Tiller

Digital exclusion means millions are cut-off from the essentials of modern life. It must be fixed now

From the NHS to the DWP: UK's new data law will make your life 'radically different', minister says
Data

From the NHS to the DWP: UK's new data law will make your life 'radically different', minister says

This adorable robot is helping us learn more about children, autism and the way humans connect
Autism

This adorable robot is helping us learn more about children, autism and the way humans connect

The weaponisation of fear and misinformation is nothing new. We must act against it
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Misinformation

The weaponisation of fear and misinformation is nothing new. We must act against it

Big tech wants to mine human creativity for AI training. We say no
Paul McNamee

Big tech wants to mine human creativity for AI training. We say no

Rematch star Christian Cooke on AI, Robert Carlyle and how he relates to chess champ Garry Kasparov
TV

Rematch star Christian Cooke on AI, Robert Carlyle and how he relates to chess champ Garry Kasparov

Labour wants to use 'Minority Report' AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences
Hands typing on a keyboard/ Caption: Could AI predict murder?
Jake Hurfurt

Labour wants to use 'Minority Report' AI to predict murder. This could have chilling consequences

Asteroids are cool… but far from our biggest problem up in space
Dr Craig Henry Jones

Asteroids are cool… but far from our biggest problem up in space

Don't justify spending cuts with 'overinflated' promises on AI, Labour told: 'AI isn't perfect'
Prime Minister Keir Starmer visits University College London East as part of the AI Opportunities Action Plan.
Artificial Intelligence

Don't justify spending cuts with 'overinflated' promises on AI, Labour told: 'AI isn't perfect'

The great autocomplete: Is AI making us lose our minds?
10Foot Takeover

The great autocomplete: Is AI making us lose our minds?

Why the loss of terrestrial TV risks pushing millions of Brits to the margins
terrestrial TV
Elizabeth Anderson

Why the loss of terrestrial TV risks pushing millions of Brits to the margins

How ChatGPT and AI changed the conversation on universal basic income
ChatGPT
Alison Hawdale

How ChatGPT and AI changed the conversation on universal basic income

Advertising helps fund Big Issue’s mission to end poverty
Why would billionaires end world hunger when they can buy the fountain of youth?
Paul McNamee

Why would billionaires end world hunger when they can buy the fountain of youth?

How do we stop AI becoming an 'engine of inequality', and make it a force for good?
Artificial intelligence

How do we stop AI becoming an 'engine of inequality', and make it a force for good?

Millions of young Brits have lost money to online scams – and it's getting worse
Online scams

Millions of young Brits have lost money to online scams – and it's getting worse

Kids risk falling behind without digital skills. It's never too early to get your tots tech-ready
toddlers playing with ipad
Sean Morrow

Kids risk falling behind without digital skills. It's never too early to get your tots tech-ready