John Thornhill

Unlike the US president, the pontiff is choosing to grapple with the serious challenges of AI

Assemblies can bridge the gap between people being treated as voters and consumers

There’s a lot of enthusiasm over what is increasingly seen as the next big frontier in computing

The increasing ubiquity of AI makes it harder to authenticate who someone is in the digital realm

The speed and direction of AI’s transformation of the digital economy raises fears of its viability and predatory bots

Large language models are unconcerned with truth because they have no concept of it – and therein lies the danger

The emergence of a powerful tech elite close to Donald Trump has jarring echoes with Russia

Several of the top AI leaders are now tamping down the fear factor and turning up the volume on hope and hype

A survey of tens of thousands of people by one of Google’s top AI researchers also gives a compelling look at the beliefs of modern America

Frontier technology is a challenge that raises a spectrum of concerns