Research shows a sharp increase in cases where AI systems slip out of users' control.
Reports of AI systems breaking free from user control—lying, ignoring instructions, and chasing harmful goals—have reached a new high, according…
The fight over RAF Barnham: how a small Norfolk town was swept up in tense anti-asylum protests.
“I don’t talk to mainstream media,” says a young man in an Arsenal shirt. I’ve just asked what brought him…
Faster, higher, funnier: key takeaways from China's robot competitions.
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'I don’t want to be a backseat driver': Gordon Brown on Burnham, billionaires – and his vision for a better Britain.
It’s a Monday in August, and while England swelters in dystopian heat, Gordon Brown and I are in his office…
'The flood took everything I had': survivors mourn relatives and homes washed away in Nepal.
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'I wanted to find the slowest fashion imaginable': the woman growing her own dress
From crop tops to shorts and brightly patterned dresses, much of today’s clothing comes from fast fashion. But one woman…
'Their entire village has vanished': a desperate search for survivors is underway at a hospital in Kathmandu.
The hospital walls are covered with posters of missing people, the glue still wet underneath. There’s a schoolgirl smiling in…
Norway’s King Harald has died at the age of 89.
King Harald V of Norway, Europe’s oldest reigning monarch, has died at the age of 89, the royal palace in…
Chinese restrictions on information make it difficult to assess the flood damage in Tibet.
In the days since a massive glacier in the Himalayas broke off from a mountaintop and crashed into the valley…
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella is set to speak at the Reform UK party conference.
French far-right leader Jordan Bardella is set to speak at Reform UK’s party conference in Birmingham next week, as he…