Artificial Intelligence news

Die Aktuelle published mock interview in last week’s edition‘It in no way meets the standards of journalism that we expect’The publishers of a German magazine that ran an “interview” with Michael Schumacher generated by artificial intelligence have sacked the editor and apologised to the family of the Formula One legend.The seven-times F1 world champion, 54, has not been seen in public since December 2013 when he suffered a serious brain injury in a skiing accident

When the Chinese embraced capitalism, the west predicted it would crumble. Then that the web would break it. We may be proved wrong againIt is often said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Something similar applies to western thinking about the People’s Republic of China. When that country’s rulers embarked on their astonishing programme of industrialisation, we said that if they wanted capitalism (and they clearly did) then they woul

AI is already employed in various administrations in the US and its use is only set to grow – but what dangers does it bring?The recent blizzard of warnings about artificial intelligence and how it is transforming learning, upending legal, financial and organizational functions, and reshaping social and cultural interaction, have mostly left out the role it is already playing in governance.Governments in the US at every level are attempting the transition from a programmatic model of servi

Quantum computers will remake our world, curing cancer and fixing the climate crisis, says the scientist and sci-fi fan – but can they be made to work?Have you been feeling anxious about technology lately? If so, you’re in good company. The United Nations has urged all governments to implement a set of rules designed to rein in artificial intelligence. An open letter, signed by such luminaries as Yuval Noah Harari and Elon Musk, called for research into the most advanced AI to be pau