• Doom busters: why some things aren’t (quite) as bad as we think

    Doom busters: why some things aren’t (quite) as bad as we think
    We live in worrying times. From the climate crisis to the culture wars, there is always something to keep us fretting. But sometimes the facts tell a different story – a more hopeful one. Here, we speak to experts in search of some optimism and find 13 reasons to be a little more cheerfulKriti Sharma is a chief product officer for legal technology at Thomson Reuters and the founder of AI for Good Continue reading...
  • A bot walks into a bar … Edinburgh fringe performers use AI to write jokes

    A bot walks into a bar … Edinburgh fringe performers use AI to write jokes
    All aspects of artificial intelligence will get the comic treatment at this summer’s festivalA comedy show is probably not the first place to hear about a burning new issue, but standup routines have a habit of swiftly reflecting the worries of our times. This summer’s Edinburgh festival fringe lineup of acts has taken up the threat of artificial intelligence and run with it.A string of performers at the month-long festival, which begins on 4 August, will either use the technology to