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Using AI to create less and better work would benefit society. Getting rid of it altogether would be unproductiveOscar Wilde thought hard work “the refuge” of those with nothing better to do while he envisaged a society of “cultivated leisure” as machines performed the necessary and unpleasant tasks.Karl Marx’s dream was of state-regulated general production that allowed liberated workers to “hunt in the morning, fish in the afternoon, rear cattle in the eveni

Not everyone sees AI as a threat to humanity – caveated hope was a common mood after the artificial intelligence safety conferenceBletchley Park, a milestone in Alan Turing’s journey to technological immortality, heard warnings this week that the coming wave of artificial intelligence systems could threaten humanity.But for one of the world’s leading tech investors, holding back AI development will be just as damaging in terms of deaths in car crashes, pandemics and poorly targ

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Shadow minister says PM may have had one eye on his future career as he and tech billionaire talked AI on stageLabour has accused Rishi Sunak of using his interview with Elon Musk to position himself for a job after Downing Street, after criticism that the prime minister allowed the billionaire to overshadow his AI safety summit.Sunak rushed from Bletchley Park to central London after the summit to interview Musk on stage in an event that critics said made the prime minister look weak in the fac

As a man soon out of a job, perhaps Rishi Sunak sat dreaming of his own future in Silicon ValleyA few weeks ago, Elon Musk was begging Taylor Swift to release some concert videos on his X platform, but she weirdly seems to have gone ahead with her plan to release the film of her Eras tour directly into movie theatres, foolishly making it by far and away the highest grossing concert film ever, with opening numbers similar to the last Marvel movie. Sad, really, when you think it could have been a

The PM held his passion project get-together in the UK to understand the risks and rewards of AI – what did we learn?Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionIn some ways the last two days have marked a real move forward in AI regulation. There is now an explicit consensus to take on an international shared responsibility. There are plans for further meetings in South Korea and France over the next year to continue the conversation surrounding risks posed by AI. However, critics

‘There will come a point where no job is needed’, says Elon Musk, who predicts ‘AI will be able to do everything’The most advanced technology companies will allow governments to vet their artificial intelligence tools for the first time, Rishi Sunak has announced, as Elon Musk warned the technology could eventually replace all human jobs.Companies including Meta, Google DeepMind and OpenAI have agreed to allow regulators to test their latest AI products before releasing t

‘There will come a point where no job is needed’, says Elon Musk, who predicts ‘AI will be able to do everything’The most advanced technology companies will allow governments to vet their artificial intelligence tools for the first time, Rishi Sunak has announced, as Elon Musk warned the technology could eventually replace all human jobs.Companies including Meta, Google DeepMind and OpenAI have agreed to allow regulators to test their latest AI products before releasing t

In today’s newsletter: The prime minister held his passion project get-together in the UK this week to understand the risks and rewards of AI – what did we learn?• Sign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning – and apologies as you might have already received yesterday’s newsletter due to a technical error, we are investigating the cause.Here is today’s version.It has long been a goal for Rishi Sunak to position the UK in a leadership positi

Senate inquiry into Australian consultancy industry concedes its integrity has been undermined by reliance on case studies generated by Google Bard AI toolFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Senate committee has warned artificial intelligence may have seriously undermined its integrity, after consultancy giant KPMG lodged an official complaint about factually inaccurate information receiving parliamentar

The British prime minister, Rishi Sunak, had a conversation with Elon Musk for the AI safety summit at Bletchley Park. They discussed political and social impacts of the technology, with Musk labelling 'digital super intelligence' as 'the most disruptive force in history', and agreeing that government oversight is essentialSunak plays eager chatshow host as Musk discusses AI and politicsFive takeaways from UK’s AI safety summit at Bletchley ParkAI could pose risk to humanity on scale of nu

By contrast, prompts for ‘Israeli’ do not generate images of people wielding guns, even in response to a prompt for ‘Israel army’A WhatsApp feature that generates images in response to users’ searches returns a picture of a gun or a boy with a gun when prompted with the terms “Palestinian”, “Palestine” or “Muslim boy Palestinian”, the Guardian has learned.The search results varied when tested by different users, but the Guardian v