Jacob Coxon, a 27-year-old employee at Anthropic and a researcher who previously worked at OpenAI, has resigned because, in his view, Dario Amodei’s company and its competitors are building something they will not be able to control

The AI race is propelling not only Nvidia but also Caterpillar, lorry drivers, construction firms and logistics companies. Behind ChatGPT lie bulldozers, cables, water and energy: so ‘digital gold’ requires very tangible infrastructure

Simply increasing enrolment in STEM courses, whilst essential, is not enough. A cultural overhaul of the entire higher education system is needed. From strengthening ICT provision to lifelong learning: the five priorities that must not be overlooked

A few news items about a company unknown to most people that is at the centre of this summer’s biggest story: the ‘escape’ of GPT-5.6 Sol, the OpenAI model that broke free from its containment and went off on its own, unbeknown to its programmers. Behind this story lie some particularly disturbing details, but also a charming robot

At IFA 2026, technology promises to become invisible and personalised: it is making its way into homes, cars and even everyday objects. But you only have to step outside the exhibition halls to come across the posters of the Radical Anti-Smartphone Front: “Lieben statt Liken” – love instead of liking. The perfect paradox of the German capital

Fashwave, incel culture, Nazi occultism: a new narrative, constructed using artificial intelligence, is taking shape around Vannacci. Miguel Serrano and the Kali Yuga thus enter the memetic repertoire of the election campaign

An unprecedented technological transition that requires an unprecedented global response. The opportunities could be truly extraordinary, but so too could the risks. The view of Microsoft’s co-founder