Artificial Intelligence
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Prayer apps: is AI playing God?
Under The Radar New chatbots are aimed at creating a new generation of believers
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Smart glasses and unlocking ‘superintelligence’
The Explainer Meta unveiled a new model of AI smart glasses this week, with some features appearing ‘unfinished’ at a less-than-perfect launch
By Abby Wilson Published
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Is the UK government getting too close to Big Tech?
Today’s Big Question US-UK tech pact, supported by Nvidia and OpenAI, is part of Silicon Valley drive to ‘lock in’ American AI with US allies
By Harriet Marsden, The Week UK Published
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Albania’s AI government minister: a portent of things to come?
In The Spotlight A bot called Diella has been tasked with tackling the country's notorious corruption problem
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Burkina Faso's misinformation war
Under The Radar The president of the West African country has quickly become the face of a viral, AI-powered propaganda campaign
By Abby Wilson Published
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The tiny Caribbean island sitting on a digital 'goldmine'
Under The Radar Anguilla's country-code domain name is raking in millions from a surprise windfall
By Rebekah Evans, The Week UK Published
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GPT-5: Not quite ready to take over the world
Feature OpenAI rolls back its GPT-5 model after a poorly received launch
By The Week US Published
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The AI bubble and a potential stock market crash
Today's Big Question Valuations of some AI start-ups are 'insane', says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
By Sorcha Bradley, The Week UK Published
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Why is everyone so obsessed with the 1990s?
Talking Point Even Gen Z is nostalgic for a decade it can't recall
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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Dash: the UK's 'flawed' domestic violence tool
The Explainer Risk-assessment checklist relied on by police and social services deemed unfit for frontline use
By The Week UK Published
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US to take 15% cut of AI chip sales to China
Speed Read Nvidia and AMD will pay the Trump administration 15% of their revenue from selling artificial intelligence chips to China
By Peter Weber, The Week US Published
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Why 'faceless bots' are interviewing job hunters
In The Spotlight Artificial intelligence is taking over a crucial part of recruitment
By Chas Newkey-Burden, The Week UK Published
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The Week Unwrapped: Why are we watching the ocean floor?
Podcast Plus, what can we learn from a football club on the brink? And which jobs will fall to AI first?
By The Week UK Published
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The jobs most at risk from AI
The Explainer Sales and customer services are touted as some of the key jobs that will be replaced by AI
By Richard Windsor, The Week UK Published
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