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observer.co.uk > news > columnists > article > we-already-live-in-clone-towns-ai-is-making-things-worse

We already live in ‘clone towns’ – AI is making things worse

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (523+ words) Friday 21 August 2026 In 2004 the New Economics Foundation (NEF) conducted a national survey of UK high streets, which were then still economically active. It found that real local shops had been replaced by swathes of identikit chain stores, making high streets…...

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Robots set to guzzle more power than the UK generates in...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (482+ words) Summer sale – 50% off Sunday 16 August 2026 Are robots the new frontier of energy-guzzling technology? Within a decade, both industrial and humanoid robots could consume more power than the UK generated last year, according to research published this week. The analysis comes…...