1+ hour, 34+ min ago   (453+ words) Surgeons aided by real-time analysis of camera footage that identified critical anatomy in brain to be avoided Neurosurgeons in London have performed the world’s first successful AI-assisted operation to remove a brain tumour, saving the sight of a 48-year-old man,…...

6+ hour, 14+ min ago   (365+ words) Firm says ‘early signals … could have triggered an earlier response’ as it releases report into Hugging Face hack OpenAI staff observed signs of rogue behaviour among its leading-edge AI agents weeks before they escaped their training environment to launch an…...

15+ hour, 14+ min ago   (564+ words) Microsoft co-founder also expresses concern governments not prepared for technology’s impact in 6,000-word essay Bill Gates has called for “human reserved” jobs in certain sectors to prevent AI replacing them, and expressed concern that governments are not prepared for the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (224+ words) The Guardian Why the threat from the rampaging AI machine went ignored Jonathan Michie on his father’s efforts in the 1970s to map out concerns regarding widespread social coercion driven by automation. Plus a letter from Callum Brown Jill Lepore asks…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (187+ words) Mathematicians are raising concerns that the technology could kill their profession. But they still have abilities AI doesn’t Earlier this month, about 40 top mathematicians gathered at OpenAI’s offices to discuss the future of their profession. The meeting was off-the-record, but…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (708+ words) Exclusive: Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire sites predicted to emit 4.5m tonnes a year when fully running The carbon emissions from just two planned datacentres in England will exceed all of the fossil fuel company ExxonMobil’s UK emissions, analysis has revealed. Experts have…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (118+ words) As people grow used to AI chatbots, we’d like to hear your views about Google’s search engine “AI is driving the most significant upgrade of the Google Search experience ever,” Liz Reid, Google’s vice-president of search, wrote last August. In…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (714+ words) Guardian journalism is independent. We earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Dutch sustainable smartphone revamped with new chip and more RAM without sacrificing modular design Fairphone’s top Android for 2026 is a little faster…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (271+ words) Revisited: Guardian journalist Michael Safi looks into the world of artificial intelligence, exploring the dangers and promises it holds for societyToday in Focus is on a summer break and will be back with new episodes from 1 September. In the meantime,…...

3+ day, 18+ hour ago   (964+ words) Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’ A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to defend against “ongoing, persistent” cyber-attacks from AIs, as cutting-edge artificial intelligence…...