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The French government has introduced new legislation that would broaden the use of electronic monitoring to manage security during the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Paris.

Machine learning research into changing attitudes to women in the US reveals it’s not just technology that has progressed

The hugely popular Lensa AI app creates portraits based on image prompts, but users say it sexualizes them unnecessarily

Editorial: Artificial intelligence is not artificial consciousness – but it still needs to be regulated to keep people safe

The question of whether artificial intelligence (AI) can invent is nearly 200 years old, going back to the very beginning of computing. Victorian mathematician Ada Lovelace wrote what’s generally considered the first computer program. As she did, she wondered about the limits of what computers could do.

The Lensa AI images were stunning but a little bit unnerving

From "intelligent" vacuum cleaners and driverless cars to advanced techniques for diagnosing diseases, artificial intelligence has burrowed its way into every arena of modern life. Its promoters reckon it is revolutionizing human experience, but critics stress that the technology risks putting machines in charge of life-changing decisions. Regulators in Europe…

"Quite clearly holding my trusty vape and my phone is in the passenger seat," she wrote in a FB post.