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Is AI really ‘intelligent’? This philosopher says yes

Anyone who engages in serious dialogue with a Large Language Model (LLM) may get the impression they are interacting with an intelligence. But many experts in the field argue the impression is just that. In philosopher Daniel Dennett’s words, such systems display “competence without comprehension”.

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The $13,500 that changed the fate of humanity: how the term Artificial Intelligence was first coined 71 years ago — but sadly without the legendary visionary soul who imagined it

From Alan Turing’s early thought experiments to the Dartmouth project that coined the term, the origins of artificial intelligence is a fascinating story.

TechRadar

Who was Alan Turing: The man who broke German codes in World War II but was later treated as a criminal

War rarely turns on one person alone, yet certain names continue to surface when the history of World War II is revisited. Alan Turing is one of them. Born in London in 1912, he was trained as a mathematician and logician, with work that moved between theory and machinery. When…

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History of computers: Timeline of key events & technological breakthroughs

The history of computers began with primitive designs in the early 19th century and went on to change the world during the 20th century.

LiveScience

UK to rejoin EU's Erasmus scheme at huge cost of £570m: What will it mean for students?

A path for UK students to participate in the European Union exchange programme from 2027 has been agreed

Evening Standard

The CEO of $2.2 billion AI company Turing can’t live without ChatGPT, swears by his Kindle, and has only taken 2 weeks of vacation in 7 years

Turing cofounder and CEO Jonathan Siddharth loves his VR headset, F1 video games, and Oura ring, but says the greatest investment is “creating memories and experiences that give you perspective and keep you grounded.”

Fortune

Move over Brighton, this northern city is ready to snatch England’s queer crown

London may have the largest LGBT+ community and Brighton tends to get more attention, but in Manchester Rory Buccheri discovers a history that goes back beyond the clubs of Canal Street and a passion for an inclusive future

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The hardest part of creating conscious AI might be convincing ourselves it’s real

As far back as 1980, the American philosopher John Searle distinguished between strong and weak AI. Weak AIs are merely useful machines or programs that help us solve problems, whereas strong AIs would have genuine intelligence. A strong AI would be conscious.

The Conversation

Move over, Alan Turing: meet the working-class hero of Bletchley Park you didn’t see in the movies

The Oxbridge-educated boffin is feted as the codebreaking genius who helped Britain win the war. But should a little-known Post Office engineer named Tommy Flowers be seen as the real father of computing?

The Guardian - UK

‘A resistance to AI’: The author inviting readers to contribute to a mass memoir

Richard Beard says he’s got ‘better at telling the truth’ by arranging his life story on a grid – and invites others to do the same

The Guardian - UK

Breaking the Code review – tribute to Alan Turing given a fascinating update

Hugh Whitemore’s 1986 play about the criminalised mathematician is revised, with a new epilogue by Neil Bartlett, to reflect his 2013 pardoning

The Guardian - UK

AI has passed the aesthetic Turing Test − and it’s changing our relationship with art

Pick up an August 2025 issue of Vogue and you’ll come across an advertisement for the brand Guess featuring a stunning model. Yet tucked away in small print is a startling admission: She isn’t real. She was generated entirely by AI.

The Conversation

Australian novel attracts controversy over fictionalised depiction of gay codebreaker Alan Turing

Nick Croydon, the CEO of QBD Books, has faced criticism for his thriller The Turing Protocol

The Guardian - AU

‘Shut it down and start again’: staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis

Whistleblower warns UK’s top AI research body in danger of collapse due to threats over funding and new direction

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50 Popular Quotes About AI

50+ interesting quotes on AI by Google, IBM, Tim Cook, Andrew Ng, Alan Turing and more. Many are happening now!

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Rare papers of Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing fetch record sum at UK auction

A treasure trove of World War II codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers has sold for more than three times their expected sale price after being saved from the shredder.

Evening Standard

Codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers sell for ‘record’ £465,000

The archive of papers included a signed copy of Turing’s 1939 PhD dissertation Systems Of Logic Based On Ordinals.

The Guardian - UK

Wartime codebreaker Alan Turing’s scientific papers sell for £465,000 at auction

Cache of Turing’s work was almost shredded after being discovered in a house clearance in London last year

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Alan Turing's seminal papers, almost destroyed by a shredder, head to auction

The trove of papers from pioneering computer scientist Alan Turing was discovered in a loft.

The Conversation

AI models might be drawn to ‘spiritual bliss’. Then again, they might just talk like hippies

When multibillion-dollar AI developer Anthropic released the latest versions of its Claude chatbot last week, a surprising word turned up several times in the accompanying “system card”: spiritual.

The Independent UK

Queer icons throughout history to celebrate this Pride Month

Here are 7 LGBT+ icons throughout history that you should know about.

The Independent UK

Lost Alan Turing papers, rediscovered in loft, to go under the hammer

The archive includes the World War II codebreaker’s personal copy of his PhD

The Guardian - UK

Alan Turing papers saved from shredder could fetch £150,000

Documents including signed copy of 1938 PhD dissertation to be auctioned after they were nearly thrown out

LiveScience

What is the Turing test? How the rise of generative AI may have broken the famous imitation game.

Is the Turing test still relevant in today's AI landscape? The advent of large language models has challenged its importance.

The Guardian - UK

Today’s AI can crack second world war Enigma code ‘in short order’, experts say

Crowning achievement of Alan Turing’s codebreakers is now ‘straightforward’, according to computer scientists

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