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Before modern robots, a 1962 B-movie and 1990s MIT research reshaped machine intelligence.

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”.

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.”

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

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 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?

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

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

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.