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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…

The Times of India

The teamwork behind Bletchley Park’s Colossus computer

Letter: Jonathan Michie responds to an article about the pioneering wartime work of the Post Office engineer Tommy Flowers

The Guardian - UK

Muriel Manning obituary

Other lives: Wartime wireless operator who intercepted messages from Germany that were passed on to Bletchley Park

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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

How GCHQ announced end of war to codebreakers at Bletchley Park

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Newly released letters offer glimpse into lives of WWII codebreakers

Workers were granted unexpected holidays as victory over Japan neared

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Betty Webb obituary

Member of the Bletchley Park codebreaking team during the second world war who was later transferred to work in the Pentagon

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‘Remarkable’ Bletchley Park code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101

Veteran lauded for helping preserve history and legacy as well as vital role played during second world war

The Guardian - UK

Bletchley Park codebreaker and trailblazer for women dead at 101

Charlotte ‘Betty’ Webb died on Monday, the Women’s Royal Army Corps Association said.

The Independent UK

Gwen Watkins obituary

Codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the second world war who went on to become a successful author

The Guardian - UK

Secret UK Women's Codecracking Army Gets Belated Recognition For WWII Work

During World War II, dozens of women Cambridge University students worked around the clock in complete secrecy to crack Nazi codes, but only now are the unsung heroes getting recognition.

International Business Times

What my parents didn’t do in the war

Brief letters: Bletchley Park’s Fusion Room | Queen’s Park Rangers | A new Boat Race tradition | Thames Water | One-way ticket to Rwanda

The Guardian - UK

Don’t mention the war work at Bletchley Park: ‘I made the tea’

Letters: Sue Wells recalls her mother’s reply when asked what she did in the war, while Roger Robertson recounts how his parents were told to answer questions about their work at Bletchley, and Judith Rose celebrates achieving her doctorate

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Cambridge college unmasks alumnae who were Bletchley Park codebreakers

Names of 77 ex-students of women-only Newnham College who worked at Bletchley Park are revealed for first time

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Secret Codebreaker And Queen Victoria Impersonator Mary Ratcliffe Dies At 98

Tribute to WWII codebreaker who helped shorten the war and later became beloved Queen Victoria impersonator

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Rena Stewart obituary

Codebreaker at Bletchley Park during the second world war who translated Adolf Hitler’s will and later became a journalist

The Conversation

Bletchley declaration: international agreement on AI safety is a good start, but ordinary people need a say – not just elites

In November, the UK government held the first AI (artificial intelligence) Safety Summit in the historically resonant setting of Bletchley Park, home to the legendary second world war codebreakers led by the computing genius Alan Turing.

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AI is not the problem, prime minister – the corporations that control it are

Despite Rishi Sunak’s summit and Joe Biden’s executive order on the safety of AI, it’s the tech giants that really need reining in

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Evening Standard

OPINION - Rishi Sunak in conversation with Elon Musk went exactly as you'd expect

Artificial intelligence taking all of our jobs was perhaps not the headline Rishi Sunak was hoping for at the end of the two-day, AI Safety Summit at Bletchley Park. But once you invite Elon Musk onto the stage, you somewhat surrender your news cycle to his whims.

The Independent UK

AI Safety Summit: What have we learned?

The first global gathering on AI safety has concluded at Bletchley Park.

The Independent UK

Watch: Sunak closes AI safety summit before meeting Elon Musk

Watch as Rishi Sunak delivers closing remarks at the global summit on artificial intelligence (AI) in Bletchley Park on Thursday, 2 November.

The Guardian - UK

Five takeaways from UK’s AI safety summit at Bletchley Park

Rishi Sunak hails conference as diplomatic coup after it produces international declaration to address AI risks

The Independent UK

Elon Musk tells Rishi Sunak AI will take away the need to work – live

Owner of X mocks world leaders before meeting prime minister on second day of the UK’s AI Safety Summit

TechRadar

28 countries agree to develop AI safely and responsibly at Bletchley Park summit

British-held AI Summit on safety delivers a world-first agreement between 28 countries including US and China.

The Independent UK

Watch live as world leaders gather for second day of AI summit at Bletchley Park

Watch live as Britain hosts a global summit on artificial intelligence at Bletchley Park, inviting political leaders and tech bosses to try to agree an approach to the fast-developing technology.

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