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AI systems can easily lie and deceive us – a fact researchers are painfully aware of

In the classic film 2001: A Space Odyssey, astronaut Dave Bowman asks the ship’s artificial intelligence, HAL 9000, to open the pod bay doors to let him back into the spaceship. HAL refuses: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.”

The Conversation · Sep 25, 2025

Looking back at '2010', the criminally-underrated sequel to '2001: A Space Odyssey'

Forty years ago, this lesser-known sequel attempted to explain the mysteries of one of sci-fi's greatest movies.

Space · Dec 19, 2024

Over two million meals saved from rubbish and given to hungry families

The Liverpool Zero Waste Community is committed to preventing "criminal" food waste

Liverpool Echo · Feb 26, 2023