Mike Knight

Boys Forming Romantic Bonds With AI

Boys Forming Romantic Bonds With AI A major UK study has found that some teenage boys are developing romantic and emotionally intimate relationships with AI chatbots, prompting growing concern among researchers, parents and regulators about how these increasingly human-like systems may be shaping young people’s understanding of relationships. Why Is This Happening? Artificial intelligence has […]

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Chancellor Backs UK AI Sovereignty

Chancellor Backs UK AI Sovereignty Chancellor Rachel Reeves has declared that the UK needs “a serious plan on AI sovereignty”, using her recent Mansion House speech to position artificial intelligence as a strategic national priority for economic growth, national security and Britain’s long-term competitiveness. What Has Been Announced? Although the Mansion House speech traditionally focuses on

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Australia Tells AI Data Centres To Generate Their Own Power

Australia Tells AI Data Centres To Generate Their Own Power Australia is proposing new national rules that would make the next generation of large AI data centres build enough new electricity generation to match the power they consume, helping prevent rapid AI expansion from pushing up household bills or placing extra pressure on the country’s

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Parents Fear Children Are Becoming Too Dependent On AI

Parents Fear Children Are Becoming Too Dependent On AI Half of parents are concerned that their children rely too heavily on artificial intelligence for schoolwork, according to a new Deloitte survey, highlighting growing uncertainty over how schools should prepare young people for an AI-powered future without weakening the thinking and problem-solving skills education is intended

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Google Labels AI-Made Ads

Google Labels AI-Made Ads Google is introducing new labels that tell users when advertisements have been created or edited using generative artificial intelligence, marking an important step towards greater transparency as AI-generated marketing becomes increasingly realistic and more difficult to distinguish from traditional advertising. What Has Google Changed? The new feature adds a “How this

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