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Moderating social media: hate is the name of the business

In their relentless drive for attention and engagement, social media sites have recognised that outrage and anger are the key to keeping people posting

Why billionaire Peter Thiel is suddenly talking about the antichrist

Billionaire Peter Thiel has the ear of politicians at the top of the US government - so his recent lecture series on the antichrist ought to be particularly concerning

Has Elon Musk invented a magic device to reduce your electricity bill? (No)

Websites promising an end to high energy costs, thanks to a miracle device developed by Elon Musk, draw people into a scam that's too good to be true

There are serious ethical implications to sexualising AI chatbots

As AI becomes more complex, more and more people are reporting romantic – and even sexual – relationships with chatbots

Peter Thiel’s Antichrist: when apocalyptic myths meet Silicon Valley

Influential Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel has been increasingly talking about the Antichrist, but is he just being metaphorical?

Evaluating the ethics of AI requires seeing through the never-ending hype

As AI becomes ubiquitous, the ethical implications of its use become ever-clearer – can skeptics use AI ethically in good conscience?

AI isn’t killing literature – it isn’t even close to replacing professional writers

While there were fears about a slop deluge flooding literature magazines, the truth is that AI lacks the inventiveness to rise above talented writers

The Online Safety Act doesn’t make our children any safer

The Online Safety Act may be well-intentioned, but it is a fundamentally flawed attempt to legislate away a complex social issue.
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