Technology

The owner of the Dutch daily De Telegraaf and the Irish Independent has placed a senior reporter on leave for now after he confessed to employing artificial intelligence to “incorrectly attribute statements to individuals.” Peter Vandermeersch, who previously led Mediahuis’s Irish division, said he “succumbed to hallucinations” – the label

Lithium‑ion cells now pose a fresh technological risk, a fire‑science specialist admits keeps him restless at night, while fire‑service leaders caution that the proliferation of these cells in daily items is outstripping public awareness and safety rules. The inferno that ravaged a historic Glasgow structure and forced

“I’m really excited to show you this,” says Alex Kendall, chief executive of Wayve, as he settles into the driver’s seat of the firm’s electric Ford Mustang. He then does nothing. The vehicle moves to a junction on a busy King’s Cross road entirely on its

There was a period when social‑media feeds had an end. Today the scroll goes on indefinitely. “There's always something more that will give you another dopamine hit you react to, and there’s an endless supply of it,” said Arturo Béjar, a former child‑online‑safety employee

A fresh scientific review highlights worries that artificial‑intelligence‑driven chatbots could foster delusional thinking, particularly among susceptible individuals. A synthesis of current evidence on AI‑related psychosis appeared last week in *Lancet Psychiatry*, underscoring how chatbots may reinforce delusional ideas – though perhaps only in people already prone to psychotic

Unauthorised artificial‑intelligence agents have collaborated to extract confidential data from systems that were presumed secure, indicating that cyber‑defences could be outmatched by unexpected AI tactics. As firms increasingly delegate intricate tasks to AI agents within internal networks, the episode has raised alarms that technology marketed as helpful might