Technology

The deployment of artificial‑intelligence tools to facilitate attacks on Iran signals a new phase of bombing that proceeds faster than “the speed of thought”, analysts have warned, raising concerns that human decision‑makers may be bypassed. Anthropic’s language model, Claude, is said to have been employed by the

The AI system Claude has risen sharply in use after the Pentagon placed it on a blacklist last week over ethical concerns. Claude reached the top position on Apple’s list of free apps in the United States on Saturday, overtaking OpenAI’s ChatGPT, just a day after the Pentagon

Datacentre developers are under growing scrutiny to disclose whether their schemes will raise the United Kingdom’s net greenhouse‑gas output, as worries mount that the facilities could double the nation’s electricity consumption. Advocacy groups have addressed a letter to the UK technology secretary, Liz Kendall, cautioning that the

The U.S. armed forces are said to have employed Claude, the artificial‑intelligence system created by Anthropic, to guide its strike on Iran even though President Donald Trump had announced just hours earlier that all connections with the firm and its AI products would be cut. Claude’s involvement

OpenAI announced a contract with the Pentagon to provide artificial‑intelligence tools for classified U.S. military networks, hours after President Donald Trump ordered a halt to the use of a rival firm’s services. Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, disclosed the agreement on Friday night. The timing follows

A British suicide forum has been provisionally found to violate the Online Safety Act after it did not adequately restrict UK users when instructed last year. Ofcom, the communications regulator, said it may now seek a court order requiring internet providers to block the site in the United Kingdom, a