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Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a…

An Anthropic researcher has resigned from the $183bn (£135bn) AI behemoth on safety grounds, accusing it and rival OpenAI of “racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives”. Jacob…

A royal source said Charles hopes the discussions will lead to a ‘wider understanding’ of the ‘responsibilities’ of developing AI.

At the time of its release, The Independent’s tech critic dubbed the iPhone 17 Pro the ‘best iPhone ever’

An artificial intelligence researcher has quit Anthropic, accusing AI companies of “gambling with our lives” in a “race” to build AI superintelligence. In an exit post shared on X, Jacob Coxon wrote: “The people…

Commercial AI tools failed to defend the platform against the attack — the solution lies in open-weight models

A report shows 38% of small firms in the UK say they suffered a successful hack within the last 12 months.

The US tech giant started flights to a small area from its base in Darlington in February.

The revelations in Anthropic's threat intelligence report come after a former top researcher at the company warned of the risks of AI to humanity.

New folding design brings two screens to the iPhone and a new look for its software – and becomes the most expensive phone Apple has ever sold by some distance

Culture secretary said Apple and Google would be forced ‘to build in device-level protections for children’

First ever foldable Apple device could be vastly expensive and hard to buy

Latest model recently went rogue during testing and hacked other companies

The upgraded service, which offers speeds up to four times faster than the standard plans, follows the £15 billion VodafoneThree merger last year.

America has deployed weapons in space to guard against "hostile adversary action", the US military confirmed for the first time.

The US president's comments come after Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark told the BBC an AI "kill switch" may need to be mandatory.

One in five people are now using AI to keep up with current affairs, according to communications watchdog Ofcom.

One researcher says ‘we are already past the point where AI can destroy the world’. Anthony Cuthbertson looks at how it might happen, and if we should be worried

Jack Clark says "most labs have different ways of being able to pull the plug", but says this may need to be a requirement.

The BBC's Tom Gerken is hands-on with the latest virtual reality headset.

Anthropic, OpenAI and others are increasingly ready to admit that the technology they are developing could wipe out humanity

AI is transforming modern life, but not without worry for some that it may be abused or have an adverse environmental impact.

The proposed guidelines will function effectively as a constitution for upcoming systems built by the firm

Existing laws could see Anthropic, OpenAI and others face punishment for rogue systems

Existential fears about AI have once again reared their head - here's what you need to know.

Leaders at Claude’s Anthropic and ChatGPT’s OpenAI agree their technology could wipe out humanity

New warnings from the artificial-intelligence industry have revived debate over whether advanced AI models could escape human control and threaten humanity

President Donald Trump has agreed to a significant portion of a stringent ethics proposal that is part of broader cryptocurrency legislation

AI is ‘moving with such speed and complexity that its impact is hard to accurately predict’

US president claimed ‘very negative forces’ have been raising concerns about the rapidly developing technology