Tech

AWS says it can't restore service to Bahrain, UAE facilities 6 months after Iran strikes

In March, two Amazon data centers in the UAE were struck by drones, while a site was also damaged by a nearby drone hit.

Math Can’t Go On Like This

AI just solved one of the world’s hardest math problems.

Could AI really wipe out humanity and hijack the internet?

We examine claims and counterclaims about the risks and calls to slow down the pace of AI development

‘Every magazine cover needs to seduce’: designers pick their favourites

From a timeless portrait of Lana Del Rey to an alternative guide to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, experts unpick what makes an enduring, shocking, or alluring print cover

AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon

Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversight

Trump's Position on AI Makes No Sense

If the president is so concerned about staying ahead in the AI race, why is he letting Chinese companies buy American chips?

AI leaders find message for Trump: Your billions are in danger without guardrails

Welcome to Tuesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. If a friend sent you this and you’d like to sign up, CLICK HERE. Today, we look at how AI companies might have to adjust their message to persuade President Donald Trump to regulate their industry, and we say farewell to a friend.

Grey’s Anatomy: the steamy and often thrilling medical drama is still endlessly watchable

It launched the careers of Sandra Oh and Katherine Heigl, popularised terms like ‘vajayjay’ and even managed to make bowel obstruction sexy

No Big Deal review

The characters are dead-eyed waxworks which speak with all the nuance of a satnav. But this AI-created workplace comedy is so bad that even the greatest actors alive couldn’t stop it being unwatchable

Will AI really destroy humanity? Pioneers who created the tech weigh in

AI pioneers and 'godfathers' have weighed in on Anthropic and OpenAI researcher concerns over existential safety risks around the technology.

What Trump’s Bizarre Posts Are Teaching Us About AI

The president’s recent Truth Social barrage of fake images reflects the dangers—for all of us—of virtual self-aggrandizement.

'I created my mom and talk to her': AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn

The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for ‘talking’ to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolation