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TechScape’s new writer, why a $60k-a-year middle school banned tech for a week, and how to opt out of AI training • Don’t get TechScape delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m Blake Montgomery, the technology news editor at Guardian US. I’m taking over TechScape from Alex Hern, and…

Geoffrey Hinton, ‘godfather of AI’, and John Hopfield honoured for work on artificial neural networks Two researchers who helped lay the foundations for modern artificial intelligence – although one later warned of its potential harms – have been awarded the 2024 Nobel prize in physics. Inspired by the workings of the brain, John Hopfield, a…

We’re used to hearing about the power of artificial intelligence to spread misinformation – but could it also be a tool for persuading people of the truth? Ian Sample speaks to Thomas Costello, an assistant professor of psychology at American University, who has published a study exploring the potential for AI chatbots to lead people…

Facebook owner claims Movie Gen can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips that rival competitors’ Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, announced on Friday it had built a new artificial intelligence model called Movie Gen that can create realistic-seeming video and audio clips in response to user prompts, claiming it can rival tools from…

Universities are pivoting to incorporate generative AI into academic life – without the plagiarism – in the belief it will become an intrinsic part of life and work Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Third-year student Jack Quinlan was confident he knew what I was going to ask before we…

Sea levels along the US coastline could rise as much as 12in from 2020 to 2050 due to climate crisis, scientists warn Floods affecting much of the south-east US show the destructive force of higher sea levels and warmer temperatures. Now, researchers at the non-profit Climate Central are using artificial intelligence to predict how climate-related…

Some California police departments are already using AI tools to help draft reports – and experts are concerned Officer Wendy Venegas spoke softly in Spanish to the 14-year-old standing on the side of a narrow residential road in East Palo Alto. The girl’s face was puffy from crying as she quietly explained what had happened.…