While the publishing industry frets over how authors are using AI, many readers are taking things into their own hands. When Petra Ferraz de Novaes isn't at work, she's probably lost in a fantasy crafted with the help of artificial intelligence . Novaes, a 36-year-old software engineer from Brazil, has always loved storytelling. But making every little decision that goes into it--from style and syntax to character development--felt impossible. So in 2024 she asked an AI model to bring one of her ideas to life. Novaes was delighted by the eccentric, sometimes wayward interpretations of her prompts, which carried the narrative in unexpected directions.

Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed calls from Anthropic's Dario Amodei to put brakes on'reckless' AI development

Increased production risks undermining moves to restrict Pfas in Europe, the UK and US, said ChemSec. Increased production risks undermining moves to restrict Pfas in Europe, the UK and US, said ChemSec. 'Tidal wave' of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn Pfas companies are launching a "tidal wave" of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry, a campaign organisation has warned. Despite alarm over the chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found most had plans to increase production. Many frame their investments around the "AI revolution", because of the role Pfas play in semiconductor production and next-generation datacentre cooling systems.

We earn a commission if you buy something through an affiliate link. G oogle's latest folding phone sticks with its tried and tested design of a traditional phone shape when closed and almost square when open, in the face of new competition from Apple's squat iPhone fold . The Pixel 11 Pro Fold is Google's fourth-generation folder and is still one of the only models with a full water and dust resistance rating similar to standard slab phones. It costs from £1,799 (€1,999/$1,899/A$2,799), which is £50 (€100/$100/A$100) more than last year as the pressure of RAMageddon continues to push up prices. The 11 Pro Fold looks identical to previous models, but it is 19g lighter and fractionally slimmer in all directions with a slightly larger outside screen. Unlike Samsung's slender Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra or squat models such as Apple's iPhone Duo or the Galaxy Z Fold 8, the Pixel has the same ratio screen as Google's slab phones and so handles precisely like them when shut with a bright and smooth 6.5in display.

Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) have long been associated with good careers. Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths) have long been associated with good careers. Humans will have to compete with AI-powered virtual employees in the near future. Futureproofing your career with an AI-resistant degree is a tough ask, says Charlie Ball, an expert on graduate employment for Jisc, the UK's higher education digital, data and technology agency. "What you're trying to do is futureproof a 45-year career in a time of rapid technological change - and that's really quite hard to do. What's likely is that jobs that hinge a lot on human, face-to-face interaction are unlikely to be replaced."

'If publishers, studios, streamers, can point to the writer as the problem, that gives them the excuse to behave however they'd like with content,' Thorne said. 'If publishers, studios, streamers, can point to the writer as the problem, that gives them the excuse to behave however they'd like with content,' Thorne said. Jack Thorne warns some fellow scriptwriters are using AI'to cheat' Jack Thorne, one of Britain's most successful screen and stage writers, has warned that some people in his profession are using AI "to cheat", as he called for laws banning the secret use of the technology to generate scripts. Thorne, who co-wrote the hit Netflix drama Adolescence and wrote the stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, said that "writers need to be squeaky clean" in the face of AI models that "steal" the creative industry's work. In a wide-ranging speech in London, Thorne attacked government inaction over the AI industry's mass-scraping of material to train their models.

A cross-party group of MPs and peers has identified human rights risks posed by artificial intelligence (AI) which existing laws, they argue, are ill-equipped to cover. The Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published a report calling for a new bill on AI to address the scale and seriousness of such threats. Nowhere in the world, including the UK, has a current legislative and regulatory approach to AI that is fit for purpose, said Alex Sobel MP, the committee's chair. On Saturday, the head of the US AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, proposed a plan that includes global regulation, industry-wide regulation and independent monitoring of AI models as they are developed. Amodei urged the pace of development to be slowed down and the bosses of two rival AI firms, Sam Altman of OpenAI and Elon Musk, said they agreed with him.

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E-commerce giant Amazon says it is suspending work with the firm that operated a cargo plane that was involved in a fatal crash in Miami this month . After the tragic incident last weekend, we've spent time supporting the investigation and reviewing some of the surrounding circumstances, and we've decided to pause our operations with 21 Air, an Amazon spokesperson said on Sunday. On 6 September, the 21 Air-operated Boeing jet overshot a runway at Miami International Airport and hit several vehicles, killing five people. The BBC has contacted 21 Air for comment. The firm previously said it was devastated by the accident and that it is cooperating with authorities to investigate the incident.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. A Russian drone struck a train near the Ukraine-Poland border shortly after the former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and top European security officials had passed through. No casualties were reported after the strike at Yahodyn, which hit the train's engine. All the passengers had been evacuated, Ukrainian authorities said. Johnson and other European national security advisers, including the UK's Jonathan Powell, had passed along the same line on a different train on their way back from a conference in Kyiv.