Sinakhone Keodara reached his breaking point last July. Loading up Grindr, the gay dating app that presents users with potential mates in close geographical proximity to them, the founder of a Los Angeles-based Asian television streaming service came across the profile of an elderly white man. He struck up a conversation, and received a three-word response: "Asian, ew gross." He is now considering suing Grindr for racial discrimination. For black and ethnic minority singletons, dipping a toe into the water of dating apps can involve subjecting yourself to racist abuse and crass intolerance.

HALF a century ago, visionaries like Arthur C Clarke could see a world guided by artificial intelligence. Today artificial intelligence is all around us and, in the right hands, can be a force for good. Later this month, The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Beckett University will host an innovation network event which analyses the uses of artificial intelligence. The event, which will be hosted by Greg Wright, the deputy business editor of The Yorkshire Post, will also include a speech from Stuart Sherman, the CEO of IMC Business Architecture, which helps businesses find practical applications for artificial intelligence. The company has almost 100 staff working in Toronto, London, Leeds, ChangSha in China and New Delhi in India.

A new short film from the Campaign Against Killer Robots warns of a future where weaponised flying drones target and assassinate certain members of the public, using facial recognition technology to identify them. Is this a realistic threat that could rightly spur an effective ban on the technology? Or is it an overblown portrayal designed to scare governments into taking simplistic, unnecessary and ultimately futile action? We asked two academics for their expert opinions. A new short film from the Campaign Against Killer Robots warns of a future where weaponised flying drones target and assassinate certain members of the public, using facial recognition technology to identify them.