Ian Tucker

The president of the not-for-profit messaging app on how she believes existential warnings about AI allow big tech to entrench their power, and why the online safety bill may be unworkable

I rumbled a chatbot ruse – but as the tech improves, and news outlets begin to adopt it, how easy will it be to spot it next time?

The US academic on why the Mr Burns caricature of rich people is wrong, the double-edged sword of godlike technologies, and why young people shouldn’t follow their passion

Scientist Tal Danino’s incredible images of the microbial world

The science journalist reveals what inspired her to write her new book about racism in medicine, and what really needs to be done to tackle ethnic health inequalities

The science journalist reveals what inspired her to write her new book about racism in medicine, and what really needs to be done to tackle ethnic health inequalities

From left, Mark Graham, Callum Cant and James Muldoon. ‘Technology is meant to automate menial work, but in fact what you have is people being forced to do more routine, boring and less skilled work.'

The Fairwork trio talk about their new book on the ‘extraction machine’, exposing the repetitive labour, often in terrible conditions, that big tech is using to create artificial intelligence