US tech leaders are urgently calling for rules on AI – China already has them
Beijing has already surrounded its AI sector with public obligations, regulatory oversight and an evolving framework of risk assessment.
Trump‑XI summit aims to head off an AI arms race
The hope is that Trump and Xi, arguably the world’s two most powerful men, can reach the same sort of understanding.
People in the world’s ‘blue zones’ live longer – their diet could hold the key to why
But living longer has also come at a price. We’re now seeing higher rates of chronic and degenerative diseases
Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500‑year‑old smallpox DNA reveals
For centuries, smallpox caused devastating epidemics. Its severe form, variola major, killed around 30% of those infected.
Tech leaders are calling for an ‘AI slowdown’ – but what would that mean in practice?
How could AI agents cause widespread damage? They could enable the creation of devastating bioweapons or spread across the internet.
Could AI really kill off humanity within the decade? Expert Q&A
“Wiping out” is a bit extreme but there are some dangerous threats. There are the “bad actor” scenarios where AI is used destructively.
AI can be more comforting than a person – our research shows why
A US survey of 1,058 people aged 12 to 21 found that 13% had sought advice from gen AI when feeling sad, angry or nervous.
Will humans gradually become part of Superintelligence?
If we do nothing, our species may simply become extinct within this, or the next century, as the consequence of a dozen existential risks.
Lust for life: breaking the 120-year barrier in human ageing
If we are going to live substantially longer, we need to engineer our way out of the current 120-year-barrier.
How close are we to successfully editing genes in human embryos?
We can now create human “primordial germ cells”, the precursors to eggs and sperm, from embryonic stem cells.
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