For ease and speed, we are degrading our ability to connect and to organise our societies. We must assert our trust in humans over machines Here is a nightmare scenario for you. You are writing a book about how AI reshapes reality. You start using it as a research partner, confident that you are applying the right hygiene by not letting it actually write a sentence of the book. You think you’ll be...
For ease and speed, we are degrading our ability to connect and to organise our societies. We must assert our trust in humans over machines Here is a nightmare scenario for you. You are writing a book about how AI reshapes reality. You start using it as a research partner, confident that you are applying the right hygiene by not letting it actually write a sentence of the book. You think you’ll be careful, you will double check everything. And then your book comes out and it appears that it includes more than a half dozen misattributed or fake quotes. Steven Rosenbaum, the unfortunate writer , acknowledged that sometimes the output of AI was “staggeringly wrong”, but still, errors crept in. There are others. A Commonwealth prize-winning short story became engulfed in claims that it carried the hallmarks of AI. And every time I see a story of a journalist caught out by fake AI quotes during research, I cross myself – there but for the grace of God go I. But to make sure it is not left up to grace alone, I never touch the thing. When AI results pop up as the default in a search engine, I reject them, rebuke them, as if they contained a dark sorcery that would through mere engagement creep into my synapses and take control. Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...
Exclusive: 25 years after race riots in north of England, Arooj Shah says extremist groups and lies about grooming scandal are poisoning Oldham “Identity politics is tearing communities apart”, the former leader of Oldham council has warned, in the week marking the 25th anniversary of race riots across the north of England. Arooj Shah quit as leader of the Greater Manchester borough earlier in May...
Exclusive: 25 years after race riots in north of England, Arooj Shah says extremist groups and lies about grooming scandal are poisoning Oldham “Identity politics is tearing communities apart”, the former leader of Oldham council has warned, in the week marking the 25th anniversary of race riots across the north of England. Arooj Shah quit as leader of the Greater Manchester borough earlier in May, after the local elections left the council with no group in overall control. Continue reading...
Horrified by the recent murder of Kawthar al-Husayjawi, one of her female relatives describes what happened – and her fears for other women and girls forced into early marriage in Iraq The men of my tribe [extended family]threw my relative Kawthar Bashar al-Husayjawi, 15, into a pit and put a little dirt over her body. They had killed her hours earlier with 10 bullets, and split her small head wit...
Horrified by the recent murder of Kawthar al-Husayjawi, one of her female relatives describes what happened – and her fears for other women and girls forced into early marriage in Iraq The men of my tribe [extended family]threw my relative Kawthar Bashar al-Husayjawi, 15, into a pit and put a little dirt over her body. They had killed her hours earlier with 10 bullets, and split her small head with an axe. My family then joined others in coming on to the streets to dance and celebrate her death. Kawthar lived in al-Nahrawan, a district in the south-east of Baghdad. She had been taken out of school and at age 13 forced to marry an alcoholic years older than her. Continue reading...
Fresh, light, vibrant vegetable dishes that capture the changing of the season and Scandinavia’s long summer days Summer is a beautiful season in Scandinavia, and the word that embodies it is “abundance”. The midsummer night doesn’t really get dark, the light is beautiful and it is only the sound of the blackbirds singing that indicates the day is ending. In stark contrast to the dark winter month...
Fresh, light, vibrant vegetable dishes that capture the changing of the season and Scandinavia’s long summer days Summer is a beautiful season in Scandinavia, and the word that embodies it is “abundance”. The midsummer night doesn’t really get dark, the light is beautiful and it is only the sound of the blackbirds singing that indicates the day is ending. In stark contrast to the dark winter months, summer is all about the light, so your temperament is different and you long for different things: to be outside, to eat lighter meals and to enjoy as many fresh vegetables as possible. These two recipes would make a perfect summer’s evening meal (beach house optional but recommended): cold cucumber soup followed by a fresh and tasty tart with raw tomatoes on top of a smooth cream and crusty pastry. Velbekomme! Continue reading...
All you need to know about the 16 host stadiums in the US, Mexico and Canada The 2026 World Cup is the largest tournament ever, and as such it involves more stadiums in more countries than ever before. A total of 16 venues will play host to this summer’s big games, and each has a story to tell about the past, present and future of sports in its city. Stadium names may look unfamiliar, as we are us...
All you need to know about the 16 host stadiums in the US, Mexico and Canada The 2026 World Cup is the largest tournament ever, and as such it involves more stadiums in more countries than ever before. A total of 16 venues will play host to this summer’s big games, and each has a story to tell about the past, present and future of sports in its city. Stadium names may look unfamiliar, as we are using the Fifa-approved names instead of the sponsored names that run afoul of the governing body’s clean venue rules. Australia v Turkey, 13 June Canada v Qatar, 18 June New Zealand v Egypt, 21 June Switzerland v Canada, 24 June New Zealand v Belgium, 26 June Round of 32, 2 July (1B v 3EFGIJ) Round of 16, 7 July (W85 v W87) Continue reading...
Fed up with dragging your children out the door to visit famous artworks they’re too grumpy to appreciate? Channel your inner Miffy and you’ll find inspiration all around the house There’s a book about Miffy – the little white rabbit created by Dutch author Dick Bruna – going to a gallery that I can recite by heart. A fellow art critic friend posted it to my son soon after he was born; back then i...
Fed up with dragging your children out the door to visit famous artworks they’re too grumpy to appreciate? Channel your inner Miffy and you’ll find inspiration all around the house There’s a book about Miffy – the little white rabbit created by Dutch author Dick Bruna – going to a gallery that I can recite by heart. A fellow art critic friend posted it to my son soon after he was born; back then its pages were pristine, now they’re crumpled and torn. Another Miffy book on our shelves (the bunny’s a firm favourite) follows her as she makes half a dozen pictures at home, and, at the end of the day, puts them up on the wall. “That looks wonderful, Miffy,” says Mother Bunny. “It’s your very own gallery.” Her very own gallery in her very own home. We’ve been to museums and sculpture parks across the country. We’ve braved family drop-ins and an underground gallery dedicated to digital art. We’re lucky – so very lucky – that there’s great art on offer out there. But what about those days when it’s just easier to stay home? Days when it’s raining or the trains are cancelled or your child is refusing to put on their socks and shoes. Can we introduce small children to art without the faff of packing a changing bag, planning snacks and nap times and hopping in the car or on the tube? Continue reading...
Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities A coalition of more than a hundred refugee children’s organisations has said controversial plans to use AI to assess the age of young asylum seekers could lead to more children wrongly ending up in adult prisons or detention centres. The warning follows a Home Office announcement ...
Coalition of more than 100 organisations says move could lead to more children ending up in adult detention facilities A coalition of more than a hundred refugee children’s organisations has said controversial plans to use AI to assess the age of young asylum seekers could lead to more children wrongly ending up in adult prisons or detention centres. The warning follows a Home Office announcement on Friday of a contract to roll out AI facial age estimation technology on young asylum seekers whose age is disputed. Continue reading...
With no recorded sightings before 1885, noctilucent clouds have been linked to volcanoes, pollution or climate change As summer arrives in the northern hemisphere, so do the noctilucent clouds – hopefully. These high-altitude formations are as enigmatic as they are beautiful. Their name derives from Latin, meaning “night shining”. They appear during the summer months and glow with an electric-blue...
With no recorded sightings before 1885, noctilucent clouds have been linked to volcanoes, pollution or climate change As summer arrives in the northern hemisphere, so do the noctilucent clouds – hopefully. These high-altitude formations are as enigmatic as they are beautiful. Their name derives from Latin, meaning “night shining”. They appear during the summer months and glow with an electric-blue intensity against the darkening western sky. Look for them about half an hour after sunset. Continue reading...
There’s a rare chance to catch a Tony-nominated hit live from New York, plus blasts from the past including Rent, The Audience and Hugh Jackman as a singing cowboy Livestreams of current Broadway hits remain incredibly rare – and this has been one of the hottest tickets of the season. In the 100th birthday revival of Noël Coward’s comedy, Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara knock back cocktails while they...
There’s a rare chance to catch a Tony-nominated hit live from New York, plus blasts from the past including Rent, The Audience and Hugh Jackman as a singing cowboy Livestreams of current Broadway hits remain incredibly rare – and this has been one of the hottest tickets of the season. In the 100th birthday revival of Noël Coward’s comedy, Rose Byrne and Kelli O’Hara knock back cocktails while they await the arrival of a mutual old flame. The stars are up against each other at this month’s Tony awards, for which the play has a total of five nominations. Available from BroadwayHD on 5 June . Continue reading...
In this article NVDA AMD GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT American AI company Runway is planning a major expansion in London, CNBC has learned, following in the wake of Anthropic and OpenAI as U.S. tech companies increasingly look to tap into commercial and talent opportunities in the city. Runway, which is building world models, on Monday exclusively told CNBC that the compan...
In this article NVDA AMD GOOGL Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT American AI company Runway is planning a major expansion in London, CNBC has learned, following in the wake of Anthropic and OpenAI as U.S. tech companies increasingly look to tap into commercial and talent opportunities in the city. Runway, which is building world models, on Monday exclusively told CNBC that the company plans to make London its new European headquarters and will invest more than $200 million into the U.K.'s AI ecosystem by the end of 2028. The company most recently raised $315 million in a Series E, featuring General Atlantic, AMD Ventures and Nvidia , resulting in a $5.3 billion valuation. "London puts us close to many of our largest European customers already doing serious work with Runway, including BBC, Fremantle and WPP, and it builds on the research team we already have here," Anastasis Germanidis, cofounder and Co-CEO at Runway, told CNBC. "The talent pool is exceptional, and London felt like the right place to start," he added. "We expect to expand further across Europe in the near future." Runway's co-founders: Cristóbal Valenzuela, Alejandro Matamala Ortiz and Anastasis Germanidis. Credit: Runway World models are AI systems that can learn from inputs such as audio, images, video and real-world data — in comparison to large language models (LLMs), which are primarily designed to understand and generate language rather than to model the physical world from real-world sensory inputs. Runway is building those models, alongside offering a suite of video generation and editing tools. "Runway's new London hub will bring pioneering research into world models to the UK, helping power breakthroughs across industries from film and gaming to science and robotics," Kanishka Narayan, the U.K.'s AI minister, said in a statement. "We want the world's most ambitious AI firms to build their future here, and that is exactly what Runway is doing." Runway is one of several U.S. AI ...
NVIDIA and TSMC Bring AI Into Fabs to Advance Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing NVIDIA today announced that TSMC, the world’s leading semiconductor company, is using NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI to advance semiconductor design and manufacturing. News Summary: NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries and AI models are accelerating TSMC workloads across lithography, transistor and process simulation, adv...
NVIDIA and TSMC Bring AI Into Fabs to Advance Semiconductor Design and Manufacturing NVIDIA today announced that TSMC, the world’s leading semiconductor company, is using NVIDIA accelerated computing and AI to advance semiconductor design and manufacturing. News Summary: NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries and AI models are accelerating TSMC workloads across lithography, transistor and process simulation, advanced process control and fab operations optimization.TSMC is using NVIDIA Metropolis and NVIDIA TAO
The current economic environment still looks somewhat disconnected from reality. Oil prices remain elevated, inflation has stayed stubbornly above the Federal Reserve's target, and mortgage rates near 7% continue to weigh on the housing market. Under normal circumstances, you'd expect that combination to pressure corporate earnings. Instead, many companies continue to beat Wall Street expectations...
The current economic environment still looks somewhat disconnected from reality. Oil prices remain elevated, inflation has stayed stubbornly above the Federal Reserve's target, and mortgage rates near 7% continue to weigh on the housing market. Under normal circumstances, you'd expect that combination to pressure corporate earnings. Instead, many companies continue to beat Wall Street expectations. In fact, roughly 84% of S&P 500 companies reporting first-quarter earnings exceeded analysts' earnings-per-share (EPS) estimates. Continue reading
NVIDIA, Foxconn and Taiwan Medical Centers Bring Agentic and Physical AI to ‘Healthy Taiwan’ Foxconn is deploying NVIDIA AI across Taiwan’s leading medical centers, transitioning from using individual AI tools to coordinated AI agent workforces that help clinicians reason, document and orchestrate care. News Summary: Foxconn is deploying NVIDIA AI across Taiwan’s leading medical centers, transitio...
NVIDIA, Foxconn and Taiwan Medical Centers Bring Agentic and Physical AI to ‘Healthy Taiwan’ Foxconn is deploying NVIDIA AI across Taiwan’s leading medical centers, transitioning from using individual AI tools to coordinated AI agent workforces that help clinicians reason, document and orchestrate care. News Summary: Foxconn is deploying NVIDIA AI across Taiwan’s leading medical centers, transitioning from using individual AI tools to coordinated AI agent workforces that help clinicians reason,
Five people have died and two others were injured in a fire at a factory operated by South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, authorities said on Monday. The two survivors, including one who was badly burned, had escaped from the facility themselves, a fire official told a briefing. “Authorities have yet to identify the victims because their bodies were severely damaged,” a health o...
Five people have died and two others were injured in a fire at a factory operated by South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace in the city of Daejeon, authorities said on Monday. The two survivors, including one who was badly burned, had escaped from the facility themselves, a fire official told a briefing. “Authorities have yet to identify the victims because their bodies were severely damaged,” a health official told the same briefing. A fire official said that an explosion had triggered the blaze,...
ronniechua China’s economic recovery flashed mixed signals in May 2026, with a strong rebound in the services sector and resilient private manufacturing offsetting a flattening official factory gauge burdened by weak domestic demand and geopolitical headwinds. The RatingDog China Manufacturing PMI eased to 51.8 from April’s over five-year high of 52.2. However, it comfortably outperformed market e...
ronniechua China’s economic recovery flashed mixed signals in May 2026, with a strong rebound in the services sector and resilient private manufacturing offsetting a flattening official factory gauge burdened by weak domestic demand and geopolitical headwinds. The RatingDog China Manufacturing PMI eased to 51.8 from April’s over five-year high of 52.2. However, it comfortably outperformed market expectations of 51.4, signaling continued expansion among smaller, private-sector firms. China General Manufacturing PMI YaoYu, Founder at RatingDog, said, "Business sentiment regarding the 12-month outlook for production held optimistic. Confidence moderated slightly from April but was broadly in line with the average for the year to date, supported by expectations of higher market demand, rising new orders, and business expansion." The government's official NBS Manufacturing PMI edged down to 50.0 from 50.3 in April, perfectly matching market forecasts. The official NBS Non-Manufacturing PMI jumped to 50.1 from 49.4 in April. This beat the market consensus of 49.5 and successfully pushed the services sector back into growth territory. Driven by the service sector's revival, China’s NBS Composite PMI Output Index ticked up to 50.5 from 50.1 in April. This marks the third consecutive month of overall business activity growth for the world's second-largest economy. On Monday, the Shanghai Composite fell 0.4% to 4,053, its lowest level in over a month, while the Shenzhen Component rose 0.3% to 15,622 , and the offshore yuan edged lower to around 6.76 per dollar, retreating from a more than three-year high reached in the previous session, as investors weighed mixed PMI data. ETFs: (NYSEARCA: FXI ), (NYSEARCA: KWEB ), (NYSEARCA: CQQQ ), (NASDAQ: MCHI ), (NYSEARCA: ASHR ), (NYSEARCA: YINN ), (NYSE: TDF ), (NYSEARCA: CHIQ ), (NYSEARCA: GXC ), (NYSEARCA: EWH ), (NYSEARCA: KBA ), (NYSEARCA: YANG ), (NASDAQ: CXSE ), (NYSE: CAF ), (NYSEARCA: CWEB ), (NASDAQ: PGJ ), (NYSEARCA: KURE ). ...