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Don’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite | Gaby Hinsliff

The government says it can transform the state with AI, but it is no match for the resulting stream of machine-generated slop. And we all pay the cost, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Six essential skills employers say job seekers should have to stand out

Experts have identified six key skills that will count as much as qualifications in getting and keeping a job in the coming decade.

China's humanoid robots are stealing the show, but a quieter machine revolution is unfolding

There are more than two million robots working in China's factories - and they are scaling up fast.

National productivity and wellbeing is the output of our creative capacity

Creative degrees may not attract the largest graduate salaries, but you can’t achieve critical national priorities without creative skills. Randall Whittaker and Stephen Farrier make the case for...

Anti-immigration AI videos traced to overseas fakers, BBC finds

"Patriotic" UK anti-immigration social media accounts have been traced to Sri Lanka and Vietnam.

Government backtracks on AI and copyright after outcry

However, the government's position is now unclear, saying it "no longer has a preferred option" for what to do next.

UK ad agencies undergo their biggest exodus of staff as AI threatens industry

Number of employees declined by more than 14% to 24,963 last year, with fall greatest among younger workers

Student loans: why is Martin Lewis clashing with Rachel Reeves?

MoneySavingExpert founder has said changes that will lead to some graduates in England and Wales paying more are ‘not moral’

Meet ‘Amelia’: the AI-generated British schoolgirl who is a far-right social media star

The avatar, created to deter young people from extremism, has been subverted and is breaking out of niche online silos

How much does university cost in the UK and is a degree worth it?

With rising tuition fees and living costs, do higher graduate earnings cover the cost of a degree?

Ten years after his death, is David Bowie’s musical legacy at risk of fading from view?

From the V&A to the Stranger Things finale, the pop icon still looms large – but with lower streaming figures than his peers, how many new listeners are discovering his music?

Minister indicates sympathy for artists in debate over AI and copyright

People rightly want to get get paid for their work, says Liz Kendall, in apparent change of tack to predecessor

‘People still blame me for their perforated eardrums’: how we made the Tango ads

‘Gil Scott-Heron did the closing voiceover. He was giggling away, saying, “You English guys are crazy!”’

Robin Williams' daughter pleads for people to stop sending AI videos of her dad

The filmmaker said it is not what her dad, who died in 2014, would have wanted.

Swearing, booing and spitting: is crowd behaviour out of control?

There was dismay after Rory McIlroy’s wife was hit by a beer at the Ryder Cup. But have crowds always been badly behaved, or is antisocial behaviour getting worse?

'AI slop': Emily Portman and musicians on the mystery of fraudsters releasing songs in their name

Artists on the mystery of being targeted by fraudsters releasing "AI slop" songs in their name.