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Peter Mandelson calls past remarks about Trump ‘ill-judged and wrong’
Speaking to Fox News on Wednesday morning, Lord Mandelson said Trump had won “fresh respect” with his “dynamism …
My wife, Victoria Smillie, who has died aged 75, was a force of nature. In 1972, under her earlier married name of Lesley Mitchell, she was one of five women (nicknamed the “Watford Five”) invited by the Women in Media group to take on the task of presenting the “acceptable” …
Chinese firms ‘distilling’ US AI models to create rival products, warns OpenAI
OpenAI has warned that Chinese startups are “constantly” using its technology to develop competing products, amid reports that DeepSeek used the ChatGPT maker’s AI models to create a rival chatbot.
OpenAI and its partner Microsoft – which has invested $13bn in the San Francisco-based AI developer – have been investigating …
No transparency please, we’re the IOC: Coe makes his pitch for world sport’s top job
It sounds like a brain stumper from a particularly fiendish pub quiz. Which major 2025 election is being fought over by several presidents, a vice-president, a prince, a lord, and a politician from Zimbabwe? And, for good measure, could be won for the first time by someone from Britain?
The …
Europe ‘must not be bullied’ by Trump and Musk on tech laws, NGOs say
A coalition of NGOs has urged the president of the European Commission not to be bullied by Donald Trump and Elon Musk into weakening the enforcement of the EU’s tech regulations.
The letter to Ursula von der Leyen comes after the EU executive played down reports that it was reassessing …
Two people deny charges of damaging Stonehenge during Just Stop Oil protest
Two people have denied charges of damaging Stonehenge with orange powder during a Just Stop Oil protest.
Rajan Naidu, 74, and Niamh Lynch, 22, pleaded not guilty to two charges of damaging an ancient protected monument and causing a public nuisance after the incident on 19 June 2024.
A third …
DeepSeek advances could heighten safety risk, says ‘godfather’ of AI
The potential for artificial intelligence systems to be used for malicious acts is increasing, according to a landmark report by AI experts, with one of the study’s authors warning that DeepSeek and other disruptors could heighten the safety risk.
Yoshua Bengio, regarded as one of the godfathers of modern AI, …
London PhD student raped 10 women he plied with drink or drugs, court told
A student raped 10 women he had plied with alcohol or drugs and videoed his attacks as “souvenirs” for his own gratification, a court has heard.
Zhenhao Zou, 27, a Chinese national, was described as a “predator, voyeur and rapist”. He denies all charges against him.
He was at University …
Kumbh Mela: what is the Hindu ‘festival of festivals’?
Kidnapped Spanish man rescued using photo of steering wheel
Spanish police have rescued a man who was kidnapped and bundled into the boot of a car after he managed to alert his girlfriend by sending her a photo of the vehicle’s steering wheel and a set of coordinates.
On 23 January Policía Nacional officers in the Andalucían province of …