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British newspaper editorial cartoon showing a smiling Andy Burnham pushing a wheelbarrow overflowing with gold pound coins towards a queue of AI robots outside the Houses of Parliament. Each robot holds out its hands and wears a placard identifying a government AI funding programme and its announced allocation.

AI Policy

Britain Wants an AI Plan for Every Postcode. What Is Actually Funded?

Britain has outlined new AI funding for local projects, cyber defences and research into changing jobs. The announcement contains specific amounts and ambitions, but workers will want to know what

Stuart Kerr 27 Oct 2026

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AI & Science

Robots Are Learning to Spot the Tiny Worms That Ravage Crops

Microscopic worms attack crop roots where farmers cannot easily see them. Cambridge scientists are using robots and machine vision to examine how plants resist the parasites, with hopes of improving

Stuart Kerr 27 Oct 2026

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AI & Society

AI Helped People Finish a Task. Then They Struggled Without It

In controlled experiments, people using AI often performed better while help was available but were more likely to struggle or give up when it disappeared. The result raises a practical

Stuart Kerr 27 Oct 2026

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British editorial cartoon showing an OpenAI employee wheeling a sad, retired Custom GPT robot out of OpenAI headquarters while a menacing, Terminator-style Plugin robot with glowing red eyes stands waiting with its arms crossed.

Big Tech

Custom GPTs Are Being Retired. Creators Have a December Deadline

OpenAI plans to retire custom GPTs and move their functions towards plugins. Existing creations still work for now, but owners and users need to check dates, permissions and what may

Stuart Kerr 27 Oct 2026

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AI & Science

Researchers Can Now Print Touch Sensors Straight Into a Lamp

MIT researchers have designed a way to print sensing structures directly inside flexible everyday objects. A lamp or glove can register movement without a separate sensor being fitted afterwards, although

Stuart Kerr 27 Oct 2026

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AI & Science

Nobody Gave These AI Agents a Game. They Invented Their Own

MIT researchers put AI-controlled characters on a virtual island without a task to complete. They built towers, explored and invented challenges. The experiment asks whether machine play can become a

Stuart Kerr 27 Oct 2026

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