AI isn’t undermining university, it’s exposing it May 29, 2025 The crisis in universities didn’t start with ChatGPT, it began when the acquisition of knowledge became a transaction. To tackle it, universities should rediscover their foundational purpose: intellectual innovation, says Eliza Filby Universities are at a tipping point with AI. One recent survey found 88 per cent of students have used Gen AI for written [...]
The death of deep thinking: What generative AI is doing to your future team May 27, 2025 AI is reshaping education at a structural level, but the implications are beginning to show beyond lecture halls. Tools like ChatGPT become embedded in academic routines, students are increasingly outsourcing the work of ideation, synthesis and long-form writing to machines. What used to be learned slowly, through the hard graft of writing and revising, is [...]
Sir Jony Ive joins Altman’s OpenAI in $6.5bn deal May 22, 2025 OpenAI has announced the launch of its io Products, founded by former Apple chief designer Sir Jony Ive and Sam Altman, in a deal valued at $6.5bn. The agreement brings one of the world’s most influential product designers into OpenAI’s leadership as the artificial intelligence (AI) company expands into consumer hardware. Under the deal, OpenAI [...]
The Debate: Should we use ChatGPT in the classroom? May 21, 2025 Labour had pledged to put the UK at the forefront a revolution in AI and edtech, but should we really be using ChatGPT in the classroom?
Alphabet slides as Apple eyes Google overhaul – and UK probe looms May 8, 2025 Alphabet – Google’s parent company – suffered its worst drop in shares since October on Wednesday, falling 7.5 per cent after the iPhone maker, Apple, revealed a historic sip in Safari search and hinted to a strategic shift to AI-powered rivals. This move may be the first signs of the end for Google’s long held [...]
Meta launches ChatGPT rival app ahead of key earnings April 29, 2025 Meta platforms debuted its standalone AI app on Tuesday, marking its most direct move yet against OpenAI’s ChatGPT – and doing so just 24 hours ahead of its first earnings report of the year. The app, built on Meta’s llama models, features on AI assistant, image generation, and a ‘discover’ feed to showcase user prompts, [...]
Dolls, brands and biases: How businesses are using AI image generation April 26, 2025 In recent weeks, a viral trend has emerged, where people use AI to create their own personalised barbie-like dolls, using platforms like ChatGPT. What started as a fun, self-expression experiment soon gained popularity, giving rise to a phenomenon now dubbed “barbification”. The trend allowed users to transform themselves into digital dolls, creating hyper-realised versions of [...]
The Capitalist: Next Pope odds, ChatGPT etiquette and miserable Brits April 24, 2025 Papal betting, ChatGPT etiquette and miserable Brits; catch up on the latest City gossip in this week's edition of The Capitalist.
OpenAI cuts safety tests in ‘reckless’ AI push April 11, 2025 OpenAI has slashed the time it will spend testing its most powerful artificial intelligence (AI) models, raising concern that the $300bn company is prioritising speed over safety in the global AI arms race. Once known for its rigorous approach to AI risk, OpenAI is now giving safety evaluators just days – sometimes even less than [...]
OpenAI countersues Musk as Altman feud escalates April 10, 2025 OpenAI has filed a counter-lawsuit against Elon Musk accusing the Tesla and X chief of attempting a hostile takeover. The claim, under “further unlawful and unfair action”, also cited orchestrating a campaign of harassment, designed to derail the AI company’s transition to a for-profit model. The legal filing, submitted on 9 April, 2025, in a [...]