1+ hour, 30+ min ago   (594+ words) Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans The Register of British Slave Traders is the product of three years of research by a team of historians into all known investors in Britain’s…...

1+ hour, 35+ min ago   (713+ words) Adolescence co-writer criticises government inaction and calls for laws banning secret use of AI to generate scripts Jack Thorne, one of Britain’s most successful screen and stage writers, has warned that some people in his profession are using AI “to…...

1+ hour, 38+ min ago   (830+ words) After apocalyptic warnings about the threats posed by AI, leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s calls to ‘slow the pace’ Facing a public uproar over Anthropic researchers’ repeated warnings that artificial intelligence could kill…...

1+ hour, 39+ min ago   (1624+ words) Exclusive: New research identifies thousands who profited from trafficking enslaved Africans and traces some financial links to institutions still operating today The enormous scale of Britain’s centuries-long trafficking of enslaved African people, supported by parliament and the monarchy, has been…...

2+ hour, 26+ min ago   (324+ words) A bloated ballroom, a six-storey military HQ, a helipad-cum-cocktail patio, a gilded angel on a giant arch honouring himself … our architecture critic deplores the decorator-in-chief’s mutilation of Washington The bloated White House ballroom is the most emblematic project of Trump’s…...

2+ hour, 37+ min ago   (143+ words) Many hoped that the march of technology would usher in an egalitarian utopia – but some foresaw the threat it would pose to liberal society. Why did nobody listen?By Jill Lepore. Read by Laurel LefkowRead the text version hereSupport the…...

2+ hour, 41+ min ago   (677+ words) There are several answers, and none of them will be provided by tech. One thing we must do is identify the ingredients for human flourishing To imagine the future as being almost entirely bleak has somehow crept into the collective…...

8+ hour, 11+ min ago   (810+ words) Love of Your Life review – Margaret Qualley eats, grieves and loves in Amazon’s transporting saga theguardian.com Love of Your Life review – Margaret Qualley eats, grieves and loves in Amazon’s transporting saga Toronto film festival: the actor gives one of…...

4+ hour, 16+ min ago   (143+ words) A series of figures in the tech world have been warning about – and even resigning over – the existential threat posed by AI. How worried should we be? With technology editor Robert Booth Ten per cent. That’s the risk, more or…...

4+ hour, 40+ min ago   (568+ words) Climate change is testing health systems. At the University of Melbourne, research-informed learning is helping health professionals build the skills they need to respond. When Lucinda Woodward, an accident and emergency nurse, made good on her “life dream” to visit…...