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Cambridge college seeks to install 12ft memorial to codebreaker Alan Turing

A Cambridge college has lodged new plans to erect a memorial to wartime codebreaker Alan Turing within its grounds. King’s College said the 12ft (3.6m) sculpture would be designed by Antony Gormley and made of 19 steel blocks, weighing 3.1 tonnes in ...

25 May 2022 at 12:32

Teenager charged with murder after 44-year-old man dies

A teenager has been charged with murder and grievous bodily harm following the death of a 44-year-old man in Buckinghamshire. Thames Valley Police said a 17-year-old boy from Milton Keynes, who cannot be named for legal reasons, has been charged ...

22 Jan 2022 at 00:55

One of the last surviving female codebreakers of Bletchley Park dies aged 99

One of the last surviving female Bletchley Park codebreakers, who worked helping to decipher enemy communications during the Second World War, has died aged 99. Margaret Betts, of Ipswich, Suffolk was 19 years old when she was headhunted by ...

06 Sept 2023 at 11:31

Rishi Sunak announces Bletchley Park as site of autumn AI summit

Rishi Sunak’s autumn summit on artificial intelligence (AI) will be hosted at Bletchley Park, once the top-secret home of Second World War codebreakers. The Prime Minister on Thursday announced the Buckinghamshire site as the location for ...

24 Aug 2023 at 10:46

China invited to Sunak’s AI summit despite Westminster spy row

China has been invited to attend Rishi Sunak’s flagship summit on artificial intelligence (AI) despite tensions with Beijing. Relations with China have been strained by a series of security rows, including the arrest of a parliamentary ...

19 Sept 2023 at 16:53

Government urged to address AI ‘risks’ to avoid ‘spooking’ public

The Government must address the risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI) – including potential threats to national security and the perpetuation of “unacceptable” societal biases – to ensure the public is not “spooked” by ...

31 Aug 2023 at 00:01

Two Second World War veterans celebrate their 100th birthdays together over Zoom

Two Second World War veterans who discovered they were born on the same day have celebrated their 100th birthdays together. Ken Hobbs, who served during D-Day, and Margaret Wilson, a codebreaker at Bletchley Park, first met at the ...

13 Feb 2023 at 11:32

‘No better place’ than Bletchley Park to host world’s first AI safety summit

The UK will host the world’s first summit on artificial intelligence safety this week, bringing government and industry leaders together at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire. The location is significant as it is a key site in the ...

01 Nov 2023 at 00:01

Kamala Harris arrives in the UK ahead of AI safety summit

US Vice President Kamala Harris has arrived in the UK ahead of attending Rishi Sunak’s summit focused on the safe use of artificial intelligence (AI). Ms Harris touched down at Stansted Airport on Tuesday evening with her ...

31 Oct 2023 at 22:31

Vice president Harris sets out measures to limit risk of ‘existential’ AI threat

Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to cause “profound harm” but can also be used to advance human rights and make the world safer, US Vice President Kamala Harris will say. The vice president, visiting the UK ...

01 Nov 2023 at 09:22

King warns of urgent need to ‘combat significant risks of powerful AI’

The King has hailed artificial intelligence (AI) as “one of the greatest technological leaps in the history of human endeavour” but warned of the urgent need to work together to combat its “significant risks”. In a ...

01 Nov 2023 at 13:20

Elon Musk: AI could pose existential risk if it becomes ‘anti-human’

Artificial intelligence (AI) could pose an existential risk if it becomes “anti-human”, Elon Musk has said ahead of a landmark summit on AI safety. The tech billionaire made the comments to podcaster Joe Rogan ...

01 Nov 2023 at 12:09

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