4+ hour, 43+ 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…...

4+ hour, 45+ min ago   (1189+ words) From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade Enslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians…...

4+ hour, 51+ 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…...

5+ hour, 54+ 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…...

7+ hour, 30+ 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…...

16+ hour, 56+ min ago   (490+ words) From the Trump administration to AI experts, plans by the Anthropic boss to boost safety have spawned a largely negative response OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back slowdown on ‘reckless’ AI development Editorial: controlling AI – humanity cannot outsource its survival…...

23+ hour, 7+ min ago   (185+ words) The Guardian 'It's important Israelis watch this film': NAZA director's speech at Venice film festival – video Woman Unknown wins Venice film festival as NAZA takes special jury prize double quotation mark Bold and bravura choices as Venice celebrates A Woman…...

18+ hour, 46+ min ago   (1129+ words) Scientists say good rainfall and growing resistance to viruses are to blame for increasing rabbit populations around the country Jojo the rabbit-detecting dog is working eight days on, two days off, running up to 20 kilometres a day chasing rabbits in…...

19+ hour, 48+ min ago   (760+ words) Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (551+ words) Royal guards carry casket through streets of Fort Portal amid row over appointment of Edward Rukidi Kijanangoma Uganda’s King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, long the world’s youngest monarch, has been buried among the tombs of his royal forebears…...