Robert Booth

OpenAI's London staff each received £2,318,181 on average last year, as the ChatGPT-maker poured Premier League football salaries into its bid to dominate the global AI race.

Workers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then via computer software labelled ‘bossware’. But AI is transforming the capabilities of these systems, processing huge volumes of data to provide minute-by-minute accounts of activity, and productivity. To find out more, Ian Sample hears from UK technology editor Robert Booth. He explains which sectors are adopting this approach, why they are doing it, and how it could end up being counterproductive.

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Adriana Retyte took her own life after viewing ‘high-risk’ material on the video-sharing platform TikTok

Websites around the globe have gone dark after a serious vulnerability was found in a computer language used to build much of the world wide web.

An estimated 70% of websites use the open-source language. What is the identified vulnerability in it?

AI companies have told ministers they have 12 months to head off public opposition to datacentres in the UK or risk US-style protests that could threaten their construction.

Websites around the world have been hit by millions of attempts to exploit a recently discovered vulnerability in their code, cybersecurity companies

An estimated 70% of websites use the open-source language. What is the identified vulnerability in it?

Landmark online safety measures have failed to limit the proportion of children suffering harm from social media, the UK's online regulator has admitted, in an assessment branded “staggering” by campaigners.