Sophie Braybrook

A tropical cyclone, made stronger by climate change causing rising ocean temperatures, has killed hundreds of people in Mayotte, a French department in the Indian Ocean. The island’s top government official told the local broadcaster that the death toll may yet rise to near 1,000.

The amount of AI-generated child sexual abuse content is “chilling” and reaching a “tipping point”, according to the Internet Watch Foundation.

The right-wing Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni is suing a father and his son for allegedly making deepfake pornographic videos of her.

British Parliament would look very different if votes cast in the 2024 election were directly translated into seats. But is proportional representation really more democratic than first past the post? And do the British public actually want to change our voting system?

AI is going to take our jobs – that’s a worry for people around the world, and even more so since powerful tools like ChatGPT, Midjourney and Bard have exploded into our workplaces.

When Matthew Fowler set up the Covid-19 Bereaved Families for Justice campaign, it started as a Facebook support group of 6 people. But by March 2021, it had evolved into a registered organisation with a small team. 

What’s it like to get an AI girlfriend, and why are millions of people around the world doing it?