Tag: united kingdom

• ‘It’s the screams of the damned!’ The eerie AI world of deepfake music

  November 11, 2020

  The song in question not a genuine track, but a convincing fake created by “research and deployment company” OpenAI, whose Jukebox project uses artificial intelligence to generate music, complete with… more ›

• Michael Sandel: ‘The populist backlash has been a revolt against the tyranny of merit’

  November 8, 2020

  Michael Sandel was 18 years old when he received his first significant lesson in the art of politics. The future philosopher was president of the student body at Palisades high… more ›

• ‘Machines set loose to slaughter’: the dangerous rise of military AI

  October 18, 2020

  The video is stark. Two menacing men stand next to a white van in a field, holding remote controls. They open the van’s back doors, and the whining sound of… more ›

• Steve McQueen: ‘Our Marlon Brandos are on building sites, or driving buses’

  October 3, 2020

  Photographer Misan Harriman is gently cajoling actor Shaun Parkes as the sun burns through the morning cloud above St Michael’s church in Ladbroke Grove, west London. “Look at me as… more ›

• ‘We pick your food’: migrant workers speak out from Spain’s ‘Plastic Sea’

  September 27, 2020

  The tens of thousands of migrant workers working in the province are vital to the Spanish economy and pan-European food supply chains. Throughout the pandemic, they have held essential worker… more ›

• How the UK’s “fund of funds” influences investment financing in Africa with a long view

  June 21, 2020

  Major international banks and private equity (PE) houses have been reducing their exposure to Africa in the past few years, but, thankfully for the continent’s startups, not everyone is retreating.… more ›

• Archiving Britain’s Black Communities There’s no limit to our culture

  October 9, 2019

  Before the internet, family photo albums brought out on special occasions would hold the memories of Britain’s Black communities. https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/black-in-the-day/ more ›

• Lifestyle website for Muslim teens is covertly funded by the Home Office

  September 15, 2019

  The revelation about funding of the project has led to a row between its owners, a former Muslim employee and its Muslim audience. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/sep/15/lifestyle-website-for-muslim-teens-is-covertly-funded-by-the-home-office more ›

• Asian billionaires embark on UK spending spree as pound nosedives

  August 23, 2019

  China’s president, Xi Jinping, and David Cameron famously sealed their countries’ “golden era” friendship in 2015 over a pint of Greene King IPA at The Plough at Cadsden, a five-minute… more ›