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AI ‘Could Kill Us All’. So Why Is Nobody Slowing Down?

Ash Sarkar

AI insiders warn the technology is ‘gambling with our lives’. But in the competition between saving humanity and preserving the economy, the economy wins, writes Ash Sarkar.

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King’s College London Used Private Security to Monitor Campaign in Support of Suspended Pro-Palestine Student

Harriet Williamson

The university has now reinstated Usama Ghanem.

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Tommy Robinson’s Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia

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Robinson’s supporter base is being ‘operationalised’.

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Lloyds Bank Denies Palestine Action Prisoner’s Mum Mortgage Over ‘Adverse Media’

Harriet Williamson

It also debanked Ellie Kamio while she was on remand.

Greens Pick Zack Polanski to Stand in Byelection

British Adults Overwhelmingly Support UK Ban on Illegal Israeli Settler Imports

Anti-Migrant Protesters Invade Hotel of Pakistani Cricket Team

Second Mass Funeral in a Month Held for Gaza Children

Met Police Launch Investigation Into Reform Donations

Anthropic Researcher Warns AI ‘Could Kill Us All Within a Decade’

Zack Polanski Demands Full Release of Report Warning of Ecosystem Collapse

Cory Doctorow on the Big AI Lie

Michael Walker meets Cory Doctorow

Is AI the scam of the century?

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Elites Have No Plan for Climate Change

Aaron Bastani meets Bill McGuire

Veteran natural disaster expert on the coming storm.

The Journalist Who Terrifies Corporate America

Ash Sarkar meets Amy Goodman

Understanding how elites silence dissent.

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How Britain’s Fragile Coastal Communities Are Reclaiming Power

Nadia Idle meets Hazel Sheffield

Neglected seaside towns are reimagining their economies.

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Far Right Brands Lifeboat Volunteers “Traitors”

RNLI volunteers branded “traitors” by far right agitators.

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Trump Promises Hunk of Cash at Republican Convention

Ed Miliband Defiant Against Critics of Settler Sanctions

Israel Furious Over New UK Sanctions on Illegal Settlements

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Zack Polanski Wants Keir Starmer’s Old Seat

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US Declares Palestine Action a Global Terror Group

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US Globalises Economic War With Iran

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Revealed: New UK Datacentre’s Massive Carbon Footprint

IDF Opens Criminal Investigation Into Murder of Hind Rajab

Labour Could Lose 50 Seats Over North Sea Oil

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Cory Doctorow on the Big AI Lie

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What Did the Situationists Achieve?

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What Does Self-Knowledge Look Like? Reading Marcus Aurelius

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Are You Resilient Enough to Face the Future?

Can humans and animals flourish in the ruins of capitalism?

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Zack Polanski

Can the Greens Win in Keir Starmer’s Old Seat?

Palestine Action Prisoners to Appeal ‘Terrorist’ Sentences

The UK Isn’t Serious About West Bank Settler Violence

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The Far Right Is Surging in Germany – and at Home

Israeli Soldiers Dress As Pro-Palestinian Protesters to Trick US Students

Armed Israeli Settlers Kidnap British Activist

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Gaza Genocide a Factor for Majority of Progressive Voters Abandoning Labour, New Polling Shows

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The Military Should Stop Wasting Money Before Demanding More of It

8 Things Andy Burnham Should Do in His First 100 Days As Prime Minister

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Disability Charity Sacks Employee for Palestine Protest, Citing ‘Brand Reputation’

The Blueprint for System Change

Democrats Whined About Trump. Zohran Mamdani Offered an Alternative

Conservative Party

Analysis

10 Seats to Watch in the Local Elections

How Many More Tory Defectors Can Reform Absorb?

Exposing the Israeli Capture of British Politics

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Tommy Robinson's Right-Hand Man Is Turning Online Hate Into an Anti-Migrant Militia

If Andy Burnham Ignores the Climate, He’ll Do So at His Peril

Ignore the Pageantry - Keir Starmer is Leaving Power in Disgrace

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Multiculturalism Will Save the Working Class

How Britain's Fragile Coastal Communities Are Reclaiming Power

Is This Podcast the Problem?

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Elites Have No Plan for Climate Change

Ex-Oil Engineer Turned Climate Whistleblower: We Face Collapse.

How China Wins the Resource War

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Who Won the War on Drugs?

Britain’s Year of Arresting Pensioners As Terrorists Has Taken a Hatchet to Our Civil Liberties

Yankification Is Poisoning British Culture

Housing

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You Will Rent Forever. Here’s Why.

An Israeli Property Fair Is Still Advertising Illegal West Bank Homes to Brits

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What Did the Situationists Achieve?

King’s College London Used Private Security to Monitor Campaign in Support of Suspended Pro-Palestine Student

127: Help! I Think My Friend Is in Love With Me?!

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Why Do British Seaside Towns Vote Reform?

Are We Living Through a New Era of British Weirdness?

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Melania Is Far-Right Propaganda. Thankfully, Nobody's Buying It

Today’s Public Intellectuals Are More Likely to Serve Power Than Challenge It

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