Future advances in AI technology could destroy or catastrophically harm humanity, a researcher told the NYT OpenAI is aware of major risks if it succeeds in building an artificial general intelligence (AGI) system, but is ignoring them, Daniel Kokotajlo, a former researcher at the US technology firm, has warned in an interview with the New…

Britain’s real wages, which factor in inflation, are expected fall back almost to a two-decade low The average pay of a British employee next year will drop to a level last seen in 2006, according to the latest report on the UK economy by multinational consultancy PwC, released earlier this week.

A Kremlin spokesman says Kiev should clear mines from its ports and begin shipping Russian military forces are not blocking grain shipments from Ukraine, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday, as quoted by Interfax. He said the ports have been mined by the Ukrainian military, which prevents ships from going out to sea.