4+ hour, 58+ min ago   (594+ words) Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans The Register of British Slave Traders is the product of three years of research by a team of historians into all known investors in Britain’s…...

5+ hour, 6+ min ago   (830+ words) After apocalyptic warnings about the threats posed by AI, leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s calls to ‘slow the pace’ Facing a public uproar over Anthropic researchers’ repeated warnings that artificial intelligence could kill…...

14+ hour, 22+ min ago   (42+ words) The Guardian Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. The Gospel According to Paul: The Second Coming ‘Funny, sharp, emotional and flamboyant’: embodying PJK...

13+ hour, 9+ min ago   (477+ words) Follow the day’s news live Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Australian households could save $5,000 a year by electrifying their homes and cars, AAP reports, and more than 30 organisations will call for incentives and stronger…...

17+ hour, 11+ min ago   (490+ words) From the Trump administration to AI experts, plans by the Anthropic boss to boost safety have spawned a largely negative response OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back slowdown on ‘reckless’ AI development Editorial: controlling AI – humanity cannot outsource its survival…...

18+ hour, 40+ min ago   (626+ words) Harborne and Delo’s cash could buy a massive head start in an election, but spending big has possible pitfalls Nigel Farage once said he could spend his £5m gift from Christopher Harborne on Ferraris if he wanted to, given its unconditional…...

19+ hour, 7+ min ago   (567+ words) ‘Red lines’ legislation would forbid defence equipment technology or services being used, includes parts for F-35 fighter jets Crossbench MPs including David Pocock and Sophie Scamps will put pressure on the Albanese government to ban Australian goods from being used…...

20+ hour, 3+ min ago   (760+ words) Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchers The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survival Sam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of…...

21+ hour, 5+ min ago   (691+ words) The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers the art of soothsaying, prognostication and futurism This week’s question: What would be the most useful superpower? I have a copy of a primary school reading book from the…...

22+ hour, 35+ min ago   (409+ words) Angela Rayner says manifesto pledge is not being dropped but focus is now on building council houses The government is unlikely to meet its target of building 1.5m homes, Angela Rayner has acknowledged, saying there was only a “slim chance” enough…...