My deathbot’s a compulsive liar

PERSONAL ADVENTURES IN GAMES

In last month’s column (see issue 375, p113), I mentioned I had attended FixFest 2025 (tinyurl. com/376fixfest), a two-day international repair conference organised by those lovely people at the Resta

My grandfather Brian has been an avid reader of PC Pro ever since I can remember. Reading through your magazines and chatting about the latest and greatest tech used to be a staple of my visits to him

Budget fiasco: That the whole of Wednesday’s Budget was erroneously published by the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) an hour before chancellor Rachel Reeves (pictured) stood up to give her spee

With the rise of generative AI, human-machine relationships are no longer merely a trope in sci-fi films and novels. From virtual friendships to confiding in chatbot therapists, why are so many people turning to AI for connection and companionship?

Reading Laura Mauro’s “Japanese Toilet Ghosts” [FT459:30-35], reminded me of a less well known fear in the Western world, which –according to the modern rabbinical Internet resource site TheTorah.com