AI can be brilliant when put to proper use but it also has some major downsides

Picture the scene: man forms bond with AI therapist. AI therapist coaches man to tragic end. It could be a Black Mirror episode. Only, this isn’t pure fiction. Increasingly, worryingly, men are outsourcing their mental health needs to non-sentient AI chatbots. Is this the future of therapy or a step closer to a dystopian future?

I haven’t written an article focused on AI since issue 353, when naturally I talked mostly about the television series Quantum Leap and its AI Ziggy. Sadly, Quantum Leap is now no more – the reboot le

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS FUNDAMENTALLY RESHAPING HOW WE APPROACH THE MOST ROUTINE OF TASKS — INCLUDING GETTING DRESSED. LAUREN COCHRANE EXPLORES WHAT THIS MEANS FOR OUR WARDROBES

When people think of AI they largely think of text-based chatbots such as ChatGPT. But chatbots are only scratching the surface of what’s possible with the tsunami of AI tools that are flooding onto t

Apple has promised a big AI update in 2026, and Graham Barlow feels nervous