Alistair Fairweather: Machine unlearning

Big tech is in for a big correction

The binge in VR spending tells us much the same story as the mania for AI – that the tech giants are out of ideas.

The LLM poisoning risk

When it comes to LLMs, skepticism may be our best defence.

The most credible threat to AI investors is also the most mundane.

It's tempting to see Epic as a folk hero, but the case is about corporations wrestling over who gets to charge billions of consumers for content.

We should expect that most systems that rely on reviews and feedback, from shopping to movies to hotels, are already compromised.

Giving the UK government access to Apple's Advanced Data Protection would set an incredibly dangerous precedent.

For all the billions spent on research, there isn’t even general consensus on how to achieve the most fundamental aspects of quantum computing.

Australia’s social media law is long on good intentions, but short on practicalities.

The co-founder of the WordPress CMS is acting like a petty tyrant, and is risking the entire ecosystem.

Two courts have ruled against Google, which is good news for customers and rivals, but devising practical remedies is going to be a challenge.

How a lone coder uncovered a Linux backdoor that could have sent shockwaves through the open source supply chain.

Most people are terrible at thinking up and remembering passwords. Enter passkeys.