M&S resumes online orders six weeks after cyber-attack
Retailer estimated to have lost about £25m a week after it was forced to pause online shopping
Takeover fever grips City as three UK firms receive US offers
Alphawave, Oxford Ionics and Spectris targeted as flagging share prices leave British companies vulnerable
The ‘death of creativity’? AI job fears stalk advertising industry
WPP and others roll out AI-generated campaigns as Facebook owner Meta plans to let firms create their own ads
WPP chief Mark Read to step down as ad agency battles AI
CEO to leave global advertising group after three decades, with shares at lowest level in about five years
UK campaigners raise alarm over report of Meta plan to use automation for risk checks
Ofcom ‘considering the concerns’ raised after claim that up to 90% of risk assessments will be carried out by AI
UK banks to experiment with Nvidia AI in ‘supercharged sandbox’ scheme
Financial Conduct Authority launches initiative to ‘speed up innovation’ and help spur economic growth
AI plundering scripts poses ‘direct threat’ to UK screen sector, says BFI
Film institute’s report raises fears AI will eliminate junior roles in film, TV, video game and special effects industries
War of words between president and former adviser escalates – as it happened
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UK sales of new Tesla cars slump by more than a third amid Musk backlash
Electric carmaker sold 36% fewer cars year on year in May as it loses ground to China’s BYD and other rivals
Amazon ‘testing humanoid robots to deliver packages’
Tech firm is building ‘humanoid park’ in US to try out robots, which could ‘spring out’ of its vans
BBC and Sky bosses criticise plans to let AI firms use copyrighted material
Media corporations call for opt-in rule and say companies must set up licensing deals before accessing creative works
AI, bot farms and innocent indie victims: how music streaming became a hotbed of fraud and fakery
Fraudsters use fake artists to juice royalties from streaming services – but real musicians are getting blamed. Might they be better off without Spotify et al?
Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women
When social media first exploded, we missed our chance to protect women and girls. Now history is repeating itself, says Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism
AI pioneer announces non-profit to develop ‘honest’ artificial intelligence
Yoshua Bengio’s organisation plans to create system to act as guardrail against AI agents trying to deceive humans
Facebook and Instagram owner Meta to enable AI ad creation by end of next year
Move sends shock waves through traditional media industry by posing threat to advertising agencies