Has the UK government squandered its time in power?

Rishi Sunak is struggling to defend the Conservatives' record as critics argue their 14-year rule has harmed the UK. George Parker explores why, despite some achievements, the period has been marked by austerity, Brexit upheavals, and economic challenges, leading to a Labour lead in the polls. Read by Gary Furlong.

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Have the Tories squandered their years in power?

After landing the deal that launched his company to the front of the artificial intelligence race, tech chief Satya Nadella is spreading his bets. Will it be enough? The Wall Street Journal examines how Microsoft's new arrangement with OpenAI and Inflection will shape the future of technology. Read by Michael Satow.

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Microsoft’s Nadella is building an AI empire. OpenAI was just the first step.

Will high interest rates eventually cause a housing crash? The Economist argues that, unless something drastic changes, the world’s biggest asset class will continue to get bigger. 

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Why house prices are surging once again

Growing awareness about ADHD and autism is reshaping thinking in science, society and medicine. Ian Sample talks to scientists who explain what’s behind the rise – and the best ways to improve neurodivergent lives. Read by Jonathan Booth.

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The truth about ADHD and autism: how many people have it, what causes it, and why are diagnoses soaring?

Tim Harford asks: can you distinguish between a human and a bot?

Everyone loves a good conversation. However, anyone attempting to have one online should understand that complexity, context, and ambiguity do not play well on social media. And for literal creatures like chatbots, it's even more challenging. Faced with the difficult task of creating a bot that could convincingly masquerade as a human, the obvious tactic is to increase the programming complexity.

Nevertheless, in 1989 a UCD undergraduate discovered an alternative method: reduce the sophistication of the human. Tim Harford examines the legacy of MGonz, the chatbot troll that bypassed all the prerequisites for a good conversation by using insults, which need neither context nor memory to pull off. 