Researchers have discovered a rare new type of diabetes that affects babies early in life. The condition is caused by changes in a single gene that prevent insulin-producing cells from working properly. When these cells… Read more: Scientists uncover a hidden type of diabetes in newborns

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History buffs are no doubt familiar with the story of Shadrack Byfield, a rank-and-file British redcoat who fought during the War of 1812 and lost his left arm to a musket ball for his trouble.… Read more: A British redcoat’s lost memoir resurfaces

Satellites rarely fail in dramatic ways. Most stop working because they run out of fuel. The electronics, antennas, and payload often remain fully functional. But once fuel is depleted, a satellite can no longer hold… Read more: Bengaluru-Based Aule Space is Building ‘Jetpacks’ to Save Dying Satellites

The news is a blow for Thinking Machines Lab. Two narratives are already emerging about what happened.

Microsoft has fixed a vulnerability in its Copilot AI assistant that allowed hackers to pluck a host of sensitive user data with a single click on a URL. The hackers in this case were white-hat… Read more: A single click mounted a covert, multistage attack against Copilot

A measles outbreak in South Carolina that began in October is now wildly accelerating, doubling in just the past week to a total of 434 cases, with 409 people currently in quarantine. Amid the outbreak,… Read more: SC measles outbreak has gone berserk: 124 cases since Friday, 409 quarantined

This week, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth touted their desire to “make Star Trek real”—while unconsciously reminding us of what the utopian science fiction franchise is fundamentally about. Their Tuesday… Read more: Pentagon’s “Arsenal of Freedom” tour borrows name from Star Trek episode—about killer AI

Serene Lee/Getty Images Cut the words “please” and “thank you” from your next ChatGPT query and, if you believe some of the talk online, you might think you are helping save the planet. The idea… Read more: Does adding ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ to your ChatGPT prompts really waste energy?

The prices that Americans paid for subscription- and rental-based access to video streaming services and video games increased 29 percent from December 2024 to December 2025, according to data that the US Department of Labor’s… Read more: Federal data underscores meteoric rise of streaming subscription prices in 2025

After weeks of sexualized images of women and children being generated with Grok with very limited interventions from Elon Musk’s xAI, California Attorney General Rob Bonta plans to investigate whether Grok’s outputs break any US… Read more: Musk claims Grok made “literally zero” naked child sex images as probes begin

The US House of Representatives, that glorious and efficient gathering of We the People, has been hit with yet another scandal. Like most (non-sexual) House scandals, the allegations here involve personal enrichment. Unlike most (non-sexual)… Read more: US gov’t: House sysadmin stole 200 phones, caught by House IT desk

The FBI searched a Washington Post reporter’s home and seized her work and personal devices as part of an investigation into what Attorney General Pam Bondi called “illegally leaked information from a Pentagon contractor.” Executing… Read more: FBI fights leaks by seizing Washington Post reporter’s phone, laptops, and watch

Since the days of Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, the humble first-person shooter has flourished in myriad and complex directions. The genre has expanded in narrative and gameplay terms to include everything from sprawling sci-fi epics… Read more: I can’t stop shooting Oddcore’s endless waves of weird little guys

Back in December, Elon Musk’s pet chatbot Grok made headlines for casually distributing the private addresses and phone numbers of everyday people, scraping data from public sources with unsettling ease while other AI models refused.… Read more: Grok Is Getting Access to Classified Military Networks

The MIT Siegel Family Quest for Intelligence (SQI), a research unit in the MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, brings together researchers from across MIT who combine their diverse expertise to understand intelligence through tightly coupled… Read more: At MIT, a continued commitment to understanding intelligence

Generative artificial intelligence models have left such an indelible impact on digital content creation that it’s getting harder to recall what the internet was like before it. You can call on these AI tools for… Read more: Generative AI tool helps 3D print personal items that sustain daily use

Since 2008, Stack Overflow has been an immensely helpful resource for developers, allowing them to crowdsource answers to their coding questions — and resulting in a vast online repository of coding knowledge. But as Dev… Read more: AI Has Basically Killed Stack Overflow

The AI industry continues to pour tens of billions of dollars into resource-intensive models and the infrastructure to run them. In the face of it all, their promises of kickstarting a technological revolution that could… Read more: Financial Expert Says OpenAI Is on the Verge of Running Out of Money

AI tool made by Elon Musk’s xAI makes it easy to harass women with deepfake images, says state’s top attorney California authorities have announced an investigation into the output of Elon Musk’s Grok. The state’s… Read more: California attorney general investigates Musk’s Grok AI over lewd fake images

On Tuesday, Bandcamp announced on Reddit that it will no longer permit AI-generated music on its platform. “Music and audio that is generated wholly or in substantial part by AI is not permitted on Bandcamp,”… Read more: Bandcamp bans purely AI-generated music from its platform

Civilization VII is coming to the iPhone and iPad, Apple and publisher 2K announced today. Formally titled Sid Meier’s Civilization VII Arcade Edition, it is developed by Behaviour Interactive with input from original developer Firaxis… Read more: Civilization VII is headed to iPhone and iPad with “Arcade Edition”

Musk attempts to recast AI tool’s misuse. Plus, tech billionaires plot against a proposed California tax on their fortunes Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor for the Guardian.… Read more: Elon Musk’s stubborn spin on Grok’s sexualized images controversy

🌘 Subscribe to 404 Media to get The Abstract, our newsletter about the most exciting and mind-boggling science news and studies of the week. Astronomers think they have solved the puzzle of so-called “little red… Read more: Strange ‘Little Red Dots’ in Space Have a Mind-Boggling Explanation, Scientists Discover

AI models are getting so good at finding vulnerabilities that some experts say the tech industry might need to rethink how software is built.

New polling suggests 58% of Britons think X should be banned in the UK if the social network fails to crack down on nonconsensual images Elon Musk’s X is understood to have told the government… Read more: X ‘acting to comply with UK law’ after outcry over sexualised images

Bush Legend/The Conversation The self-described “Bush Legend” on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram is growing in popularity. These short and sharp videos feature an Aboriginal man – sometimes painted up in ochre, other times in an… Read more: This TikTok star sharing Australian animal stories doesn’t exist – it’s AI Blakface

Google has toyed with personalized answers in Gemini, but that was just a hint of what was to come. Today, the company is announcing extensive “personal intelligence” in Gemini that allows the chatbot to connect… Read more: Gemini can now scan your photos, email, and more to provide better answers

A 14,400-year-old wolf puppy’s last meal is shedding light on the last days of one of the Ice Age’s most iconic megafauna species, the woolly rhinoceros. When researchers dissected the frozen mummified remains of an… Read more: Scientists sequence a woolly rhino genome from a 14,400-year-old wolf’s stomach

A New York man is suing Prenuvo, a celebrity-endorsed whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provider, claiming that the company missed clear signs of trouble in his $2,500 whole-body scan—and if it hadn’t, he could have… Read more: Man got $2,500 whole-body MRI that found no problems—then had massive stroke

Have a nice day Photo/Shutterstock Governments across the world want AI to do more of the heavy lifting when it comes to public services. The plan is apparently to make make things much more efficient,… Read more: Governments are rushing to embrace AI. They should think twice

Ink Drop/Shutterstock Around the turn of the century, the internet underwent a transformation dubbed “web 2.0”. The world wide web of the 1990s had largely been read-only: static pages, hand-built homepages, portal sites with content… Read more: Wikipedia at 25: can its original ideals survive in the age of AI?

AI tool faces growing global scrutiny over the spread of nonconsensual sexual images of women and minors on X Elon Musk said on Wednesday he was not aware of any “naked underage images” generated by… Read more: Musk claims he was unaware of Grok generating explicit images of minors

Rumors are running rampant online that Matt and Ross Duffer used OpenAI’s ChatGPT when producing the last season of “Stranger Things” after fans zoomed on a still from a behind-the-scenes documentary that appears to show… Read more: Duffer Brothers Accused of Using ChatGPT for Final Season of “Stranger Things”

Scientists are taking a closer look at monk fruit and discovering it’s more than just a sugar substitute. New research shows its peel and pulp contain a rich mix of antioxidants and bioactive compounds that… Read more: This sweet fruit is packed with hidden health compounds

A new discovery may explain why so many people abandon cholesterol-lowering statins because of muscle pain and weakness. Researchers found that certain statins can latch onto a key muscle protein and trigger a tiny but… Read more: Scientists finally uncover why statins cause muscle pain

Color us shocked: pretty much everyone hates that Elon Musk’s Grok has been digitally undressing photos of adults and children. At least that’s the case in the UK, providing the closest thing we’ve currently got… Read more: Opposition to Elon Musk’s AI Stripping Clothing Off Children Is Nearly Universal, Polling Shows

After repeatedly denying for weeks that his force used AI tools, the chief constable of the West Midlands police has finally admitted that a hugely controversial decision to ban Maccabi Tel Aviv football fans from… Read more: Deny, deny, admit: UK police used Copilot AI “hallucination” when banning football fans

Airbnb has appointed Ahmad Al-Dahle as its new chief technology officer, effective January 14, 2026, the company announced on Wednesday. Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky said Al-Dahle would lead the company’s technology and engineering… Read more: Airbnb Names Meta Generative AI Head Ahmad Al-Dahle as CTO

Large language models have a memory problem. Sure, they can process thousands of tokens at once, but ask them about something from last week’s conversation, and they’re lost. Even worse? Try asking them why something… Read more: AI agents struggle with “why” questions: a memory-based fix

When self-employed software engineer Nick Benson put out the call for dashcams online, he thought he’d get maybe 10 people to donate. More than 500 have shown up on his front porch in suburban Minneapolis.… Read more: How One Guy Crowdsourced More Than 500 Dashcams for Minneapolis to Film ICE

Big tech companies cannot be trusted. It is not enough that they remove harm when they find it – the law must make their systems prevent harm On X, a woman posts a photo in… Read more: Liz Kendall’s response to X ‘nudification’ is good – but not enough to solve the problem | Nana Nwachukwu

Leading Salesforce consulting partner expands cross-cloud capabilities to help clients harness data, AI and analytics to drive transformation and growth. CloudMasonry (website:https://cloudmasonry.com) today announced the formal launch of its Data & AI Practice, and the appointment… Read more: CloudMasonry Launches Data & AI Practice Under Leadership of Landon Harris

A police officer in Colorado used evidence from Flock cameras to wrongfully accuse an innocent woman for package theft, then yelled at her on the phone when she told him she had evidence that exonerated… Read more: Cop Used Flock to Wrongfully Accuse a Woman Then Refused to Look at Evidence That Exonerated Her, Body Camera Shows

A reported DHS leak exposed personal details of about 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol agents after a Minneapolis shooting, raising safety and ethics concerns. The post Leaked Data Exposes Thousands of Border Patrol, ICE Agents… Read more: Leaked Data Exposes Thousands of Border Patrol, ICE Agents After Renee Good Shooting

Scientists have identified a newly recognized threat lurking beneath the ocean’s surface: sudden episodes of underwater darkness that can last days or even months. Caused by storms, sediment runoff, algae blooms, and murky water, these… Read more: “Marine darkwaves”: Hidden ocean blackouts are putting sealife at risk

A massive international brain study has revealed that memory decline with age isn’t driven by a single brain region or gene, but by widespread structural changes across the brain that build up over time. Analyzing… Read more: Massive brain study reveals why memory loss can suddenly speed up with age

BharathCloud has selected JLL, a real estate company, as an advisory partner to assist in the development of AI-ready sovereign cloud infrastructure in major cities across India and some international locations. BharathCloud plans to invest… Read more: BharathCloud, JLL To Develop AI-Ready Sovereign Cloud

An indie game developer experienced a moment of profound moral clarity, and is now deleting his partially-AI-made game from the digital storefront Steam. The game, dubbed “Hardest,” is a free-to-play “rock-paper-scissors” roguelike card game released… Read more: Indie Developer Deleting Entire Game From Steam Due to Shame From Having Used AI

Like any industry that’s led by designers, the automotive world is subject to trends and fashions. Often, these are things the rest of us complain about. Wheels that used to be 16 inches are now… Read more: Is 2026 the year buttons come back to cars? Crash testers say yes.

Baya Systems, a leader in high-performance semiconductor system technologies, has announced the expansion of its engineering hub in Bengaluru to scale its work in AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and automotive systems. The company said the… Read more: Baya Systems Expands Bengaluru Engineering Hub to Support AI, HPC Growth

We start this week with Joseph’s article about Webloc, a tool ICE bought that can monitor phones in entire neighborhoods. After the break, Emanuel and Sam talk about their recent coverage of Grok. In the… Read more: Podcast: The ICE Tool That Tracks Entire Neighborhoods

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed a new rule aimed at speeding up and streamlining the permitting process for large energy and infrastructure projects, including oil and gas pipelines and facilities tied to artificial intelligence.… Read more: EPA makes it harder for states, tribes to block pipelines

A new study reveals that alpha brain waves help the brain decide what belongs to your body. Faster rhythms allow the brain to match sight and touch more precisely, strengthening the feeling that a body… Read more: Scientists found the brain rhythm that makes your body feel like yours

AI advertising could be hard to resist – or even recognize. showcake/iStock via Getty Images Eighteen months ago, it was plausible that artificial intelligence might take a different path than social media. Back then, AI’s… Read more: Could ChatGPT convince you to buy something? Threat of manipulation looms as AI companies gear up to sell ads

Only a small percentage of people with substance use disorder seek treatment, but millions of people discuss their experiences with drugs in online communities. vladans/iStock via Getty Images When you think of tools for studying… Read more: Reddit and TikTok – with the help of AI – are reshaping how researchers understand substance use

As technology becomes more embedded in everyday business decisions, the pressure on leaders is no longer just to adopt new tools but also to ensure teams can use them confidently, safely and without losing human… Read more: AIM x Snowflake Innovator Session: Redesigning Work in the Age of AI

Ahead of the highly anticipated launch of its v4 model, DeepSeek has published research that could fundamentally reshape how large language models handle knowledge, and potentially sidestep the hardware constraints hampering Chinese AI development. In… Read more: Decoding DeepSeek’s Solution to China’s Compute Shortage

Blue-chip consultancy’s boss says firm has an AI ‘workforce’ of 20,000 agents operating alongside its 40,000 staff Business live – latest updates McKinsey is asking graduate applicants to “collaborate” with an artificial intelligence tool as… Read more: McKinsey asks graduates to use AI chatbot in recruitment process

Two years ago, companies like Meta and OpenAI were united against military use of their tools. Now all of that has changed.

Anthropic is planning to invest $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation (PSF) to support security in the Python ecosystem.  According to PSF’s blog post, the investment is set to make “crucial security advances to… Read more: Python Foundation Gets $1.5 Mn Investment From Anthropic

Infosys reported a mixed third quarter, with revenue growth accelerating but profit slipping as margins came under pressure. For the quarter ended December 31, 2025, Infosys posted revenue of ₹45,479 crore, up 8.9% year on… Read more: Infosys Adds ₹1,000 Crore Revenue in Q3, Profit Falls 2%

The AWS AI Conclave Bengaluru 2026 – Agentic AI and Data Edition is set to be one of the most transformative AI events of the year.  Register Here  Scheduled for January 22 at the Sheraton… Read more: What’s in Store at AWS AI Conclave Bengaluru 2026

Infosys CEO Salil Parekh laid out the most detailed picture of how Infosys is scaling AI inside the company and across its client base, even as the company continues to avoid bifurcating AI revenue. He… Read more: Infosys Runs 4,600 AI Projects, 500 Agents Across Its Enterprise Clients

For most SaaS companies, the biggest problem isn’t finding customers; it’s keeping them.  Customers today have too many choices. AI has made features easier to copy and switching tools simpler. The result? Their patience is… Read more: For AI-first SaaS Companies, Customer Retention is the New Bottleneck

As companies rely on S3 to store application and AI data, Commvault gives developers the immutability, encryption, and policy governance needed to protect these data sets Commvault (NASDAQ: CVLT), a leader in unified resilience at enterprise… Read more: Commvault Launches Unified Data Vault

New research reveals four critical enablers to moving beyond AI experimentation to build the foundation of the autonomous enterprise Genpact (NYSE: G), an agentic and advanced technology solutions company, today released new research showing how… Read more: Genpact Research: 12% of Enterprises Lead the Autonomous Future

Salesforce has announced the general availability of a new version of Slackbot, which positions it as a personal AI agent for work built directly into Slack for enterprise users. It is now available for Business+… Read more: Salesforce Announces General Availability of Slackbot as Personal AI Agent for Work

Drug development is producing more data than ever, and large pharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca are turning to AI to make sense of it. The challenge is no longer whether AI can help, but how tightly… Read more: AstraZeneca bets on in-house AI to speed up oncology research

While Grok has introduced belated safeguards to prevent sexualised AI imagery, other tools have far fewer limits “Since discovering Grok AI, regular porn doesn’t do it for me anymore, it just sounds absurd now,” one… Read more: Use of AI to harm women has only just begun, experts warn

The enhanced Slackbot launched for Business+ and Enterprise+ customers, and it operates as an AI agent that learns from workplace conversations. The post Salesforce’s AI Assistant Slackbot Gets General Release appeared first on TechRepublic.

Research from Cleo AI indicates that young adults are turning to artificial intelligence for financial advice to help them manage their money and develop more sustainable financial habits. The study surveyed 5,000 UK adults aged… Read more: Research shows UK young adults would use AI for financial guidance

Nesa, a leading AI-powered virtual care platform purpose-built for seamless Epic integration, today announced it is listed in Epic Toolbox for Inpatient Virtual Care for 2026. Nesa is in Toolbox and meets Epic’s recommended practices… Read more: Nesa Listed in Epic Toolbox for Inpatient Virtual Care for 2026

Google parent Alphabet is now the world’s second-most valuable company—just behind Nvidia—with a market capitalisation of more than $4 trillion. The milestone follows Apple choosing Google’s Gemini models to power Siri’s next major upgrade. For… Read more: From AI Laggard to $4 Tn Titan: How Google Won the First Great Pivot of AI Era

In the Union Budget 2025–26, AI featured more prominently within broader digital and technology allocations. This year, with AI adoption accelerating across enterprises, startups, and government departments, AI startup founders and industry stakeholders expect the… Read more: Why Union Budget 2026 May Be Critical for India’s AI Plans

Google has released MedGemma 1.5, an updated version of its open healthcare-focused AI model. The company said the model expands support for CT scans, MRI and histopathology, and also introduced MedASR, a medical speech-to-text system… Read more: Google Updates MedGemma With Imaging Support, Launches MedASR for Clinical Dictation

TCS and AMD have announced a collaboration to help enterprises move AI from pilot projects into full scale production across industries. The partnership focuses on generative AI, hybrid cloud, high performance computing, and AI powered… Read more: TCS, AMD Team Up to Push Enterprise AI Beyond Pilots

Pfizer has been certified as a Best Firm for Data Scientists by Analytics India Magazine (AIM) through its workplace recognition programme. The certification is based on structured feedback from data science and analytics professionals within… Read more: Pfizer Is Certified as a Best Firm for Data Scientists

Society should only eject fellows for fraud or other defects in their research, says Paul Nurse The president of the Royal Society has reignited a row over Elon Musk’s association with the body by arguing… Read more: Royal Society president reignites Elon Musk row by defending lack of action

Voice AI technology startup Deepgram has secured $130 million in a Series C funding round, achieving a valuation of $1.3 billion as it aims to expand internationally, launch new models, and pursue acquisitions.  The funding… Read more: Voice AI Startup Deepgram Picks Up $130 Mn, Looks to Serve QSR Chains 

BMW provided flights from Washington, DC, to Malaga, Spain, and accommodation so Ars could drive the iX3 and be briefed on the electric M Neue Klasse. Ars does not accept paid editorial content. Late last… Read more: BMW’s first electric M car is coming in 2027—with one motor per wheel

On Monday, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he plans to integrate Elon Musk’s AI tool, Grok, into Pentagon networks later this month. During remarks at the SpaceX headquarters in Texas reported by The Guardian,… Read more: Hegseth wants to integrate Musk’s Grok AI into military networks this month

For years, the Food and Drug Administration provided an informational webpage for parents warning them of the dangers of bogus autism treatments, some promoted by anti-vaccine activists and “wellness” companies. The page cited specifics scams… Read more: FDA deletes warning on bogus autism therapies touted by RFK Jr.‘s allies

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is fighting to unmask the owner of Facebook and Instagram accounts of a community watch group monitoring Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in Pennsylvania. Defending the right… Read more: Lawsuit: DHS wants “unlimited subpoena authority” to unmask ICE critics

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen framework that infects Linux machines with a wide assortment of modules that are notable for the range of advanced capabilities they provide to attackers. The framework, referred to as VoidLink… Read more: Never-before-seen Linux malware is “far more advanced than typical”

RAM prices have soared, which is bad news for people interested in buying, building, or upgrading a computer this year, but it’s likely good news for people exasperated by talk of so-called AI PCs. As… Read more: The RAM shortage’s silver lining: Less talk about “AI PCs”

Microsoft’s president said firm won’t accept tax breaks in towns for its data centers as backlash against facilities grow Donald Trump said he is partnering with tech companies to ensure the large energy-hungry data centers… Read more: Trump says Microsoft will pay more for its data centers’ electricity

President Trump asked Elon Musk to get Starlink working more reliably in Iran to thwart the Iranian government’s Internet shutdown. Starlink operator SpaceX was apparently already working on the problem before Trump reached out to… Read more: Starlink tries to stay online in Iran as regime jams signals during protests

Google’s Veo video AI made stunning leaps in fidelity in 2025, and Google isn’t stopping in 2026. The company has announced an update for Veo 3.1 that adds new capabilities when you provide the model… Read more: Google’s updated Veo model can make vertical videos from reference images with 4K upscaling

On Tuesday Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local property tax reductions. As demand for… Read more: Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

President Donald Trump pressures Microsoft and Big Tech to cover the costs of powering AI data centers as rising electricity bills spark consumer concerns. The post Trump Warns Microsoft: Don’t Make Americans Pay for AI… Read more: Trump Warns Microsoft: Don’t Make Americans Pay for AI Electricity

Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, died today of prostate cancer at 68. Adams satirized the world of cubicle-based IT and engineering in Dilbert, which at its height appeared in 2,000 daily… Read more: Scott Adams, Dilbert creator, dead at 68

Apple’s professional creative apps have been slower to jump on the subscription bandwagon than those from Adobe or some of its other competitors, but the company is taking a step in that direction today. Starting… Read more: Apple’s Mac and iPad creative apps get bundled into “Creator Studio” subscription

If you were to do a cost-benefit analysis of your lunch, it would be pretty difficult to do the calculation without the sandwich. But it appears that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is moving… Read more: EPA moves to stop considering economic benefits of cleaner air

Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.

IgniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan says AI drove 2023 layoffs that cut staff by 80%, arguing the shift enabled faster product development and higher profitability. The post No Regrets: Why This CEO Still Stands by Cutting… Read more: No Regrets: Why This CEO Still Stands by Cutting 80% of His Workforce

AI generated influencers are sharing fake images on Instagram that appear to show them having sex with celebrities like LeBron James, iShowSpeed, and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. One AI influencer even shared an image of… Read more: Instagram AI Influencers Are Defaming Celebrities With Sex Scandals

It’s not really accurate to call the Wagoneer S Jeep’s first electric vehicle. For several years now, Europeans have been able to buy the Jeep Avenger, a subcompact crossover that will surely never see American… Read more: This one could use less power: The Jeep Wagoneer S EV

The UK government is threatening Elon Musk’s X with the nuclear option: a ban. The social media platform is under pressure from ministers over the use of the Grok AI tool to manipulate images of… Read more: Musk v Starmer: will UK ban X over Grok nudification? – The Latest

Readers respond to Prof Virginia Dignum’s letter on consciousness and safety Prof Virginia Dignum is right (Letters, 6 January): consciousness is neither necessary nor relevant for legal status. Corporations have rights without minds. The 2016… Read more: It’s the governance of AI that matters, not its ‘personhood’ | Letters