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With the rise of AI also comes the rise of deepfakes, an issue which is predominantly targeting women in our society. While the dangers of AI are continuously debated, women’s concerns and safety are often forgotten. AI deepfakes have become a global phenomenon, infiltrating communities across the globe, including St Andrews. On the 30th September, the owner of the Cheesy Toast Shack, Kate Carter-Larg, took to Instagram to speak up about AI deepfakes which have been circulati

Credit: Unsplash What happens when we use AI in the arts? Is art truly ‘art’ if it’s AI-generated? These are the questions that are rocking creative organisations everywhere. In Arts Council England’s Literature Overview for 2026, they highlight the lack of a ‘standardised agreement’ when it comes to the use of AI and its acceptability, which is only one half of the problem. Not only is the absence of a cohesive policy causing rifts within the literature sector, but it is als

Credit: The Economist AI has grown tremendously in recent years at a growing rate that has led to a revolution in technology and productivity. It has been proven to be highly effective in many fields and is able to manage and analyze different things for all sorts of people. In the financial world, however, it has shown a different effect, as many are worried that it might heavily impact the future generation and take away jobs. The Current Effect of AI AI in the last few yea

This past summer, as I waited for my London internship to start, I spent my days reading the news and doing deep dives into the New York Times Opinion section. The most recent article that I read from it was Jessica Grose’s “Stop Location-Tracking Your Friends and Lovers.” Her piece argues that we are opting into our own surveillance state and ruining our relationships by tracking each other and allowing them to track ourselves (something I completely agree with). No one has