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How the technology that is revolutionising our world actually works, and what that means, from the Research Director at the UK government's AI Safety InstituteStunning advances in digital technology have given us a new wave of disarmingly human-like AI systems. The march of this new technology is set to upturn our economies, challenge our democracies, and refashion society in unpredictable ways. We can expect these AI systems to soon be making autonomous decisions on the user's behalf, with transformative impact on everything we do. It is vital we understand how they work.Can AI systems 'think', 'know' and 'understand'? Could they manipulate or deceive you, and if so, what might they make you do? Whose interests do they ultimately represent? And when will they be able to move beyond words and take actions for themselves in the real world? Ultimately, can we look forward to a technological utopia, or are we in the process of writing ourselves out of history?

They Never LearnThe queer feminist serial killer novel of the summer.They Never Learn is about good women who kill very bad men and get away with it - for fans of Bella Mackie and dark academia 'Deliciously dark, razor-sharp, and unapologetically wrong in all the right ways' C.J. Skuse, author of SWEETPEA He wasn't afraid of me. That was his first mistake.Read the cult word-of-mouth hit readers are obsessed with- 'Such an incredible read!''Holy hell this book was fun!''Included all the things I like in fiction...vigilantism/revenge, cold, calculating women, themes of obsession, queer desire''Amazing twists!''You guys NEED TO READ THIS!' Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor and an even better serial killer. She's made it her mission in life to track down predatory men on campus and kill them and she's preparing for her biggest murder yet. Carly Schiller is just trying to survive her freshman year at college - keeping her head down and focussing on work. But when her roommate Allison is assaulted at a party Carly becomes obsessed with making the attacker pay. When police start investigating the spate of local deaths, Scarlett starts to realise it's only a matter of time before her secret life is exposed and everything she's built comes crashing down with it... 'Deliciously satisfying... The feminist revenge thriller we need and deserve' Megan Collins 'A gorgeously-written ragestorm of a thriller...will shock readers as much as it satisfies them' Wendy Heard 'Grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go' Samantha Downing

Things In Nature Merely Grow  'One of the most important books to be published in years' SARA COLLINS  'There are few writers with Li’s power' DOUGLAS STUART  'I will return to it for the rest of my life' CHARLOTTE WOOD  A remarkable, defiant work of radical acceptance from acclaimed Pulitzer Prize finalist Yiyun Li as she considers the loss of her son James.  'There is no good way to say this,' Yiyun Li writes at the beginning of this book.  'There is no good way to state these facts, which must be acknowledged. My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at sixteen, James in 2024, at nineteen. Both chose suicide, and both died not far from home.'  There is no good way to say this – because words fall short. It takes only an instant for death to become fact, 'a single point in a timeline'. Living now on this single point, Li turns to thinking and reasoning and searching for words that might hold a place for James. Li does what she can: including not just writing but gardening, reading Camus and Wittgenstein, learning the piano, and living thinkingly alongside death.  This is a book for James, but it is not a book about grieving. As Li writes, 'The verb that does not die is to be. Vincent was and is and will always be Vincent. James was and is and will always be James. We were and are and will always be their parents. There is no now and then, now and later, only, now and now and now and now.' Things in Nature Merely Grow is a testament to Li’s indomitable spirit.  As seen in the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, LA Times, TIME, and the Paris Review.  'To state that this courageous book is a testament to love is an understatement. One is left altered by it' OBSERVER  'A story of loss that is unlike any other book I've read … an unforgettable monument to endurance' SUNDAY TIMES  'Resolutely unsentimental, and yet it might wind you with its emotional force' GUARDIAN  'A memoir unlike others, strange and profound and fiercely determined not to look away' NEW YORK TIMES  'An extraordinary book’ SARAH MOSS  'A manifesto of living, not dying, and of how we endure the most unimaginable things' SINÉAD GLEESON, in THE WEEK  'A profound look at how a parent continues to live in a world without her children’ TIME  ‘Li’s astonishing record of how she has chosen acceptance over despair' LA TIMES  ‘A book unlike any I've read, that brims with rare clarity and intelligence, with love and care. It will stay with me for a long time’ CECILE PIN

Things We Never Got Over Bearded, bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone. Unless you count his basset hound, Waylon. Knox doesn't tolerate drama, even when it comes in the form of a stranded runaway bride. Naomi wasn't just running away from her wedding. She was riding to the rescue of her estranged twin to Knockemout, Virginia, a rough-around-the-edges town where disputes are settled the old-fashioned way . . . with fists and beer. Usually in that order. Too bad for Naomi her evil twin hasn't changed at all. After helping herself to Naomi's car and cash, Tina leaves her with something unexpected. The niece Naomi didn't know she had. Now she's stuck in town with no car, no job, no plan, and no home with an 11-year-old going on thirty to take care of. There's a reason Knox doesn't do complications or high-maintenance women, especially not the romantic ones. But since Naomi's life imploded right in front of him, the least he can do is help her out of her jam. And just as soon as she stops getting into new trouble he can leave her alone and get back to his peaceful, solitary life. At least, that's the plan until the trouble turns to real danger.Lucy Score

This Book Is A Joke (The Listies) Prepare to laugh ... A lot! Jam-packed with jokes, not factual facts, silly one liners, activities and hilarious illustrations, this book is guaranteed to have you in stitches. Q: Did you hear about the vet that spoiled the surprise party? A: They let the cat out of the bag Q: What is the most popular haircut for a goldfish? A: A bowl cut.

Engaging and immersive—a delight from start to finish.