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AI safety lessons: Visual timeline connecting Therac-25 radiation therapy disaster, Post Office Horizon scandal, and Intel FDIV bug to modern AI neural networks, illustrating repeating patterns of technological failure

Learning From Our Mistakes: What Early Computing Teaches Us About AI Risk

5 November 2025 Talia Wainwright 0

From deadly radiation therapy machines to wrongful prosecutions, computing history reveals repeating patterns of failure. The AI industry is making the same mistakes: vendor lock-in, inadequate testing, and opacity in decision-making. AI safety lessons from the past could prevent tomorrows disasters.

Tech Brief 10 September 2025 featuring an 8-bit pixel art landscape with a modern optical computer in the foreground and retro computing elements in the background, highlighting technological evolution.

Tech Brief 10 September 2025: Optical Computing, AI, Scandals

10 September 2025 Sophie Calder 0

Tech Brief 10 September 2025 delves into the latest advancements and nostalgic reflections in the tech world, highlighting optical computing, AI trends in Britain, and notable past influences on modern technologies.

What Happened to Netscape? Turns out you are still using it!

3 March 2025 Nathan Clarke 1

Netscape may have lost the browser war, but it won something bigger, its ideas still power the internet today. From JavaScript to cloud computing, discover how Netscape shaped the modern web, fought Microsoft, and left a lasting legacy that lives on in every click, scroll, and stream

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