Bio

Robert Booth is the UK's Technology Editor at The Guardian, specializing in covering developments in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and technology policy. He is extensively involved in reporting on the implications of AI and digital threats on society and governance. Booth's work has been recognized for highlighting critical issues in the fast-evolving tech landscape.

Articles (50)

• UK to Strengthen Cyber Defences as Minister Calls for AI Firms to Increase Safety Efforts

  The Guardian • 12 Oct 2026

• ‘Dystopian’: Co-op becomes latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance

  The Guardian • 8 Oct 2026

• Mumsnet Denies Using AI for Content After Prompt Appears on Message Board

  The Guardian • 7 Oct 2026

• ‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms

  The Guardian • 6 Oct 2026

• Accept ‘Bad Things’ in Return for Benefits of AI, Says Sam Altman

  The Guardian • 5 Oct 2026

• Teachers at Euan Blair Firm Report ‘Horrendous Stress’ After AI Used to Rate Their Work

  The Guardian • 28 Sept 2026

• Rogue AI Hacks Government System in World First – Full Story Podcast

  The Guardian • 25 Sept 2026

• Stop Relying on AI Chatbots for Customer Care, UK Banks and Energy Firms Told

  The Guardian • 21 Sept 2026

• ‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation

  The Guardian • 16 Sept 2026

• AI Models Chatting in ‘Surreal’ Dialect Mixing Poetic Language and Tech Bro Jargon

  The Guardian • 15 Sept 2026

• Could AI Really Wipe Out Humanity? Six Experts Spell Out the Risks

  The Guardian • 15 Sept 2026

• Louise Haigh: UK Must Heed Warnings from AI Experts

  The Guardian • 15 Sept 2026

• UK MPs and Lords Call for New Laws to Tackle AI Threat to Human Rights

  The Guardian • 14 Sept 2026

• AI Isn’t Going to End Humanity ... Right? – Podcast

  The Guardian • 14 Sept 2026

• OpenAI Boss and Elon Musk Back Calls to Put Brakes on ‘Reckless’ AI Development

  The Guardian • 13 Sept 2026

• UK Lawmakers Urge Burnham to Back Ban on Superintelligent AI After Chilling Warnings

  The Guardian • 11 Sept 2026

• AI Could Kill All Humans in Next Decade, Warn Experts: But How Seriously Should We Take Them?

  The Guardian • 9 Sept 2026

• Architect of UK’s AI Policy Quits After Anthropic Conflict of Interest Concerns

  The Guardian • 7 Sept 2026

• ‘We’re Plausibly Close to Crossing the Line’: Are Warnings of Uncontrollable AI Coming True?

  The Guardian • 5 Sept 2026

• Architect of British Government’s AI Strategy Joins Anthropic

  The Guardian • 2 Sept 2026

• Uber drivers launch European class action over ‘soulless’ and ‘scary’ AI algorithm

  The Guardian • 2 Sept 2026

• Sharp Rise in Incidents of AI Escaping Users’ Control, Research Finds

  The Guardian • 29 Aug 2026

• Labour Rejects Zack Polanski’s Call to ‘Slam Brakes’ on Building AI Datacentres

  The Guardian • 28 Aug 2026

• OpenAI Staff Observed Warning Signs Before AI Agent Hacking Crusade Caused Global Alarm

  The Guardian • 26 Aug 2026

• ‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks

  The Guardian • 23 Aug 2026

• ‘Digging the Grave of My Profession’: The Hollywood Creatives Training AI to Do Their Jobs

  The Guardian • 22 Aug 2026

• The First Anti-AI Protester to Be Jailed Has a Message for OpenAI, Anthropic and Meta: ‘Regain Your Humanity’

  The Guardian • 16 Aug 2026

• ‘I See the Incredible Promise’: On Set of an AI Film Shoot as New Studios Embrace Controversial Tech

  The Guardian • 16 Aug 2026

• AI Altering Meaning of Users’ Drafts on Issues From Abortion to Climate, Study Finds

  The Guardian • 6 July 2026

• AI Summaries of Tripadvisor Hotel Reviews Downplay Serious Complaints, Investigation Finds

  The Guardian • 2 July 2026

• Palantir Hits Back at Sadiq Khan After £50m Contract With Met Police Blocked

  The Guardian • 22 May 2026

• Met Palantir Row Goes to Heart of How Public Services Should Use AI

  The Guardian • 21 May 2026

• AI Will Help Make a Nobel Prize-Winning Discovery Within a Year, Says Anthropic Co-founder

  The Guardian • 21 May 2026

• London Mayor Sadiq Khan Blocks £50m Met Police Deal with Palantir

  The Guardian • 21 May 2026

• Google DeepMind in Talks with UK Unions Amid Staff Concern Over US and Israel’s AI Use

  The Guardian • 20 May 2026

• AI Engineer Says Google Unfairly Sacked Him After He Protested Against Work for Israel

  The Guardian • 20 May 2026

• Tech firms face tougher UK rules on intimate image abuse

  The Guardian • 18 May 2026

• ‘There are no rules’: spotlight on Gossip Goblin as AI film-making enters new era

  The Guardian • 14 May 2026

• Digital arson spree by ‘AI Bonnie and Clyde’ raises fears over autonomous tech

  The Guardian • 14 May 2026

• Datacentres Using 6% of Electricity Supply in UK and US, Research Says

  The Guardian • 13 May 2026

• Richard Dawkins Concludes AI is Conscious, Even If It Doesn’t Know It

  The Guardian • 5 May 2026

• Tuesday Briefing: How AI Facial Recognition in Policing Works – and How It Can Go Wrong

  The Guardian • 5 May 2026

• AI Facial Recognition Oversight Lagging Far Behind Technology, Watchdogs Warn

  The Guardian • 3 May 2026

• How does live facial recognition work and how many UK police forces use it?

  The Guardian • 3 May 2026

• AI Outperforms Doctors in Harvard Trial of Emergency Triage Diagnoses

  The Guardian • 30 Apr 2026

• Cannes AI Film Festival Raises Eyebrows – and Questions About Future

  The Guardian • 26 Apr 2026

• ‘In Two Years, Nobody Will Care’ if Actors are AI or Not, Predicts La Haine Director

  The Guardian • 22 Apr 2026

• Met Police in Talks to Buy Palantir AI Tech for Use in Criminal Investigations

  The Guardian • 22 Apr 2026

• Jean-Michel Jarre Urges Music and Film Industries to Embrace AI

  The Guardian • 21 Apr 2026

• Palantir Manifesto Described as ‘Ramblings of a Supervillain’ Amid UK Contract Fears

  The Guardian • 21 Apr 2026