Ministers have called on Tony Blair’s thinktanks and private tech companies to provide guidance on deploying AI in the UK government, in a move campaigners compared to “inviting foxes to …
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‘A feedback loop with no breaks’: How an AI doomsday report shook US markets AI (Artificial Intelligence)
1. AI agents remove all ‘friction’ in the economy The scenario begins with AI agents undergoing a “capacity surge.” This has already happened. Citrini refers to Anthropic’s Cloud Codes and …
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US artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on Monday it had uncovered campaigns by three Chinese AI firms to illegally extract capabilities from its cloud chatbots, in what it said was …
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Regulator says new datacentres threaten to double UK electricity use AI (artificial intelligence)
The amount of electricity demanded by new datacenter projects in the UK will exceed the country’s current peak electricity consumption, according to an industry watchdog. Ofgem said some 140 proposed …
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US farmers are rejecting multimillion-dollar datacenter bids for their land: ‘I’m not for sale’ AI (Artificial Intelligence)
When two men knocked on Ida Huddleston’s door last May, they signed a contract worth more than $33 million in exchange for the Kentucky farm that had fed her family …
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Startup World Labs’ new funding round is part of its quest to advance spatial intelligence, a technology that enables users to generate 3D virtual worlds from text or image signals. …
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Mind launches investigation into AI and mental health after Guardian investigation AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Mind is launching a groundbreaking investigation into artificial intelligence and mental health after a Guardian investigation revealed how Google’s AI overview gave people “very dangerous” medical advice. In a one-year …
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Macron defends EU AI rules and vows to crack down on ‘digital abuse’ of children | AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Emmanuel Macron has hit back at US criticism of Europe’s efforts to regulate AI, vowing to protect children from “digital abuse” during France’s presidency of the G7. Speaking at the …
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In 2026, it’s a scary time to work for a living. Gone are the days of quiet quits, great resignations, and highly visible union-organization battles that began the decade and …
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Digital blackface is thriving under Trump and AI: ‘The state is bending reality’ AI (Artificial Intelligence)
Late last year, when the US government shutdown cut off SNAP benefits that low-income families rely on for groceries, videos on social media showed the result in frantic scenes. “Imma, …