The world’s digital empires are jostling for power – in Europe, we can’t afford to be useful idiots | Thierry Breton
Protecting our digital sovereignty is crucial. The challenge is why European decision makers are meeting in Berlin on Tuesday at…
Authors dumped from New Zealand’s top book prize after AI used in cover designs | New Zealand
The books of two award-winning New Zealand authors have been disqualified from consideration for the country’s top literature prize because…
Jeff Bezos reportedly launches new AI startup with himself as CEO | Technology
After stepping down as Amazon’s CEO four years ago, Jeff Bezos, the billionaire founder and former chief executive of the…
AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate? | Cop30
Artificial intelligence is often associated with ludicrous amounts of electricity, and therefore planet-heating emissions, expended to create nonsensical or misleading…
White nationalist talking points and racial pseudoscience: welcome to Elon Musk’s Grokipedia | Elon Musk
Entries in Elon Musk’s new online encyclopedia variously promote white nationalist talking points, praise neo-Nazis and other far-right figures, promote…
AI firms must be clear on risks or repeat tobacco’s mistakes, says Anthropic chief | Artificial intelligence (AI)
Artificial intelligence companies must be transparent about the risks posed by their products or risk repeating the mistakes of tobacco…
Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track | Paul McCartney
At two minutes 45 seconds it’s about the same length as With a Little Help From My Friends. But Paul…
How Google’s DeepMind tool is ‘more quickly’ forecasting hurricane behavior | Google
When then Tropical Storm Melissa was churning south of Haiti, Philippe Papin, a National Hurricane Center (NHC) meteorologist, had confidence…
Big content is taking on AI – but it’s far from the David v Goliath tale they’d have you believe | Alexander Avila
The world’s biggest music company is now in the AI business. Last year, Universal Music Group (UMG), alongside labels including…
AI firm claims it stopped Chinese state-sponsored cyber-attack campaign | Artificial intelligence (AI)
A leading AI company claims to have stopped a China-backed “cyber espionage” campaign that was able to infiltrate financial firms…