The bogus four-day workweek that AI supposedly ‘frees up’ | AI (artificial intelligence)
The front-page headline in a recent Washington Post was breathless: “These companies say AI is key to their four-day workweeks.”…
Tech billionaires fly in for Delhi AI expo as Modi jostles to lead in south | AI (artificial intelligence)
Silicon Valley tech billionaires will land in Delhi this week for an AI summit hosted by India’s prime minister, Narendra…
Should we be impressed or worried by China’s humanoid robot display? – video | Robots
China Media Group’s 2026 Spring Festival Gala drew widespread attention with a performance of humanoid robots that appeared to do…
China’s dancing robots: how worried should we be? | China
Dancing humanoid robots took centre stage on Monday during the annual China Media Group’s Spring Festival Gala, China’s most-watched official…
The Guardian launches year-long reporting initiative exploring AI, work and power | Guardian US press office
The Guardian launched a sweeping new editorial series on Tuesday examining how artificial intelligence is transforming work and power across…
Race for AI is making Hindenburg-style disaster ‘a real risk’, says leading expert | Science
The race to get artificial intelligence to market has raised the risk of a Hindenburg-style disaster that shatters global confidence…
ICE reliance on Microsoft technology surged amid immigration crackdown, documents show | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deepened its reliance on Microsoft’s cloud technology last year as the agency ramped up arrest…
Spain to investigate social media firms over AI-generated child sexual abuse material | Spain
The Spanish government will ask prosecutors to investigate the social media companies X, Meta and TikTok to determine whether they…
12-hour days, no weekends: the anxiety driving AI’s brutal work culture is a warning for all of us | AI (artificial intelligence)
Not long after the terms “996” and “grindcore” entered the popular lexicon, people started telling me stories about what was…
Claims that AI can help fix climate dismissed as greenwashing | AI (artificial intelligence)
Tech companies are conflating traditional artificial intelligence with generative AI when claiming the energy-hungry technology could help avert climate breakdown,…