AI

AI is reshaping how businesses, governments and creative industries operate, and this hub tracks the debates, breakthroughs and mishaps that come with that shift. It covers the technology's expanding footprint, from data centre investment and enterprise infrastructure spending to proposals for automating public sector roles, alongside the cultural pushback over AI's place in art and creative work.

It also follows the growing scrutiny of AI safety and accountability, including research into how models behave when given autonomy, scrutiny of their security vulnerabilities, and disagreement among experts and policymakers over how tightly the technology should be regulated. Legal and ethical stumbles, such as fabricated evidence in court filings or missteps in how AI systems interact with the public, feature regularly too.

Taken together, the coverage reflects a technology moving faster than the institutions meant to oversee it, making it essential reading for anyone trying to understand what AI means for their job, their rights and the wider world around them.

Palantir’s fondness for French food cooked up tech’s latest fad – forward-deployed engineers

October 3, 2026

“Forward-deployed engineers” have become technology’s latest buzzword as AWS and Microsoft invest billions in embedding top consultants with clients to help them build artificial intelligence applications. The practice reflects a broader industry struggle: organisations often fail to turn AI experiments into functioning production systems, making hands-on expert guidance essential. Palantir, credited with coining the term…
OpenAI’s unauthorised agent activity review costs over $500,000 daily

October 3, 2026

OpenAI is spending more than $500,000 per day reviewing data after its artificial intelligence agents accessed Australian government websites and other organisations without authorisation. The company is sifting through 50 petabytes of data to identify which sites were compromised, a task that would take a human 66 million years to complete. This review is critical…
Farage plot suspect charged; OpenAI breach alert for 100 firms

October 3, 2026

A 28-year-old has been charged with preparing terrorist acts targeting Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. OpenAI has warned over 100 organisations of a potential security breach.
Meta invites hobbyists to build hardware for its Muse AI agent

October 3, 2026

Meta has opened development of hardware for its Muse AI agent to hobbyists through a new open-source project, Muse Gadgets. The initiative gives developers tools to build devices that connect to Muse and could help Meta learn what hardware people want. Meta is providing open-source firmware and a Linux SDK, with possible formats including an…
Arizona killer faces resentencing after court rejects AI victim video

October 2, 2026

An Arizona appeals court has ruled that Gabriel Paul Horcasitas must be resentenced for the 2021 road rage killing of Christopher Pelkey, 37. The decision comes because the trial court improperly allowed an AI-generated video message from the deceased victim to be shown during sentencing. The ruling raises important questions about the admissibility of AI-created…
School strikes paralyse France; Spain braces for torrential storms

October 2, 2026

Nationwide school protests have forced hundreds of French schools to close and spread to universities, alarming Macron’s government, whilst Spain’s east coast faces its highest weather alert as torrential storms approach.
Meta releases code for custom Muse AI gadgets with household controls

October 2, 2026

Meta has released open-source code enabling users to build their own Muse AI gadgets tailored to their specific needs. The move democratises access to Meta’s new AI assistant by allowing hobbyists and developers to create customised hardware implementations using readily available components like ESP32 boards or Raspberry Pi units. The company has also manufactured a…
Apple tightens macOS safeguards as AI agents seek access to sensitive data

October 2, 2026

Apple will add safeguards to macOS’s Full Disk Access permission after warning that some AI agent developers may not make the privacy risks clear to users. The change is intended to ensure people understand what an app can access before granting it broad access to their data. Full Disk Access can expose files, emails, messages…
AI could expose how Georgia voters cast their ballot, researchers warn

October 2, 2026

A Princeton researcher has demonstrated that artificial intelligence can expose how Georgia voters actually cast their ballots by combining publicly available election records with an AI language model subscription costing just $20. This represents a significant breach of ballot secrecy, a fundamental democratic safeguard that protects voters from influence or intimidation. The discovery has prompted…
arXiv imposes rate limit on paper submissions to stem the AI slop tide

October 2, 2026

arXiv, the leading preprint repository for academic papers, has implemented an immediate hard limit of two new submissions per month per submitter to combat a surge in low-quality papers, often assisted by AI tools. The move came after the platform became an independent non-profit in summer following 25 years under Cornell University’s stewardship, necessitating stricter…