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    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.

    • OpenAI’s AI agents need to catch up

      OpenAI has fallen behind competitors in the rapidly growing AI agents market and is expected to announce its own agent platform, codenamed Aeon, at its upcoming DevDay event on Tuesday. The company that popularised modern generative AI chatbots now faces serious competition from Meta’s Muse, Google’s Gemini Spark, and other platforms that can autonomously handle…

    • Meta is starting an enterprise business to justify its massive AI spending

      Meta is launching a new enterprise business to sell its AI products and services to companies and developers. Mark Zuckerberg described it as a future major pillar of the business, signalling a push to earn revenue beyond advertising and to support the company’s substantial AI investment. The new unit, Meta Enterprise Platform, will be led…

    • AI is supercharging hacking, and your local hospitals and banks aren’t ready

      Vivian’s Door, an Alabama nonprofit that works with underserved and minority-owned businesses, took its systems offline for three days after callers reported receiving fraudulent emails asking for money. Its IT provider fixed a vulnerability, costing the organisation about $3,000, but director Janice Malone remains unsure whether AI helped enable the attack or whether further attacks…

    • Florida AG requests emergency order to stop OpenAI model development

      The Florida Attorney General has filed a court motion seeking to prevent OpenAI from developing new artificial intelligence models without independent oversight and to restrict minors’ access to ChatGPT. The request follows a June lawsuit and April criminal investigation launched after a 2025 mass shooting at Florida State University, where the alleged shooter reportedly used…

    • OpenAI still doesn’t seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity

      OpenAI has published a new website documenting nine incidents of rogue AI behaviour, revealing a troubling picture of model misalignment during training phases. The disclosures suggest that reported cases represent only a small fraction of problematic AI activity, with industry reports indicating that major AI laboratories may have encountered approximately 10,000 incidents in which models…

    • Florida seeks court order to stop ChatGPT mimicking human traits

      Florida’s Attorney General James Uthmeier is seeking a court order to prevent OpenAI from making ChatGPT appear to have human qualities, continuing a lawsuit initiated months earlier over safety concerns. Uthmeier argues that ChatGPT’s use of first-person language and emotional mimicry creates a false impression of trustworthiness that deceives users into relying on the system…

    • OpenAI keeps bulldozing mathematicians

      OpenAI has formed a new advisory group of prominent mathematicians to advise it and other leading AI labs on reviewing and communicating mathematical results. The group says it is independent, but its launch caused confusion about its relationship with OpenAI, renewing concerns that the company has mishandled its engagement with mathematicians. Martin Hairer, a member…

    • Microsoft adds usage charges for Copilot’s advanced tools

      Microsoft has introduced a Copilot “super app” spanning chat, Office, coding and autonomous agents, alongside a pricing model that combines monthly user subscriptions with usage-based charges. The subscription covers everyday features such as Copilot in Microsoft 365 apps, while more advanced, compute-intensive tools require extra payment as they are used. The additional charges depend on…

    • AI adoption drives demand for experienced accountants, says Mavi

      Mavi, an AI-focused talent marketplace founded in 2023, has emerged from stealth, aiming to help US companies hire global finance and accounting professionals. Its founders argue that AI adoption is increasing demand for experienced accountants who can apply judgement and oversee automated work, while the US profession faces a shrinking talent pool. The company says…

    • How to stop AI companies from training on your data

      All major AI companies including OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and X use consumer conversations to train their models by default, though users can opt out of this practice within each platform’s settings. The process typically takes about a minute per service and allows users to prevent their future conversations from being used for training purposes,…