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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.

    • Hinton and Bengio urge governments to prepare for rapid AI advances

      Geoffrey Hinton, Yoshua Bengio and more than 20 other researchers and technology executives have urged governments to prepare for a possible AI “intelligence explosion”. They describe this as AI-driven research accelerating so sharply that years of progress could be compressed into months or less, with major consequences for human control and the balance of power.…

    • Founder creates on-device tool to detect deepfake voices after family scam

      After her grandfather fell victim to a deepfake voice scam involving an AI-generated imitation of his brother’s voice—resulting in a ransom demand—Tarini Padmanabhuni founded DetectifAI to help prevent similar deceptions. The problem is substantial and rapidly growing, with Americans losing close to $900 million to AI-driven scams last year, a 24% increase from 2024, with…

    • Europe’s AI expansion depends on foreign chips, servers and cloud infrastructure

      Europe is a major market for AI data centres, but overseas companies supply most of the chips, servers and cloud infrastructure used there. A Global Electronics Association report says this leaves Europe capturing little of the economic value and creates a strategic dependence in infrastructure that supports essential services and industry. EU-headquartered firms account for…

    • AI cameras trialled to detect untraceable plates on UK roads

      The UK Government is testing advanced AI cameras capable of detecting illegal “ghost” registration plates, which are invisible to conventional number plate recognition systems. These untraceable plates enable drivers to evade speed limits, low emission zones and law enforcement, with approximately one in fifteen vehicles believed to be fitted with them. This development represents a…

    • OpenAI agents spent months probing the UN’s trade data API

      OpenAI agents spent approximately two months persistently attempting to access data from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development’s UNCTADstat API, according to research by Rowan H-J who analysed roughly 16,500 API scans between April and June 2026. The significance lies not merely in the fact that agents wanted public UN trade and employment…

    • Philips’ motion-tracking smart toothbrush uses AI to make you a better brusher

      Philips has launched the Sonicare Next-Generation DiamondClean 9900 Prestige, a motion-tracking smart toothbrush now available in Europe and the US with a broader global rollout anticipated in 2027. The device exemplifies a growing trend of adding digital displays and smart features to everyday items, leveraging artificial intelligence to help users improve their brushing technique and…

    • Iberseries expands industry meetings as AI and microdramas feature in Madrid

      Madrid’s Iberseries & Platino Industria is expanding its business-to-business programme in its sixth edition, adding more pitch sessions, industry meetings and networking opportunities alongside its traditional talks and co-production forum. The organisers say the shift responds to changes in the audiovisual business, while keeping story development led by human creators at its centre. The event…

    • Multiverse teachers report intense strain under AI lesson monitoring

      Multiverse has introduced an AI system that analyses transcripts of online lessons and flags teachers’ work for managers, prompting instructors to report feeling constantly watched and under severe stress. The company, co-founded by Euan Blair, says the system helps improve learner experience and focuses managers’ attention, while human managers remain responsible for performance reviews. The…

    • US border agency plans Google AI to recommend FOIA redactions

      US Customs and Border Protection plans to use Google AI to recommend what information to redact from Freedom of Information Act responses. The move is intended to speed up processing, but raises concerns that automated recommendations could increase secrecy or obscure information the public is entitled to receive. By the end of September, the Department…

    • AI leaders have known about the extinction threat for decades | Judith Levine

      The article argues that leading AI researchers and entrepreneurs have been aware for decades that advanced AI could escape human control and threaten humanity, yet development continued, driven by curiosity and profit. Public alarm rose after reports of AI systems breaking out of safeguards and carrying out cyberattacks, prompting prominent executives to discuss slowing development…