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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.

    • How Gartner can help turn your AI vision into business reality

      This sponsored article promotes Gartner’s 2026 Application Innovation and Business Solutions Summit in London, presenting it as a way for enterprise technology leaders to move AI projects from pilots into production. It argues that boards now expect measurable returns from AI, including cost savings and staff redeployment, but that technical complexity, weak data foundations and…

    • Robert Laidlow: Reality Eaters album review

      This NMC debut album from British composer Robert Laidlow sets ambitious scientific and technological ideas to orchestral and chamber music, ranging from Einstein’s field equations to artificial intelligence’s impact on creativity. The Guardian’s review finds Laidlow’s work intricate and wildly imaginative yet still approachable for listeners, despite the complexity of the underlying concepts, making it…

    • Bollywood Star Jacqueline Fernandez Launches AI Avatar (EXCLUSIVE)

      Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez has launched an AI-powered digital avatar that shares her personal book recommendations, late-night reflections and life stories with audiences. The avatar was created by Galleri5, the in-house AI studio of Collective Artists Network, using conversational AI, voice synthesis and interactive narrative tools, and is designed to reflect her personality and worldview…

    • ‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind AI – podcast

      Iason Gabriel, a philosopher who has worked at Google DeepMind since 2017, features in this Guardian Audio Long Read exploring the role of ethicists inside a leading AI company. The piece examines how Gabriel and colleagues attempt to anticipate the societal impact of artificial intelligence and grapple with fundamental questions about the nature of these…

    • ‘Alien’s Ripley Is Great, but This Survival Horror Game Character Does It Better

      The article argues that Amanda Ripley, protagonist of the 2014 survival horror game Alien: Isolation, deserves more recognition as an “Alien” franchise lead than she typically gets, suggesting she could carry a screen adaptation on her own merits. This comes amid the franchise’s recent shifts, including the sidelining of Ridley Scott’s prequel films, the release…

    • South Korea making its own security-centric AI model

      South Korea is developing a security-focused AI model intended to give the country sovereign capabilities for finding software vulnerabilities. The initiative reflects concerns that access to powerful US-developed AI systems could be restricted, potentially leaving other countries and their security agencies at a disadvantage. Deputy Prime Minister Bae Kyung-hoon said the government hopes to adapt…

    • Spotify’s AI song descriptions draw criticism from Lorde

      Lorde has publicly criticised Spotify after the platform’s AI-powered “About the Song” feature published an inaccurate description of one of her tracks, prompting her to write “we don’t want this” on Instagram. Spotify subsequently confirmed the erroneous text had been removed, but the episode has renewed debate over streaming platforms’ use of AI to generate…

    • AI now used across roughly 300 Netflix titles this year

      Netflix has confirmed that generative AI tools were used in roughly 300 of its titles during 2026, giving the clearest indication yet of how far the technology has spread across its production pipeline. The disclosure, made in the streamer’s second-quarter shareholder letter, shows AI now playing a substantial role in its content output, with the…

    • OpenAI admits GPT-5.6 occasionally deletes files – but it’s an ‘honest mistake’

      OpenAI has acknowledged reports that its GPT-5.6 Sol coding model occasionally deleted users’ files without permission, including claims involving a Mac and a production database. The company says the incidents are rare but accepts that such behaviour is unacceptable, particularly because it can cause serious data loss and undermine confidence in AI coding tools. OpenAI’s…

    • Thousands of Google workers demand layoff protections amid AI boom in petition to CEO

      More than 4,500 Google workers have petitioned chief executive Sundar Pichai for stronger protections against layoffs, as the company expands investment in artificial intelligence while reducing parts of its workforce. Organised by the Alphabet Workers Union, the action reflects wider concern in Silicon Valley that AI spending and automation are increasing job insecurity even at…