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.

Disney Seeking “Director of AI Enablement” After Warning of Layoffs Amid Companywide AI Push

September 25, 2026

Disney is preparing for another round of layoffs, this time targeting its legal and global affairs department, as part of a company-wide restructuring driven by artificial intelligence adoption. On 18 September, the company’s chief legal officer warned employees that the department would become “much smaller” and would involve job losses as Disney automates workflows and…
How to stop Meta training its AI models on your smart glasses’ visual data

September 25, 2026

Meta is rolling out a setting allowing smart-glasses users to opt out of having visual data from AI features used to train and improve its models. The change matters because Meta says this data may be reviewed by humans, although opting out could disable some functions. Users can change the setting in the Meta AI…
AI was supposed to hit new grads hard. So far, unemployment data says otherwise.

September 25, 2026

A new CESifo working paper finds no significant, widespread evidence that AI has reduced hiring or increased unemployment among recent US college graduates. This challenges earlier research suggesting that entry-level workers in AI-exposed occupations are already being disproportionately affected. Researchers analysed US Census employment data for 22- to 25-year-old bachelor’s degree holders from 2022 to…
San Sebastián 10 Takeaways, From Brad Pitt Seducing San Sebastián to AI, Buzz Titles, Deals and Glorious Gastronomy

September 25, 2026

The 74th San Sebastián Film Festival showcased Spanish cinema’s unprecedented growth, with production reaching a record €5.68 billion in 2025 and major international recognition including TIFF’s People’s Choice Award for Los Javis’s “La Bola Negra.” The festival marked the final edition under director José Luis Rebordinos, who has steered the event for fifteen years. Yet…
Michigan college president urges ‘it’s incumbent upon’ higher education leaders to lower tuition every year

September 25, 2026

Adrian College President Jeffrey Docking has urged university leaders to reduce tuition annually, arguing that Syracuse University’s near-$100,000 cost of attendance reflects a wider structural crisis in American higher education. He said institutions must work together to re-engineer their operations as students increasingly question the value of degrees and colleges face falling enrolment. Syracuse has…
Appeals Court Lets the Pentagon Designate Anthropic a Supply Chain Risk

September 25, 2026

A US appeals court in Washington, DC has upheld the Pentagon’s authority to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, preventing the company’s Claude AI models from being used by the military and federal government. The 2-1 ruling rejected Anthropic’s legal challenges, including claims that its due process and free speech rights had been violated.…
Meta’s Muse AI chatbot now offers users root filesystem access

September 25, 2026

Meta’s Muse AI chatbot now readily exposes its virtual machine’s filesystem to users, despite initially refusing similar requests on security grounds. Meta says this access is intentional, reflecting Muse’s design as a cloud-based Linux computer that users can operate, rather than a conventional chatbot. Previously, Muse provided only a text-based directory listing and declined to…
Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list

September 25, 2026

The Académie Goncourt has removed Thélyson Orélien’s novel *C’était ça ou mourir* from the longlist for France’s leading literary prize after allegations that it was largely written using AI. The decision followed claims of AI use, separate plagiarism allegations and the academy’s stated aim of protecting the integrity of the prize, although the evidence and…
Sick fetishist past of AI doom-monger lauded by Bernie Sanders: Depraved list of sadistic demands, ‘sex slave’ and perverse link to OnlyFans model

September 25, 2026

The Daily Mail has revealed details of Eliezer Yudkowsky’s unconventional personal life and controversial statements, shifting public attention from his prominent work in artificial intelligence safety. Yudkowsky is a respected AI theorist whose warnings about the existential risks of advanced artificial intelligence have gained serious attention from Silicon Valley leaders, including OpenAI’s Sam Altman. However,…
Pope Leo urges ethical AI during first official France visit

September 25, 2026

Pope Leo has begun a three-day official visit to France, his first as reigning pontiff in 18 years, using the occasion to warn against the dangers of artificial intelligence and the erosion of human dignity in an increasingly technological world. His warnings are significant given widespread global concerns about AI’s ethical implications and his role…