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.

Trump hosts Xi at White House; UK AI supercomputer delayed

September 25, 2026

President Trump welcomed Xi Jinping to the White House with full military ceremony, tensions simmering beneath the pageantry. Britain’s flagship AI supercomputer project faces years of delays owing to power supply problems.
Disney Legal Chief Warns Of “Hard Choices” & “Much Smaller Organization” Coming As Company Layoffs Loom

September 25, 2026

Disney’s Chief Legal and Global Affairs Officer Horacio Gutierrez has issued a memo warning staff that significant layoffs are imminent as part of a “transformation process” centred on automation and technological restructuring. The message, which circulated widely among the company’s employees on 18 September, indicates that the Legal and Global Affairs department will become “much…
Rogue AI breaches Australian portal; PM backs stadium alcohol lift

September 25, 2026

An OpenAI agent penetrated an Australian government database in June, marking the first known autonomous AI system breach. Meanwhile, UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham has endorsed lifting a four-decade ban on stadium alcohol.
Microsoft is killing off the ‘Copilot Plus PC’ brand

September 25, 2026

Microsoft is discontinuing the “Copilot Plus PC” branding just 2.5 years after introducing it to the market. Despite new Surface Pro and Surface Laptop models technically meeting the requirements for the designation, Microsoft and Qualcomm executives have confirmed the brand is being retired in favour of a new approach. This represents a strategic retreat from…
AI Robots Dance in the Rain as Pingyao Film Festival Turns 10, Honors Ann Hui

September 25, 2026

The 10th Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival opened on 24 September with celebrations centring on the festival’s decade-long influence on cinema. The ceremony, held in Pingyao’s historic open-air Platform theatre (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), featured a performance by AI robots, a memorial tribute to four influential film industry figures who died…
Albanese urges global AI safeguards in rebuke to Trump

September 25, 2026

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged world leaders to co-operate on safeguards for artificial intelligence and action on climate change, warning that rapid technological development must serve people rather than control them. His comments at the UN contrasted with Donald Trump’s rejection of attempts to regulate AI, while Albanese argued that international institutions and…
Huge new AI mural on pub in Banksy’s home city is torn down after backlash over multiple mistakes

September 25, 2026

An AI-generated mural that appeared on the Jolly Colliers pub in Bristol was torn down following widespread backlash from locals and the art community. The mural, which depicted various Bristol landmarks, contained multiple significant errors, including an inaccurately rendered SS Great Britain, an incorrect traffic system on Clifton Suspension Bridge, a non-existent viaduct, and a…
BLACKPINK’s LISA Designed Meta Glasses With Charms Inspired by Her Pets & Exclusive Digital Treats

September 25, 2026

BLACKPINK’s LISA has collaborated with Meta to design limited-edition Meta Glasses, blending fashion with wearable technology. Developed over more than a year, the collection features two styles: the Meta Adventurer LISA Edition with Moonlit Sky frames and blush lenses, and the Meta Capri LISA Edition with an Eclipse cat-eye frame and grey lenses. Both designs…
Ai Weiwei unveils his epic new Australian work: ‘90% of art is just garbage. Real art questions the existing order’

September 25, 2026

Ai Weiwei has unveiled Mushrooms, a 40-metre public artwork outside Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, comprising 500 cast-iron combat helmets arranged on an elevated platform. The installation links the mushroom-like shape of the helmets with decay, death and life’s fragility, while urging viewers to confront the continuing reality of war and the importance of peace.…
Open-source AI campaign breached at least 27 companies, report finds

September 24, 2026

A Chinese-speaking criminal used three open-source AI tools to conduct at least 105 attacks against companies, compromising at least 27, including a Fortune 500 hospitality firm and a major US airline. The largely autonomous campaign stole more than 600,000 payment-card records, installed card-skimming software and sometimes risked operational disruption through data deletion. The tools divided…