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Khosla Ventures-backed AI music company GRAI acquires social music platform Hangout
AI music company GRAI has acquired Hangout, the social music platform created by Joseph Perla’s Turntable Labs, strengthening its position in music technology following its August licensing of over 24 AI music patents from Music IP Holdings, an entity backed by Universal Music Group. The merger combines Hangout’s community-driven streaming model—where users create virtual rooms…
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Trump and Xi set to discuss AI risks without slowing development
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are due to meet in Washington, with artificial intelligence expected to be a major topic. Although their discussions show that AI risks are receiving high-level political attention, both leaders appear opposed to slowing development, viewing continued progress as essential to maintaining national advantage. This makes a major international agreement on…
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US opposition to AI data centres grows over local impacts
AI companies are planning trillions of dollars in data-centre construction, but public opposition is intensifying, with more than 60% of Americans supporting limits on new facilities. A Data & Society report argues that resistance is driven less by foreign interference than by concerns about AI’s supposedly inevitable expansion, local impacts and communities’ memories of damaging…
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Civo plans 40 UK edge datacentres for sovereign AI services
Civo plans to build 40 UK edge datacentres to provide sovereign AI services from British-owned infrastructure, with the first site due to open in Hertfordshire by March 2027. The project matters because organisations are increasingly concerned about foreign control of data, cloud services and access to advanced AI systems, while locating computing capacity closer to…
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AI hype risks distorting research into what animal communication means
Animal behaviorists are increasingly using AI in their research, but marine researcher Stephanie King argues that the popular narrative about AI helping humans “decode” or “speak” to animals is fundamentally misguided. She contends that this hype misleads both the public and scientists, encouraging premature claims and sensational reporting that distorts what we actually know about…
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Meta fixes Muse flaw allowing attackers to seize AI agent control
Meta has patched a zero-day vulnerability discovered in its Muse macOS app that could allow attackers to take control of the AI agent. Security researcher Patrick Wardle found that the flaw exploited an undocumented Muse setting, enabling local attackers to redirect the app’s transcription processing to their own servers and gain access to user accounts.…
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Osborne warns datacentre opposition could weaken Britain’s AI sovereignty
George Osborne, the former Chancellor who now heads government relations for AI at OpenAI, has criticised opposition to building artificial intelligence datacentres in the UK, characterising it as “nimbyism” holding back the nation. He argues that if Britain refuses to allow these facilities to be constructed, they will simply be built elsewhere—particularly in the United…
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Goodfellas’ CEO Vincent Maraval Says Michel Hazanavicius Cut Eight Days of Production on WWI Film ‘The Third Hand’ by Using AI
Vincent Maraval, CEO of French production company Goodfellas, has highlighted artificial intelligence’s transformative impact on film production, citing how AI reduced shooting time for a major battlefield scene in Michel Hazanavicius’s WWI film “The Third Hand” from ten days to just two days. Maraval defended the technology as enabling filmmakers to tell stories they would…
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Unpaid penalties, data centre rules and AI ethics row
Three-quarters of civil penalties for illegal worker hiring went unpaid. California imposes new data centre transparency rules as concerns over AI impersonation grow.
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Nick Clegg could gain millions as Nscale pursues New York listing
Former Deputy Prime Minister Sir Nick Clegg could receive a substantial windfall from his stake in British data-centre and artificial-intelligence company Nscale, which has filed to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Clegg joined the company’s board in March 2026, and the flotation highlights growing investor interest in infrastructure supporting sovereign AI, as countries…