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Reddit is introducing a new moderator: AI
Reddit is rolling out AI-powered moderation tools, part of a broader set of platform changes affecting developers and old Reddit. The new system, called “Rules Hub,” uses large language models to help moderators enforce community rules by understanding context and intent rather than relying solely on rigid keyword matching, marking a shift away from the…
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Old Reddit could be the next casualty of Reddit’s war on AI scraping
Reddit is warning that Old Reddit, the 21-year-old legacy desktop version of the site still favoured by many long-time users and moderators, could be scaled back or discontinued as part of the company’s ongoing crackdown on AI scraping. In a blog post, Reddit said unspecified “changes” were needed to protect the platform from “abusive scraping…
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Google’s Top AI Brains Are Leaving to Launch Discovery Loop
Jeff Dean and other high-profile Google executives have founded Discovery Loop, a startup that will seek AI-powered breakthroughs in everything from drug discovery to chip design.
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Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack
Sheffield Hospitals Charity has warned supporters that their personal details may have been accessed after a cyber attack on Beacon CRM, the secure database system it uses to manage donor information. Beacon detected the breach on Monday, and it is understood to have affected more than 1,000 charities and organisations that rely on the platform,…
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Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack – BBC
Hospital charity supporters hit by cyber attack BBC
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OpenAI settles DOJ claim it discriminated against US citizens in hiring
OpenAI reached a $3.2 million settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ) over claims that it discriminated against U.S. citizens with its hiring practices. The DOJ’s investigation involved “fewer than 10” positions but argued it was important to crack down on unfair hiring practices impacting American workers and effectively shutting them out of applying for…
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Shopify says AI search is driving more traffic and sales, not replacing Google
Shopify has reported that AI-powered search tools are boosting traffic and sales for merchants on its platform rather than eating into traditional search, contrasting with the impact AI summaries have had on online publishers, where click-through rates and advertising revenue have suffered. President Harley Finkelstein told analysts on the company’s second-quarter earnings call that AI…
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Why haven’t we seen images of SpaceX Moon crash yet?
A BBC News video report examines why images have not yet emerged following a reported crash involving a SpaceX mission to the Moon. The piece, published in the US & Canada section, addresses public curiosity about the incident and the apparent delay in visual evidence being released, a subject of interest given SpaceX’s high profile…
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Samsung and Mousterian move ahead with floating datacenter for Texas
Samsung Heavy Industries and Dallas-based Mousterian Corporation have signed an engineering contract for their first floating datacentre project, to be moored beside a power plant in Houston, Texas. The deal moves the pair’s partnership from concept to active design work, with the aim of showing that waterborne data halls can bring AI and hyperscale computing…
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Hark previews its browser use agent for completing tasks
Hark, an AI startup that raised $700 million in Series A funding in May 2026, has unveiled Hark Handoff, an agent designed to navigate websites and complete tasks on users’ behalf, even where no official API exists. The launch places Hark in a crowded field of computer- and browser-use agents being developed by major players…