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- BBC TechnologypolicyWill Trump's AI rebrand to 'super intelligence' catch on?
Some people close to the president have started to use the term but experts say it is unlikely to catch on.
- BBC TechnologypolicyUS criticises Australia's proposed algorithm opt-out laws as 'censorship'
Under the draft laws, tech firms face fines if they do not give users the option to switch off algorithms.
- Tom's Guide AIpolicyTrump wants to call AI ‘Super Intelligence’ because ‘artificial’ sounds fake — but that’s not even what superintelligence means
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- BBC TechnologypolicyTech Life
China is competing with the United States and other nations to develop AI.
- Guardian AIpolicyTrump praises Burnham despite tensions over AI, Chagos Islands and Iran
US president calls UK prime minister ‘a natural businessperson’ as leaders meet at UN assembly in New York Donald Trump has asserted his relationship with the UK is “more up” with Andy Burnham than under Keir Starmer des…
- Ars Technica AIpolicyLawsuit demands OpenAI pay for new school after ChatGPT used in shooting
British Columbia sues OpenAI, demands Tumbler Ridge shooter’s ChatGPT logs.
- TechRadar AIpolicyTrump wants to rename Artificial Intelligence ‘Super Intelligence’ — but something else worries me
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- WIRED AIpolicyHow to Claim Your Cut of Apple’s $250 Million Siri Settlement
Apple may pay out up to $95 for each eligible iPhone purchased by someone who felt misled about Siri’s release. You have until December 21 to submit a claim.
- The Verge AIpolicyTrump says the US is officially renaming AI to ‘super intelligence’
In a speech Tuesday morning at the UN General Assembly, Donald Trump railed against Iran, "globalists," climate change, and transgender people while also claiming that the US is now "officially" renaming artificial intel…
- The DecoderpolicyOpenAI calls for international standards on AI that could improve itself
OpenAI wants international standards for recursive self-improvement, where AI systems independently build the next generation of AI. Without safeguards, humans could lose control over this process. OpenAI says the US sho…
- MIT Technology Review AIpolicyRoundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall
The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border over the past 25 years, promising they will help detect and apprehend border crossers and save lives. But a groundbreak…
- Guardian AIpolicySuperpowers cannot solve world’s problems, UN chief says in final general assembly address
António Guterres says humanity faces unprecedented convergence of threats but mechanisms for collective action are under growing strain The world’s fault lines have turned from cracks into canyons as superpowers show tha…
- Guardian AIpolicyThe world freaked out about AI doomsday. Now what?
Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will meet each other next week, but it’s unlikely they’ll agree to AI regulation Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, US tech editor at the Guardian, writing to yo…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyOpenAI’s George Osborne says datacentre nimbys holding back Britain
Former chancellor, now senior figure at OpenAI, says UK needs datacentres to maintain ‘sovereignty’ over AI tech UK politics live – latest updates Datacentre nimbys are holding Britain back, George Osborne has said in re…
- Guardian AIpolicyUK politics: Trump says he has a better UK relationship with Burnham as PM – as it happened
US president says Burnham will be ‘a great PM’ in friendly first meeting on the sidelines of UN General Assembly but makes jibe at Starmer If Andy Burnham wanted to inject some edge into his meeting with Donald Trump lat…
- Guardian AIpolicyAI is generating a new wave of US populism. It could be a tipping point | Robert Reich
It’s becoming obvious to many Americans that corporations have been raking it in while workers take it on the chin Last week, the unlikely duo of Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon spoke before a Washington group demanding…
- Guardian AIpolicyAI could be a bubble and is not yet making Australia more productive, Michele Bullock says
RBA governor says AI is ‘great white hope’ but its adoption is so far adding to inflation, rather than economic growth Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Reserve Bank governor said AI could…
- The Register AI + MLpolicyGOV.UK founder warns AI gold rush could leave Britain locked in
Mike Bracken says the dash to adopt sovereign AI risks giving more control to a handful of tech suppliers
- Tom's Guide AIpolicy36 million iPhone owners can soon get paid from $250 million Apple Siri lawsuit — how to claim your share
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- Guardian AIpolicyBritish Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting
Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT use British Columbia has sued OpenAI , saying a mass shooting at a school in the Canadian province could…
- The Register AI + MLpolicyCalifornia tightens datacenter rules on water and power
Public pushback puts bit barn resource use under the microscope
- Guardian TechnologypolicyHalt super-intelligent AI with non-proliferation treaty, Ed Davey to say
At Lib Dems’ conference in Brighton, leader will accuse Andy Burnham of relying on Donald Trump and ‘tech bros’ to solve problem Ed Davey is to call for a global nuclear-style non-proliferation treaty to halt the develop…
- Engadget AIpolicyOpenAI faces lawsuit from British Columbia over Tumbler Ridge shooting
The Canadian province of British Columbia has sued OpenAI for failing to notify authorities about the Tumbler Ridge shooter’s chats.
- The Verge AIpolicyCalifornia tightens rules on AI data center energy and water use
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed seven bills designed to prevent AI data centers from passing utility costs onto residents, as reported earlier by the Los Angeles Times. The package of laws requires the California…
- WIRED AIpolicyAI, Tariffs, Rare Minerals: What to Expect From Trump’s Upcoming Summit With Xi Jinping
Washington and Beijing have grown ever more linked in the AI boom, making hardware exports and technological restrictions hefty bargaining chips in negotiations.
- Guardian AIpolicyStop relying on AI chatbots for customer care, UK banks and energy firms told
Citizens Advice says providers of essential services such as energy, banking, phone and internet should guarantee the ‘right to talk to a human’ Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care and guarantee the “right to t…
- AI BusinesspolicyAccelerating AI adoption and governance amid an AI slowdown
While many organizations are accelerating their use of AI, they need to focus on governance and invest in trust, security and alignment.
- Ars Technica AIpolicyTrump rejects AI slowdown calls, launches “AI Force” instead
The president offered few details on what his proposed new AI Force would do.
- Guardian AIpolicyWhat an AI deal could mean for Australian culture – podcast
The Albanese government is considering giving AI companies unrestricted access to Australian content. The sweeping copyright reforms could give AI companies – such as Anthropic and Open AI – permission to train on the op…
- LessWrongpolicyWeight smuggling likely defeats attempts to cap FLOPs per training run
Epistemic status: >90% confidence in the principle, >70% confidence that mitigating these would be hard in practice, no full implementation yet. tldr: it seems difficult for verification mechanisms to prevent chaining ru…
- The DecoderpolicyUS and China agree on AI dialogue with security mechanism ahead of Trump-Xi summit
The US and China have agreed to an official AI dialogue. US Treasury Secretary Bessent also proposed a notification mechanism for AI incidents at the national security level. The announcement comes just before Thursday's…
- The Verge AIpolicyiPhone owners can now submit claims in Apple’s $250 million Siri AI settlement
Apple is paying $250 million to settle claims that it failed to deliver an AI-upgraded Siri - and now, eligible iPhone owners can submit a claim for a payout. If you live in the US and purchased an iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone…
- MIT Technology Review AIpolicyThe US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die?
When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the United States on April 8, 2024, the day before his 32nd birthday, it should have triggered a chain of technological alerts and human responses. As he walked through th…
- MIT Technology Review AIpolicyShe died at the San Diego border. A surveillance camera was in plain sight
She had only walked for a couple of hours, and already she was lost. It was early afternoon on Sept. 14, 2025, when 30-year-old Graciela Gómez Hernández crossed the border from the eastern edge of Tijuana into Southern C…
- TechRadar AIpolicyTrump wants to launch a new "AI force" - but I can't imagine Salesforce is particularly happy about the name
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyGoogle fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data
Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interests Google has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following clai…
- WIRED AIpolicyUS and China Discuss Alerting Each Other to AI National Security Threats
Officials discussed setting up a mechanism for the two countries to notify each other of AI incidents which could threaten national security.
- The Verge AIpolicyUN says AI safeguards can’t wait for certainty
Governments need to rein in increasingly capable AI agents before their risks are fully understood, a United Nations scientific panel warned in the global organization's first major assessment of OpenAI's hack of Hugging…
- OpenAI NewspolicyBuilding standards for the next phase of AI
OpenAI outlines a path to shared global AI standards, calling for coordinated evaluation, reporting, and governance to improve safety.
- Engadget AIpolicyThe EU will force data centers to disclose their energy and water use
The EU has proposed a sustainability labeling system ahead of bringing in minimum data center performance standards.
- BBC TechnologypolicyUS and China discuss AI safety plan ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Top US and Chinese officials held talks in New York on Sunday ahead of a Trump-Xi summit this week.
- Guardian AIpolicyMore Australians will be dying than being born in 40 years as major report predicts future of lower growth
Seventh intergenerational report also outlines how Australia is on the brink of an uncertain age of artificial intelligence Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our new political email , free app or…
- Guardian AIpolicyCan Trump and Xi cooperate to guide humanity through the AI revolution? Humanity might depend on it | Alan Finkel
The CEOs of tech firms issue stark warnings over the rate of change, with AI capability doubling every four months Recently, Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, quit his job over concerns that AI was on a collision c…
- SiliconANGLE AIpolicyPacing AI won’t solve the governance gap
In May 1972, Richard Nixon and Leonid Brezhnev signed the agreements known as SALT I after years of negotiations over weapons capable of destroying both countries. Even with mutual annihilation as an incentive to coopera…
- The Verge AIpolicyTrump now says he wants to form an ‘AI Force’
The president posted on Truth Social that he wanted to appoint an "AI czar" to lead a new "AI force." He made the announcement amid growing calls from across the political spectrum and even within the industry to pump th…
- Guardian AIpolicy‘An out-of-touch Silicon Valley radical’: meet Trump’s AI whisperer pushing for limited regulation
David Sacks convinced Trump against any restrictions on AI – putting the White House out of step with its own party As lawmakers from both sides of the aisle in the US have joined together calling for the regulation of p…
- Guardian AIpolicyAI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart
Scale of debt issuance being used to fund the hectic pace of the datacentre rollout by tech firms is a worry Warnings about powerful and uncontrolled AI have dominated the headlines this past week. But even amid the omen…
- WIRED AIpolicyIt’s Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers
The president has doubled down on data centers and AI. His base is running in the opposite direction.
- Guardian AIpolicy‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms
Coming midterm elections are starting to be framed not as right versus left but instead the ‘well-fed versus the fed-up’ Brian Leeland, a 79-year-old Democratic voter in Detroit , had enough. Frustrated by the way the US…
- Guardian AIpolicyAs White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails
It’s not clear that financial interests are driving White House policy, but they run parallel even as resistance mounts Donald Trump ’s sons, through a series of AI -linked defense and technology ventures, have picked up…