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- Guardian Technologypolicy‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws
Labor government under pressure to create social media watchdog as new online safety standards bill passes lower house Follow our Australia politics live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or…
- Engadget AIpolicyNew York governor signs AI chatbot child safety law
A separate law aims to shore up security on connected baby monitors.
- Guardian AIpolicyAI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban
Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research finds AI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed a…
- Ars Technica AIpolicy“No human at the helm”: Delaware plan would let AI agents run entire businesses
Owners of AI-run firms would evade liability for “reckless” AI, US Rep. Comer says.
- TechRadar AIpolicyAnthropic’s huge IPO warns of ‘catastrophic’ AI risk as China’s bubble pops
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- WIRED AIpolicyUK Home Office May Face Investigation Over Use of OpenAI Tech
A government watchdog is considering a probe into the Home Office’s use of ChatGPT technology to process asylum claims amid concerns over the tools’ accuracy and secrecy surrounding their use.
- Tom's Guide AIpolicyProton to re-interview staff on AI use – and jobs may be on the line
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- TechRadar AIpolicySovereign AI is about more than where data resides
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- UK Algorithmic Transparency RecordspolicyDEFRA: Ask the toolkit
Answers questions about using AI at Defra, using only the Defra AI digital toolkit, with links to the guidance each answer came from.
- TechRadar AIpolicyNetherlands to replace 25,000 government jobs with AI in efficiency drive to save €3.5 billion
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Guardian AIpolicyAI-driven disinformation running rampant on social media before US midterms, experts warn
Social media companies including Meta have pulled back on efforts to protect voters from election-meddling lies Social media feeds are awash with an unprecedented flood of AI -driven disinformation ahead of November’s US…
- Guardian AIpolicyUK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups
Investigation finds dozens of ministers and civil servants moved into AI roles as government developed datacentre expansion plans The UK’s policy on datacentres and AI was developed without any meetings with environmenta…
- The Register AI + MLpolicyElvis rightsholders sue Anthropic for stealing songs and leaving them in Heartbreak Hotel
They want a little less chatbot conversation, and a whole lot more royalty action
- TechRadar AIpolicy‘You want to control your own AI’: Pegasus spyware founder tells governments to push for sovereign AI and national security over reliance on US AI
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Engadget AIpolicyAnthropic's political problem will get worse before it gets better
With the midterms closing in, its IPO paperwork reveal a company rightly worried about its regulatory future.
- Guardian AIpolicy‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims
Tasks from determining asylum seekers’ ages to border surveillance now involve AI, says Open Rights Group AI has been embedded across the Home Office in near-total secrecy, reinforcing the so-called hostile environment f…
- The Verge AIpolicyData center backlash is uniting America
If there's one issue that seems to activate all kinds of voters in 2026, it's data centers. The rapid buildout of these massive server storage facilities - and the infrastructure construction and expenses that come with…
- The Register AI + MLpolicyHumanity can't afford not to spend $800B on AI, Anthropic insists
It's more important than chips, 'leccy and the net, after all
- Guardian AIpolicyIn a rush to lure AI companies, the Australian government risks undoing a creative ecosystem that has taken decades to build | Dan Guthrie
If proposed copyright reforms proceed, Australia will become a global IP-laundering paradise. Why would a UK business license its TV shows here if they can be scraped at will? Australia and the UK have always had a share…
- Guardian AIpolicy‘Autonomy, not flesh’: RAF chief outlines AI drone-powered future
Air Chief Marshal Harv Smyth says technological advances will reduce need for human involvement in warfare A future Royal Air Force will rely on “autonomy not flesh”, its chief said on Monday as he described plans in whi…
- Ars Technica AIpolicyICE plan to buy robot dogs spurs protest from hundreds of Boston Dynamics employees
US robotics company stands by ICE deal as more than 300 employees warn of risk.
- Tom's Guide AIpolicyAnthropic is being sued by Elvis Presley's estate for $41 million — these songs are at the center of the lawsuit
Consumer AI launches, tools, and practical coverage.
- TechRadar AIpolicyThe UK government wants to invest £100 million in a ‘world first’ AI Biosecurity Lab — OpenAI and Anthropic to supply £200 million in credits to help safeguard national security
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Engadget AIpolicyDutch government to cut 16 percent of workforce as part of AI efficiency push
The cabinet announced that it wants to get rid of 25,000 full-time jobs by 2035.
- The Register AI + MLpolicyAfter threatening AI export bans, China allows DeepSeek to keep selling
PLUS: AI datacenter bubble wobbles in Australia; E-commerce app suggests it can detect diseases; India’s top telco to IPO amid investor frenzy; and more!
- Engadget AIpolicyElvis Presley's estate is suing Anthropic over copyright infringement
The latest AI copyright infringement suit centers around a single music artist from decades past: Elvis.
- Guardian AIpolicyAnthropic sued for allegedly using 274 Elvis Presley songs to train AI models
Authentic Brands Group says AI company infringed on rights of songs by the King such as Can’t Help Falling in Love The owners of Elvis Presley ’s music catalogue are suing the artificial intelligence ( AI ) company Anthr…
- Guardian AIpolicy‘Extremely disappointed’: WA government seeks reimbursement from Deloitte over flawed university report
State paid consultancy firm $166,000 for feasibility study on merging the three tertiary institutions Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The Western Australian government has said it is “extreme…
- WIRED AIpolicyWhat the US Movement Against Data Centers Can Learn From Abroad
Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.
- The DecoderpolicyEx-Google CEO Eric Schmidt calls OpenAI and Anthropic modern colonial trading companies
In Foreign Affairs, historian Niall Ferguson, researcher Lisa Klaassen, and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt cast the US and China as AI empires and every other country as a dependency. The race won't be decided by breakth…
- LessWrongpolicyFree Speech Is The Wrong Problem
Everyone agrees that online platforms have a problem with free speech. They just can't agree on whether we need more of it or less of it. But maybe Free Speech is the wrong way to think about the problems that online pla…
- Guardian Technologypolicy‘Synthetic twin’: Why Socceroo Cristian Volpato is the latest footballer to license his AI clone
Athletes’ scramble to control – and monetise – their digital identities at the cutting edge of AI rights deals Get our new political email , free app or daily news podcast The Socceroos star stares at the camera as he st…
- The Verge AIpolicyPennsylvania will require labels on AI-generated ads
On Thursday, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed the Artificial Intelligence Deceptive Advertising Act into law, requiring disclosures on AI-generated ads. The law requires any ad - whether it's a still image, vide…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyThe datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle
The AI boom is pitting local residents against corporate giants seeking to power their energy-hungry networks – but one Welsh city is fighting back Dale Johnston opens the gate to his neat suburban garden on the western…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyJohn Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security
Chancellor says government to commit hundreds of millions to develop ‘distinctively British’ approach to AI John Healey has pledged to use Wednesday’s budget to harness the power of artificial intelligence to bolster Bri…
- Engadget AIpolicyThe UK is investing $134 million into an AI Biosecurity Lab
The UK has established the AI Biosecurity Lab, which will help it detect biological threats and develop vaccines with AI.
- BBC TechnologypolicyUK to invest £100m in 'world first' AI Biosecurity Lab
The chancellor will unveil AI spending aimed at shoring up the UK's defences in Wednesday's Budget.
- Engadget AIpolicyMeta is delaying its controversial new business terms amid scraping concerns
Meta drew flak for an upcoming change to its business terms that would allow it to scrape business accounts' content for AI training.
- Ars Technica AIpolicyUpdated Google privacy policy says your Gmail might be used for advertising
Turning on Personal Intelligence gives the company more data for ad targeting.
- TechRadar AIpolicyThe US wants to fill thousands of acres of public land with AI data centers — land records show 35 data center-related developments are planned so far
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Ars Technica AIpolicyIntel gets waiver after worries fuzzy US ban on foreign-made robots may hit fabs
Company says foreign-made robotic vehicles are crucial to US chip production.
- The Verge AIpolicyNow Google says it might use your Gmail and Google Photos data to target ads
Google has updated its privacy policy in a way that could mean you'll start seeing targeted ads based on your personal data if you're using personalized AI features. The update, spotted by Android Authority, adds an exce…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyOpposition deepfake video of Spanish PM’s wife sparks outrage before election
Video shows AI likenesses of people linked to Pedro Sánchez’s Socialist party appearing to admit to wrongdoing A political ad from Spain’s main opposition party that used a deepfake video of the prime minister’s wife has…
- The Verge AIpolicyMeta delays new business terms after publisher pushback on AI scraping
Meta is delaying the enforcement of its new business terms after publishers raised concerns that they could allow the company to scrape news sites for AI training, as reported earlier by Fast Company. In a statement to T…
- TechRadar AIpolicyYour data is in Europe. Your technology still isn’t sovereign
Mainstream AI news from a large tech publication.
- Guardian TechnologypolicyIs a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?
An old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitude In a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed t…
- NVIDIA BlogpolicyKazakhstan Expands Compute for Its AI Future
Kazakhstan’s AI ecosystem is moving from infrastructure plans to deployment. The shift is visible across the full AI stack — from infrastructure to models to applications. The announcements below — coinciding with a visi…
- Guardian TechnologypolicyBurnham to reveal plans for AI unit to tackle wildfires after scorching summer
PM will also announce funding for specialised protective gear and the deployment of military aircraft The UK government is to create an AI Cobra unit to spot wildfires after this year’s record-breaking summer saw devasta…
- The Verge AIpolicyMeta’s AI could still scrape news sites, legal experts say
Meta has tweaked its business terms to remove language suggesting that it could freely train its AI models on news sites, like The Verge - but legal experts say these changes aren't enough to address their concerns. "Thi…
- AWS Machine Learning BlogpolicyDeploy AI in a HIPAA-eligible environment with Amazon Quick
Amazon Quick is a HIPAA-eligible service, but eligibility is not the same as compliance. This post explains who HIPAA applies to, how PHI flows through Amazon Quick, what the platform provides for regulated environments,…