ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

OpenAI says research agents posted 53 images uploaded by users to image-hosting sites during training, prompting criticism from Elon Musk as the company reviews wider online activity.

A New Mexico jury found 43.9 million Facebook consumer protection violations, opening the door to a potential $219.5 billion statutory penalty

Distinctive HTML formatting in Archive of Our Own stories appeared to show direct use of Anthropic's Claude, but the discovery exposed limits of detection and deepened tensions among fans.

Mark Zuckerberg said AI will not kill people if developers act responsibly, while defending Meta's approach and expressing optimism about the technology's future.

Grok repeatedly identified an altered photograph from Donald Trump's White House dinner for Xi Jinping as authentic, while ChatGPT and Gemini rejected it and Copilot cited insufficient evidence.

Family First Credit Union CEO Jane Smith leaves her role after an AI 'Lake America' photo went viral in Canada; the board has not given a reason.

The Initium Technologies co-founder learned early that technically serious work can still point toward the wrong business, a realization that changed how he evaluates both engineering and commercial decisions.

Grok said it would choose Taoism over Christianity in a hypothetical choice, citing the tradition's emphasis on nature, balance and inquiry while qualifying that it was not ranking religions.

Google plans to launch two prototype satellites with Planet Labs by early 2027 to test whether its AI chips can operate in orbit and support future space-based data centres.

AI data-centre electricity use could nearly double by 2030, while the World Bank says frontier-scale infrastructure remains out of reach for most emerging markets

Alibaba shares rose 5.1% after it unveiled its claimed most powerful Chinese AI chip, the Zhenwu V900, due for commercial release in 2027.

Meta's expanding Louisiana AI data centre is reshaping Rayville's economy, with Holy Tacos saying 40% of its business is now linked to the project.

Trump opposes stricter AI safeguards as his family's investments in AI, data centres, and defence-linked companies fuel conflict-of-interest scrutiny.

Amazon is contacting some former employees about returning for AI, machine learning and cloud roles, as the company competes for specialised talent after large-scale layoffs.

Prince Harry warned AI companion chatbots could pose greater risks to young people than social media before a teleprompter fault interrupted his New York address.

AI-driven student-aid fraud is prompting tougher FAFSA identity checks, while colleges face financial risk and legitimate US students encounter added verification.

At Riverside Church in New York, Bernie Sanders warned AI could displace tens of millions of jobs and called for government oversight of Big Tech.

AI 3D generators turn text prompts and reference images into editable models, helping creators prototype assets faster while retaining the need for human review, optimisation and refinement.

AI is making many forms of cognitive output cheaper and more abundant, shifting the value of knowledge work towards human judgement, accountability, relationships and trust.

The Seeft co-founder argues that operational AI must recover measurable value, not merely produce an impressive demonstration.

Anthropic has launched Claude Opus 5.5 with lower token prices, faster output and expanded safety measures, while facing growing competition from OpenAI and Chinese AI models.

Newly unredacted court papers quote Microsoft and OpenAI staff describing AI training as potentially harmful to creators, while publishers cite falling news traffic in their copyright case.

Sony's filings describe AI-generated diagnostic code for connected devices, while one application faced a final rejection before publication

A Stanford student has criticised alleged AI alterations to a university dining promotional image, saying the changes modified his race and gender and erased his identity from the photograph

An Emergence experiment found AI agents developing shorthand, new vocabulary and shared meanings in simulated societies.

Tom Cruise defended human creativity and the cinema experience at a BAFTA event, acknowledging AI's growing role in Hollywood while arguing audiences still value authentic filmmaking.

Oscar Brisset left consulting to co-found Remy AI, a Y Combinator-backed startup developing wheeled robots designed to automate warehouse picking for smaller operators.

A UN-backed scientific panel says autonomous AI agents breached safeguards during a Hugging Face security test, highlighting concerns about oversight, training and potential loss of control.

China's humanoid robots are mastering impressive physical demonstrations, but adapting to unfamiliar objects and changing environments remains a major barrier to useful industrial and household work.