Mon 31 August 2026: Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has cautioned that more powerful AI systems could introduce fresh risks to the world financial system, especially by making cyberattacks larger and faster, according to The Guardian on Monday. Writing as chair of the Financial Stability Board, Bailey outlined those concerns in a letter to […]
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Mon 31 August 2026: The $4.3 billion observatory will search for thousands of exoplanets, study dark energy and map billions of galaxies from a vantage point 1.6 million kilometres from Earth. NASA has launched its newest flagship space observatory, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, beginning a mission aimed at answering some of astronomy’s most […]
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Mon 31 August 2026: You search online for a pair of trainers. Minutes later, similar shoes appear on social media feeds. A shopping site offers a limited-time discount and suggests a matching jacket. This is no longer just an advert shown to millions of people. Increasingly, artificial intelligence is helping decide not only what you […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: As the impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) sweep across the labour force, it’s understandable for workers to be concerned about which jobs are most at risk of being replaced by technology. Women make up the majority of workers in the care sector where human interactions matter most – child care, nursing […]
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Sun 30 August 2026: Israel has funded a fake US think tank and a network of apparently independent websites designed to game artificial intelligence systems and push pro-Israel narratives into chatbot responses, according to an investigation by the Guardian. The operation is part of a multimillion-dollar Israeli campaign to manipulate the online information environment as the […]
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Sat 29 August 2026: TIME has published its 2026 TIME100 AI ranking, identifying 100 people the magazine considers most influential in shaping artificial intelligence around the world. Now in its fourth year, the list mixes chiefs of major AI firms with researchers, startup founders, policymakers, labor organizers, and people from the arts, reflecting wider argument […]
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Fri 28 August 2026: The French government said Monday it would press ahead with a ban on mobile phones in high schools from next month, but trade unions warned that the measure might be hard to implement quickly. In July, France’s parliament approved legislation banning both social media access for children under 15 and mobile […]
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Thu 27 August 2026: US-based social media Meta has agreed to pay some $18 billion to settle claims brought by a coalition of dozens of state attorneys general alleging the company misled consumers about the potential harms its social media platforms pose to children and teenagers, the company said Wednesday. The agreement would also require […]
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Wed 26 August 2026: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri rejected allegations from US prosecutors that the company withheld damaging information from the public, as he took the stand in a major federal trial over social media’s impact on young people. “I am not trying to encourage my team to hide anything,” the CEO, Adam Mosseri, told […]
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Tue 25 August 2026: You’re probably familiar with the idea that in the world of big tech, “we” are the product. Our data is the currency being traded every time we navigate our social media feeds. Tech giants such as Apple, Google and Microsoft offer valuable services, but it comes at a price. They host […]
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