Thu 30 October 2025: When Google and Amazon negotiated a massive $1.2bn cloud computing deal in 2021 with the Israeli government, a secret arrangement known as the “winking mechanism” was included, according to a new joint investigation by The Guardian and the Israeli publications +972 Magazine and Local Call. The secret warning system obligates the companies to […]
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Wed 29 October 2025: Data from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI suggest that more than a million of the people using its generative AI chatbot have shown interest in suicide. In a blog post published on Monday, the AI company estimated that approximately 0.15 percent of users have “conversations that include explicit indicators of potential suicidal planning or intent.” With OpenAI […]
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Wed 29 October 2025: What if the problem with social media isn’t just how much we use it, but when? A new study suggests that scrolling and posting through the small hours may be a red flag for mental wellbeing – and the effects could be as significant as binge drinking. For the study, published […]
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Wed 29 October 2025: ‘Whatever Brussels proposes usually gets implemented in compromise that waters it down, less ambitious, less big, less effective,’ says expert The EU’s “Drone Wall” security initiative faces potential setbacks as experts warn that disputes over funding, leadership, and strategy could hinder progress. Recently, Poland spotted nearly 20 suspected Russian drones, with […]
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Tue 28 October 2025: Elon Musk, the U.S. business tycoon, unveiled Grokipedia on Monday—an AI-powered online encyclopedia designed to challenge what he describes as Wikipedia’s “woke” bias. The tech billionaire announced the platform this month on his US social media company X, claiming an AI-created knowledge hub would be “super important for civilization” and essential […]
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Sun 26 October 2025: You check prices online for a flight to Melbourne today. It’s $300. You leave your browser open. Two hours later, it’s $320. Half a day later, $280. Welcome to the world of algorithmic pricing, where technology tries to figure out what price you’re willing to pay. Artificial intelligence (AI) is quietly remaking […]
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Sat 25 October 2025: Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he needs a $1 trillion compensation package to maintain his influence over the company’s artificial intelligence and robotics division, including the humanoid robot project known as “Optimus.” Speaking during, Musk said in the company’s third-quarter earnings call Wednesday that the issue was not about money but how […]
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Fri 24 October 2025: Following Australia’s ban on children under 16 from using social media platforms, more countries work on similar bills to restrict the access of young people to social media without parental consent, as the support for banning children from such apps has recently been on the rise, according to reports. Italy, Spain, […]
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Thu 23 October 2025: A joint investigation by Norway’s NRK and 21 other public media outlets revealed that AI language models like ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity, and Gemini generated notable factual or sourcing inaccuracies in nearly 50% of their news-related answers. According to a report published on Wednesday by NRK Beta, 45% of all answers contained […]
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Sigismonda Drinking The Poison (1897). Joseph Edward Southall/Birmingham Museums Trust Wed 22 October 2025: Poisoning is a term most often associated with the human body and natural environments. But it is also a growing problem in the world of artificial intelligence (AI) – in particular, for large language models such as ChatGPT and Claude. In fact, a joint study by […]
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