The Guardian view on AI money in US politics: not the way to hold an urgent democratic debate | Editorial
11/08/2026 18:04 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Amid public concern over the impact of new technology, Silicon Valley’s use of its wealth to influence specific election races is an unwelcome developmentAs the…
‘Everything about me is good in his eyes’: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
11/08/2026 15:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
In her new documentary Replica, film-maker Chouwa Liang taps into her own experience of finding love with artificial intelligence and makes contact with other women…
Spotify to distinguish AI artists from real people – and stop recommending them
11/08/2026 13:40 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Music streaming platform creates ‘AI persona’ label that will appear on profiles and track listings in crackdown on fake performersSpotify is to label AI artists…
Meta faces expensive child safety reckoning
11/08/2026 12:04 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Also: Google executives jump ship in race for AI dominanceHello, TechScape readers! Danielle Abril, editor of the Guardian’s Reworked series on AI and the future…
Experts are warning: our AI arms race is putting humanity at risk | Stuart Russell
11/08/2026 10:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
A recent letter signed by 1,367 researchers and engineers at frontier AI labs – mainly OpenAI, Anthropic and Google Deepmind – points to a dangerous…
AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds
11/08/2026 09:15 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Modelling finds AI-driven productivity gains in coal, oil and gas enable more emissions than applications in renewables avoidAI-driven productivity gains enable more planet-heating pollution from…
Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta drops open-source model
10/08/2026 22:57 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Meta CEO presents utopian vision of AI in 6,000-word essay amid Silicon Valley debate over government regulationMark Zuckerberg published a lengthy essay on Monday detailing…
Bernie Sanders calls on Silicon Valley to ‘pause AI development’ in interest of humanity
10/08/2026 17:44 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Progressive US senator urges Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic to ‘stop building machines that humans cannot control’Senator Bernie Sanders has called on Meta, OpenAI and Anthropic…
What happens when medical students rely on AI – and never develop their own judgment? | Simar Bajaj and Joseph Sakran
10/08/2026 12:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
AI’s danger isn’t just in experts losing the ability to reason. It’s that trainees may never learn how to do so in the first placeIn…
Convince an AI it’s not alive in psychological horror game Prove You’re Human
10/08/2026 09:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Sunset Visitor studio’s founder tells us about their new, unnerving Captcha-filled world which prompts players to ask what it means to have a ‘meat body’Sunset…
SA premier announces royal commission into AI – as it happened
10/08/2026 07:56 - AI (artificial intelligence)
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Meme factories are churning out hard right AI slop on Facebook | First Dog on the Moon
10/08/2026 07:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
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UK manufacturers face rising hacking risk as survey shows 30% were hit last year
10/08/2026 05:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Big companies describe being under constant threat but only half have a plan in place to respond to an attackNearly a third of British manufacturers…
As AI guzzles water and energy, we are already facing a choice: datacentres or homes? | John Harris
09/08/2026 11:03 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Whitehall wants to triple their number in the UK. Yet in Slough, I saw the impact they’re having on communitiesAmid headlines about the UK’s drought,…
AI push is putting banks at mercy of tech firms, warns Moody’s
09/08/2026 09:00 - AI (artificial intelligence)
Finance sector will gain from the tech but it will need substantial investment and create risks, says rating agencyThe rating agency Moody’s has said the…