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AI Absolutism Destroys Thinking. Apocalypse Is a Choice, Not Fate
AI debates are dominated by absolutism: technology will either save the world or destroy it. In reality, the future depends on the choices we make today.
OpenAI Confidentially Files for IPO with Valuation Exceeding $850 Billion
OpenAI, creator of ChatGPT, has filed a confidential application for a public offering with an expected valuation exceeding $850 billion, making it one of the largest IPOs in history.
David Lammy launches AI assistants pilot in British courts
Vice-premier David Lammy will announce an artificial intelligence pilot in England and Wales courts this week.
Shanghai Launches First Underwater Data Center Powered by Wind Energy
Shanghai Lingang's 24 MW underwater data center uses wind energy and requires 40% less water than land-based alternatives—addressing energy challenges from China's AI boom.
British Doctors Could Face Court Over AI Diagnostic Errors, Warns Medical Protection Society
Doctors and the NHS face potential lawsuits over AI diagnostic errors despite individual doctors being blameless. Medical Protection Society urgently calls for changes to British legislation.
Bank of England declares war on deepfake fraud after Farage video
The Bank of England issued a sharp warning about a threat of global scale following the appearance of a fake video in which the head of the regulator Andrew Bailey enters into a physical conflict…
Trump Pushes the AI Accelerator While Anthropic Calls for Pause
The Trump administration accelerates AI development, but Anthropic paradoxically demands a slowdown while simultaneously preparing for an IPO—a classic tech industry contradiction.
Anthropic Opens Fable 5 to Everyone: First Model from the Mythos Lineup Available to the Public
Anthropic has released Fable 5, the first open model from the Mythos lineup, which was restricted due to cybersecurity concerns but is now available to everyone with limitations.
Seattle Bans AI Data Center Expansion for One Year Due to Energy Crisis
Seattle City Council unanimously approved a one-year moratorium on new data center construction, responding to growing concerns about AI infrastructure's energy consumption.
AI Data Centers Demand Water and Energy — The Environmental Cost of Revolution
Giant data centers consume water and electricity, leaving a carbon footprint. But is such an environmental price justified for AI to draw funny pictures and write text?
Lawsuit Over AI Error: Florida Police Arrested Innocent Man
A Florida resident was wrongly arrested for a crime committed 300 miles from his home based on a facial recognition algorithm error.
Australia Prepares to Control the Explosive Growth of Data Centers and AI
Australia's assistant digital economy minister called for controlling the data center and AI boom, fearing to repeat the economic mistakes of the 2000s resource rush.
Australia deploys companion robots in nursing homes — debate over the cost of care
Loneliness in a nursing home — a hidden crisis that is rarely discussed publicly. But with the introduction of technologies like robot companions and virtual experiences in Australia's elderly care…
Gareth Edwards on Why AI Will Surpass CGI in Filmmaking
The director of Star Wars: Rogue One endorsed the use of generative AI in cinema, calling it a tool on par with the camera.
AI generated photo of Thai police officers in festive dresses for 'friendliness'
A Facebook police post administrator created an AI-generated image of Thai officers in festive dresses to improve the image of law enforcement, but the photo spread in English-language media as authentic. *Meta is recogn
Artist on AI Art: Boring, Stolen, and Environmentally Harmful
Guardian columnist Jess Harwood criticizes AI art as a tedious theft of creativity, energy-intensive and soulless. She insists on the value of manual creativity.
Samsung to Distribute £310,000 Bonuses to Employees Due to AI Boom in Memory
Samsung memory division employees will receive average bonuses of £310,000 through a profit-sharing agreement backed by 74% of workers, showing how the AI boom is reshaping chipmaker economics.
Scotland's 'Green' Data Center Policy Ignores AI Emissions
Scotland's definition of a 'green' data center, written in 2022, doesn't account for the carbon footprint of modern AI computing, according to a charity study.
Spotify and Universal Music Agree on AI Remixes for Subscribers
Spotify and Universal Music Group signed their first licensing agreement, enabling listeners to create cover versions and remixes of songs using artificial intelligence directly on the platform.
Microsoft and Anthropic move AI training bases to Australia
Microsoft and Anthropic have identified Australia as an ideal location for training large AI models. American society has already exhausted its tolerance for new data centers.
Has the AI Uprising Begun: The Guardian's Provocation and Fiona Katauskas
The Guardian cartoonist Fiona Katauskas raises the question of whether mass resistance to artificial intelligence is beginning — amid mounting regulation, lawsuits, and growing public skepticism.
AI Will Make Nobel Prize Discovery in a Year — Anthropic Founder's Prediction
Anthropic founder Jack Clark predicted that artificial intelligence will make a Nobel Prize-level discovery in collaboration with humans within a year, and bipedal robots will start helping workers within two years.
BT Warns of Smartphone Price Increases Due to AI Chip Shortage
BT CEO Allison Kirkby warned that smartphone prices could rise due to a shortage of memory chips being hoarded by technology companies to power AI data centers.
Cancellation of AI Model Verification: How Big Tech Defeated Trump and Regulation
The US President at the last moment canceled an executive order on safety checks for new AI models, giving full freedom to technology companies. Reasons: American technological dominance and competition with China.
OpenAI solved Paul Erdős's problem that eluded mathematicians for 80 years
OpenAI announced the solution to an 80-year-old mathematical problem known as Paul Erdős's unit distance problem. The company considers this proof of progress in AI reasoning.
Wendy Liu: Why I Avoid AI and Fear for Human Intelligence
Writer Wendy Liu warns: if we let AI do all the brain's work, we will lose the ability to think and learn — this is what makes us human.
"The AI Masquerade": British Companies Reinventing Themselves as AI Specialists
British companies are demanding PR agencies label ordinary automation as artificial intelligence. PR executives are complaining about this trend and their inability to honestly describe their business.
Robot apocalypse is a myth: what really worries Oxford AI professor
Oxford professor Michael Wooldridge debunks the popular myth of a machine uprising and explains which real AI problems should truly worry humanity and technologists.
Google DeepMind Begins Negotiations with Unions Over Employee Ethics Concerns in AI
Google DeepMind agreed to official negotiations with British unions over concerns about its technologies being used for U.S. and Israeli national security purposes — a first in the AI industry.
San Francisco uses AI to save whales from ship collisions
An AI system called WhaleSpotter has been launched in San Francisco Bay to track gray whales around the clock and warn vessels. Climate change is pushing starving whales into the dangerous bay, where 40% of fatal collisi