Calls to block social media platforms for minors in France amid school protests
One factor accelerating these student protest is social media, and its being boosted even more by artificial intelligence. Some French mayors have even called for social media platforms to be temporar
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france24.com
06.10.2026
Meta’s Muse AI Agent Is Building a Dossier On You
Internal instructions reviewed by TIME show the AI assistant mapping users and their contacts—including people who don’t use Muse—and sharing anonymized insights across its system.
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time.com
06.10.2026
US payroll data shows young workers' jobs most affected by artificial intelligence
In August, US employment in roles most exposed to AI for people aged between 22 and 25 shrank by 4.4 percent year-on-year. This means there's been a contraction every single month since October 2023,
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france24.com
06.10.2026
Hackers Use Chinese AI Tool to Hit South Korean Banks, Exposing New Risk
The attacks were the latest to highlight the vulnerability of even hardened targets to hackers using freely available artificial-intelligence tools.
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wsj.com
06.10.2026
‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms
Campaign groups report surge in membership after a spate of AI safety alerts and apocalyptic warningsIn a bar below Waterloo Bridge, a cell of a fast-growing anti-AI protest movement met last week to
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theguardian.com
06.10.2026
Moonshot said to eye early 2027 IPO after value hits $50 billion
The Chinese AI champion has also begun laying the groundwork to gauge investor sentiment through early-look meetings starting as soon as this month.
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japantimes.co.jp
06.10.2026
Italy’s Meloni follows pop stars in seeking to trademark her voice to combat AI deepfakes
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has applied to trademark her voice with the European Union intellectual property office in a bid to bolster protections against AI-generated deepfakes
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abcnews.com
05.10.2026
Privacy concerns put smart glasses under scrutiny as Norway seeks temporary ban
Norway's government is proposing a temporary ban on AI glasses in certain public spaces
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abcnews.com
05.10.2026
Trump names Jay Clayton as AI czar to lead 'Super Intelligence Force'
US President Donald Trump has named his National Intelligence Director Jay Clayton as America's "Super Intelligence" czar, as fears over AI grow. Also, oil markets react to Houthi attacks as well as e
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france24.com
05.10.2026
Preventing artificial intelligence from triggering a world war
A mechanism for distinguishing unintended harm from deliberate attacks is urgently needed.
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japantimes.co.jp
05.10.2026
OpenAI’s Altman says AI benefits warrant accepting some risks
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he believes "people will do tremendously — orders of magnitude more — good stuff than bad stuff" with AI.
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japantimes.co.jp
05.10.2026
AI giants 'not being nearly careful enough,' warns outgoing OpenAI safety engineer
Days after President Donald Trump signed a voluntary pact with artificial intelligence giants, a former OpenAI worker said his industry needs the same safeguards as nuclear power or aviation.
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dw.com
03.10.2026
California’s new laws target workers’ biggest fear of AI taking their jobs
The state, which is home to many AI companies, is one of the first to roll out workplace regulations targeting the technology California’s laws aimed at protecting workers from the impacts of artifici
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theguardian.com
03.10.2026
We Won't Know the Answers to AI's Most Important Questions Until It's Too Late
"I believe there’s about a 50% chance we all die because of the development of smarter-than-human AI systems," writes Geoffrey Irving.
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time.com
03.10.2026
How AI is helping Mexico detect breast cancer earlier
Mexico is turning to AI to speed up breast cancer detection as long waits and a shortage of specialists hamper screening
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aljazeera.com
03.10.2026
US road rage killer's sentence quashed because AI video of victim was shown in court
The Arizona appeals court ruled that airing an AI message from the dead victim "crossed that line".
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bbc.co.uk
03.10.2026
Awe in the Age of AI
"While acknowledging the amazing capacity of AI, we shouldn’t lose sight of the irreplaceable value of human-generated awe," writes Arianna Huffington.
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time.com
02.10.2026
Some topics are off limits in Chinese AI, researchers find
A popular Chinese AI program, Qwen, has no memory of Tiananmen Square and no tolerance for Winnie the Pooh.
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cbsnews.com
02.10.2026
OpenAI’s Medicare attack has exposed Australia’s ‘tech debt’. Fixing it could bring a big bill for taxpayers
Home affairs department orders all federal government agencies to conduct review of ‘legacy technology’ amid fallout from AI agent hacks
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theguardian.com
02.10.2026
Can AI play a role in reducing inequality?
In the debate about how best to regulate artificial intelligence, what about its role in development and aid? Warnings about the potential for exacerbating inequality are rife – but the World Bank arg
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france24.com
02.10.2026