How governments worldwide are shaping what AI can say about politics
With the U.S. midterms approaching, about one in five voters has asked AI chatbots about elections and politics, a recent survey found.
Science
phys.org
21.10.2026
Meta drops the word "train" from its commercial TOS after AI backlash
Meta changes AI scraping policy but won’t add language respecting robots.txt.
Tech
arstechnica.com
20.10.2026
Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car
Google is bringing Gemini's Personal Intelligence feature to cars, allowing its AI assistant to draw on information from Gmail, Calendar, Maps, YouTube, and other Google services to deliver more perso
Tech
techcrunch.com
20.10.2026
AI challenges math by solving the unsolvable
Announcements over recent months that artificial intelligence models have cracked previously unsolvable problems are shaking top-level mathematicians to the core, and they are now asking themselves: W
Science
phys.org
20.10.2026
Eric Schmidt reportedly owns about half as much of Anthropic as CEO Dario Amodei
The former Google CEO owns about 1% stake in the leading AI lab, Bloomberg reported.
Tech
techcrunch.com
20.10.2026
French Government Calls Emergency Meetings With Platforms Over Protests
TikTok and other sites were told to curb protest footage and AI-altered images, while online retailers like Vinted and eBay reportedly signed an agreement stop looted goods from flooding resale sites.
Tech
wired.com
20.10.2026
Meta ordered to name execs who approved torrenting for AI training
Meta argues nobody “decided” to pirate books to train AI.
Tech
arstechnica.com
20.10.2026
73 Years Later, the Greatest Opening Line in Sci-fi History Is Still an Unbeatable Classic
Bradbury’s six-word opening to Fahrenheit 451 remains one of sci-fi’s most powerful lines, especially in an age of declining literacy and AI.
Culture
polygon.com
20.10.2026
‘Human Made, Human Paid’: The Largest U.S. Musicians Union Is Demanding AI Protections
American Federation of Musicians asking major labels to give artists a contract with AI protections and compensation
Culture
rollingstone.com
20.10.2026
Meta’s Muse hits 10M U.S. downloads in 40 days, a milestone reached by only 11 other apps
Meta's AI companion Muse has surpassed 10 million U.S. downloads in its first 40 days, joining an exclusive group of apps that includes Threads. New data also shows Muse is retaining users at higher r
Tech
techcrunch.com
20.10.2026
Opinion | The Ukraine ‘Kill Zone’ Is AI’s Testing Ground
Artificial intelligence is transforming war in real time by analyzing data and automating weapons.
World
wsj.com
20.10.2026
Plants can speak using electricity, so this startup built an AI model to decipher their language
Electric Plant has built an AI-powered translator to help humans listen to what plants are saying with the subtle electricity coursing through their stems.
Tech
techcrunch.com
20.10.2026
The new economics of enterprise AI
Imagine your company just discovered electricity. At first only a few machines run on it, and nobody worries about efficiency — consumption is low and the value is obvious. But once electricity become
Journal
technologyreview.com
20.10.2026
An AI Agent Joined a Listserv of Top Internet Researchers. The Reply-All Chaos Is Still Unfolding
Hysteria over the agent's appearance in a 7,500-person group reveals that internet experts have outdated notions of privacy.
Tech
wired.com
20.10.2026
1000 human mathematicians pledge to shun AI in their research
There is a growing backlash against the way AI companies have gone about tackling mathematical problems – and now some mathematicians are opting to avoid AI altogether
Science
newscientist.com
20.10.2026
The dangers of letting tech billionaires shape our world
As SpaceX impacts Ukraine and AI-generated music divides artists and fans, critics are asking what happens when technology has too much control over our livesThis was originally published in TechScape
Tech
theguardian.com
20.10.2026
Self-learning AI releases NFL picks, score predictions for every Week 7 game
SportsLine AI evaluated the Week 7 NFL odds and revealed its NFL score predictions and best NFL picks
Sport
cbssports.com
20.10.2026
Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand political parties are ed
Tech
theguardian.com
20.10.2026
Spotify Inks Licensing Deal With Believe Music for AI Remixing Tool
Spotify has struck a content licensing deal with the France-based independent music company Believe ahead of its forthcoming AI-powered remixing tool, an agreement that also covers Believe’s digital d
Culture
variety.com
20.10.2026
Amazon accused of using AI to predict union activity at warehouses
Amazon has been accused of using an artificial intelligence-powered system to assess the likelihood of union organising at its warehouses in the United Kingdom, United States and Canada, according to
Azerbaijan
azernews.az
20.10.2026