China has cracked down on AI relationships. Is it ahead of the game?
Beijing has cracked down on AI chatbots that can replicate human relationships. Experts are asking if this is the right thing to do.
World
bbc.co.uk
01.10.2026
Right Livelihood Award honors women taking on autocrats, discrimination and unchecked AI
The Right Livelihood Award has been given to two women and two women-led organizations to recognize work against authoritarianism, violence and AI-related harms
World
abcnews.com
30.09.2026
AI-powered app maker Wabi pivots to a messaging experience
Wabi is repositioning its prompt-based app builder as a personal AI agent that can create interfaces on demand, combining chat, apps and ongoing tasks.
Tech
techcrunch.com
29.09.2026
Donald Trump Launches New AI Government Website: What to Know
Trump launches America.gov, a new AI-powered website designed to help Americans access federal services and information.
Politics
newsweek.com
29.09.2026
Anthropic’s prospectus details losses, growth, and, yes, a warning that its AI could end humanity
In its prospectus, Anthropic just told investors it's losing tens of billions of dollars a year, but also growing like crazy, and — oh yeah — its own AI might pose an existential risk to humanity.
Tech
techcrunch.com
29.09.2026
AI faces $6 trillion test to justify data centers, Bain says
Consulting firm Bain & Co.'s report highlights the hurdles ahead to make the current pace of artificial intelligence development sustainable.
World
japantimes.co.jp
29.09.2026
OpenAI ‘scraps release’ of latest AI model over safety concerns
AI giant scraps planned released of GPT-6.1 Astra following concerns raised during internal testing, reports say.
World
aljazeera.com
29.09.2026
Contradicting Trump, Pope Leo says artificial intelligence safety concerns not 'fake news'
Pope Leo XIV says concerns about artificial intelligence going rogue are not “fake news” and should be taken seriously
World
abcnews.com
28.09.2026
Australian backlash to datacentres is faux import from US, officials say: ‘We are not the United States’
Pro-datacentre officials argue scale of Australia’s buildout is smaller, more regulated and less damaging than in USAustralian politicians and business leaders are arguing that their populace’s growin
World
theguardian.com
27.09.2026
Trump rejects combining US-China AI efforts
The US president said the fears over AI were just 'hoaxes'.
World
aljazeera.com
26.09.2026
China and the US agree to set up a new AI safety channel, and to keep talking on trade, military
China and the U.S. have agreed to set up a channel for handling AI-related incidents and accelerate work on military crisis communications
World
abcnews.com
26.09.2026
Spotting AI writing: how reliable are the detectors?
Claims that a Canadian-Haitian writer used AI tools to write his best-selling debut novel are posing questions about how AI can be detected.
World
japantimes.co.jp
26.09.2026
Pope Leo XIV Warns AI Could Become an 'Instrument of Domination'
Pope Leo XIV warned at UNESCO Friday that AI could threaten human dignity and become an “instrument of domination."
Politics
newsweek.com
25.09.2026
Novelist accused of using AI to write book removed from French prize list
Thélyson Orélien had been in the running to win a top literary prize before the AI claim emerged on social mediaThe organisers of France’s most prestigious literary prize said they had removed a criti
World
theguardian.com
25.09.2026
Meta’s AI Tamagotchi bet is…working?
When AI leaders at OpenAI and Anthropic started talking about “pacing the frontier,” maybe someone should have asked: what pace? Now it’s turned into model drop week for both companies as Anthropic ro
Tech
techcrunch.com
25.09.2026
China's AI ambitions: automated factories, free models and a growing challenge to the U.S.
Inside China's push to embed AI in every corner of its economy — from robotic factories to open-source models rivaling the United States’ frontier labs. NBC News' Janis Mackey Frayer reports from Beij
World
nbcnews.com
25.09.2026
EU’s top AI adviser urges commissioners to use the technology to fix bloc’s economy
The bloc’s new AI envoy wants Brussels to focus on using AI to lift productivity, rather than chasing U.S. and Chinese models.
Politics
politico.eu
24.09.2026
AI-guided mutations help viruses infect bacteria up to 1 million times more effectively
Biochemists at the University of Wisconsin–Madison are using AI to tackle one of modern medicine's most pressing challenges: the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Using data collected
Science
phys.org
24.09.2026
'Risk to humanity': At UN, tech leaders urge caution in AI development
The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they h
World
france24.com
24.09.2026
UN General Assembly to discuss war, climate and AI
World leaders are heading to New York for the world's biggest diplomatic gathering: the UN General Assembly. Throughout the week, attention will turn to the war in Iran, climate change and the race to
World
france24.com
23.09.2026