Policy · Page 10
regulation, copyright fights, safety rules and the politics of AI
An 'off switch' for algorithms is not enough. Tech companies need a legal duty of care
Governments keep reaching for easy fixes: ban kids from social media, add an opt-out button. Campaigners say that misses the point entirely, and the real target should be the addictive design baked into the platforms themselves.
AI attack ads are flooding Australian social media before Victoria's election. Nobody knows who paid for them.
Alarming videos showing machete robberies and roadside births are targeting Victorian voters online. The ads outspend the major parties on digital platforms, and their true funders are almost impossible to trace.
Are warnings about uncontrollable AI finally coming true?
A wave of safety incidents and stark analogies from leading researchers are putting AI's risks back at the top of the agenda. Here is what ordinary people need to know.
Los principales líderes de IA del mundo se reúnen. Esto es lo que dicen.
Nvidia, OpenAI, Anthropic y más convergieron en Chapel Hill para el Ministerial de Innovación del G20. Elon Musk predice que la IA hará crecer la economía global en un tercio. David Sacks dice que los centros de datos pueden reducir su factura de electricidad.
Microsoft Says Copilot Almost Never Copies News Articles Word for Word. Publishers Aren't Convinced.
New court filings show Microsoft analysed 8.2 million chat logs to prove its AI assistant rarely reproduces copyrighted text. The legal battle with The New York Times and book authors is far from over.
Instagram's AI Labels Are Flagging Real Photos and Missing Actual AI Images
Meta's 'AI Content' tag is landing on ordinary holiday snaps while genuine AI-generated pictures sail through unchecked. Here is what is going wrong and what it means for anyone who posts photos.
Ukraine is selling drone war data to AI companies, and the rules haven't caught up
Millions of hours of battlefield footage are flowing to defence firms and tech start-ups. The data is valuable, the privacy risks are real, and almost nothing governs what happens next.
Workers Worried About AI Job Loss, But Most Haven't Lost Their Jobs Yet
A new academic paper finds that fear of AI-driven unemployment spread widely in the first years of generative AI, even as actual large-scale job displacement lagged behind the anxiety.
The West Kept Waiting for China to Fail. Then China Shipped a Free AI That Rivals America's Best.
Chinese AI models are arriving fast, free, and competitive with the most expensive US systems. What that means for the global tech race, and what Britain might learn from it.
Lawsuit demands Trump administration reveal its secret AI safety review process
A nonprofit has sued four federal agencies to force them to disclose how the government vets powerful AI models before they go public, and who is involved in writing the rules.
The Trump Administration Just Took OpenAI's Side in the New York Times Copyright Case
Federal lawyers filed court papers arguing that training AI on news articles counts as fair use. The move could shape who pays, and who profits, if AI keeps feeding on published work.
Uber Drivers Sue Over AI Pay Algorithm They Call 'Soulless' and 'Scary'
A cross-border legal claim from UK, Dutch and European drivers argues that Uber's automated pay system breaks data protection law and quietly chips away at their earnings.
New York City Will Ban AI Tools in Public Schools Up to Year 8
Nearly 900,000 students across NYC's public schools will face new technology limits, as the district moves to keep AI out of classrooms until high school.
OpenAI Enfrenta 30 Demandas por Tiroteo en Escuela Canadiense, Acusada de Elegir el Silencio sobre la Seguridad
Estudiantes, maestros y un director de Tumbler Ridge están demandando a OpenAI en California, alegando que la empresa sabía que su chatbot se estaba utilizando para planificar violencia y no dijo nada.
The UK Government Has No Idea What Its Biggest Data Centres Are Actually Doing
A freedom of information request revealed that ministers cannot say who is using the UK's largest data centres or why. With AI driving a surge in electricity and water use, that gap in oversight matters.