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Clipto: The AI Helping You Find Lost Files Worth $250M
Clipto wants to be the search engine for files already on your computer, and it just raised $15M to prove there's a business in that.
Who should pay for the power hungry AI data centres? Readers say: the companies building them
Two planned UK data centres could emit more carbon than ExxonMobil. Letter writers want the tech industry to generate its own electricity and clean up its own mess.
Debian says yes to AI tools, but puts full responsibility on the developer
The popular Linux distribution just passed a new policy letting contributors use AI in their work. It won't ban the tools, but it will hold every developer accountable for whatever they ship.
Nvidia Invests $3.5 Billion in MediaTek to Expand AI Chip Collaboration
Nvidia backs MediaTek to keep its infrastructure at the center of custom AI chip development, even as Big Tech builds its own silicon.
AI-Generated Fake Research Is Flooding Australia's Parliamentary Inquiry System
Submissions to government committees are citing studies that don't exist and attributing them to real academics, with some reports built largely on invented sources.
ChatGPT Is Now Subject to the EU's Toughest Platform Rules
The European Commission has classified ChatGPT as a Very Large Online Search Engine, putting OpenAI under the same strict rules that govern the biggest social media platforms in Europe.
Instagram Will Flag Fake AI Profiles and Cut Their Reach if They Hide What They Are
The platform is renaming its label for AI-generated personas and will penalise accounts that pretend to be human without disclosing it.
Circleback Now Has a Free Plan. Here Is What You Actually Get.
The AI meeting note-taker is opening its doors to free users for the first time, hoping word-of-mouth does the marketing work that paid ads never did.
Voters Are Worried About AI in Politics. Here's What Good AI Campaigning Actually Looks Like
Deepfakes and propaganda fill the headlines, but a quieter question keeps getting skipped: could AI help politicians actually listen to the people they represent?
Insurance Claims Adjusters Are America's Biggest AI Haters, and They Have Good Reasons
New Glassdoor research shows 98 percent of claims adjusters who mention AI in their reviews are negative about it. Here is why, and what it means for anyone who has ever filed an insurance claim.
Meta's Pocket App Lets Anyone Build Apps by Typing. But Meta Keeps What You Make.
A new mobile app from Meta turns plain-English prompts into working mini-apps and games, no coding needed. The catch: everything you build lives inside Meta's platform and can't easily leave.
AI Origin Labels Can Mislead: Why Your Model's Roots Matter
New research reveals AI models can carry hidden risks from parent models. How should organisations respond?
The Data Centre Story Just Went from Zero to Everywhere on AI2Day
In one week our coverage of AI's power and land problem jumped from one story to six, across three separate outlets. Here is what that shape actually tells us, and what would prove it real.
NHS watchdog warns AI scribes are getting drug names and diagnoses wrong
Software that listens in on doctor appointments and writes up notes is making serious medical errors that GPs are missing, according to Healthwatch England.
Bank of England boss warns advanced AI could crash the global financial system
Andrew Bailey sent a two-page letter to finance ministers worldwide saying the most powerful AI systems are developing dangerous capabilities that could ripple across every country's economy.
Salesforce stock surges 23% as 'Claudeforce' deal and strong AI sales numbers silence the doomsayers
A blockbuster quarter, a new partnership with AI lab Anthropic, and a wave of staff returning from OpenAI have investors rethinking whether Salesforce is a victim of the AI era or a winner in it.
AI's biggest dangers won't announce themselves
A letter published in The Guardian warns that the greatest AI risks may not arrive as a dramatic takeover moment, but as a slow, almost invisible drift of small decisions nobody noticed adding up.
Texas Freezes $30 Million AI Camera Programme Amid Growing Bipartisan Privacy Backlash
Governor Greg Abbott has halted state spending on Flock Safety cameras after a newspaper investigation revealed Texas quietly spent more than $30 million on the AI surveillance network, funded by a $1 fee added to insurance policies.
Caterpillar Is Spending $100 Million to Retrain Its Workers for the AI Age
The construction and mining giant is moving AI from the pit to the office. What its approach tells every business owner about the real cost of adopting AI.
What small businesses can learn from big companies getting AI wrong (and right)
Large corporations have spent billions figuring out where AI helps and where it flops. Small business owners can skip most of that expensive trial and error.
Nobody Wanted That Datacenter: How AI's Hunger for Land Is Uniting Unlikely Neighbours
A Google project planned for a small Indiana town drew something rarely seen in American politics right now: unanimous local opposition, from Trump voters and climate activists alike.