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“We're not necessarily building in a dogmatic fashion towards full autonomy.”

Rogue Studios, a new cinematic adult AI-generator, is betting big on the future of “sophisticated” spicy content.

Amazon’s team uses a T. rex preparing to devour a book as its logo.

<p>Anthropic says it will change way chatbot makes small, random choices, to comply with EU regulation</p><p>The world is familiar by now with the usual tropes of machine-generated text: overuse of the word “delve”, an excess of em dashes, and the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/15/chatgpt-stylistic-quirk-its-not-x-its-y">chirpy, relentless construction of “it’s not X but Y”</a>.</p><p>But is it about to get even worse?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technol

Filing comes after Elon Musk announced exclusive arrangement to kit out its data centers.

<p>Supermarket chain says ‘human error’, not its Facewatch technology, to blame for ejecting a customer</p><p>Sainsbury’s has paused the use of AI face scanning in one of its stores after a customer was wrongly identified as a shoplifter and ejected from the shop.</p><p>“I was embarrassed, mortified even, and felt quite humiliated and powerless,” Matt Arnold, 46, said of his ordeal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/17/humiliated-sainsburys-store-pauses-ai-scanning-aft

<p>Hi-tech cameras orbiting Earth and on the ground, along with AI, help firefighters extinguish blazes before they spread</p><p>The fires in Spokane, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/washington-state">Washington</a>, this summer are the latest reminder that <em>when </em>a wildfire is detected can be just as important as <em>where </em>it starts. A blaze found within minutes can often be contained before it spreads. Wait too long, and a small spark can become a major disaster.</p><p

The greatest invention in pet tech in recent years is the litter robot. A machine that scoops your kitties' poop so you don't have to - what else could a cat owner possibly want? How about insights into your kitty's litter box usage that could flag health issues? Sign me up. But I have two […]

Anthropic has clarified how it's planning to apply invisible watermarks to Claude-generated text in order to comply with Europe's AI transparency rules. On Friday, Anthropic announced that Claude's text marking system is "a version of the SynthID-Text approach" - an open-source watermarking technology developed by Google DeepMind that creates detectable patterns using wording probabilities. This […]

<p>Guardian investigation finds apparent discrepancy between what tech company has said about its AI capacity – and the number of advanced chips it has in operation</p><p></p><p>The chips are quite small and some can be held in the palm of a hand. They are fundamental to the development of artificial intelligence models – and the world’s biggest technology companies need vast numbers of them to keep ahead.</p><p>Microsoft is one of them. And, on paper, it seems to have a problem. A Guardian inve

<p><strong>Exclusive:</strong> Guardian analysis finds one section of report includes links to academic articles that do not exist, but authors deny the references were made up by AI</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/aug/17/australia-politics-live-labor-work-rights-visa-holders-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-pauline-hanson-liberal-party-one-nation-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://ww

<p>Andy Burnham’s doubts about Zoom interviews apply more widely to a hiring process being transformed by AI</p><p>Almost half of UK jobseekers have found themselves pitching to an AI bot, according to recent <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/01/uk-job-hunters-frustration-ai-interviews">research</a>, leading many to give up in frustration. As one despairing applicant <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/17/ghost-jobs-robot-gatekeepers-ai-interview-jo

<p>Amid fears for jobs, some film-makers say AI could enable them to bypass studio giants and take more creative risks</p><p>Near the collonaded entrance to Sony Pictures’ historic Culver City film studio, a tech-powered rival has sprung up this summer. The artists at Promise, a new studio feeding off the potential of AI, can glimpse the lots where Singin’ in the Rain and Men in Black were shot, but no longer do they need to get beyond the studio’s high walls to make their visions come true.</p>

A study involving Google researchers shows that when chatbots are trained not to claim consciousness, it also changes their stance on animal rights, religion, and life satisfaction. Unbraked models attributed significantly more inner life to animals and suddenly affirmed an afterlife. A surgical cut in one place, it turns out, doesn't stay local. The article When AI models aren't allowed to reflect on themselves, it changes their entire worldview appeared first on The Decoder .

With automatic mapping, Spot Mode functionality, and smart AI cameras, the TerraMow V1000 is the complete package.

OpenAI shut down its "Preparedness" team, which evaluated whether the company's own AI models could pose catastrophic risks. The work has been parceled out to existing groups, and several safety staffers have left. Internally, unease is building, with one source describing a "burbling sense of responsibility and dread" that OpenAI isn't doing enough on safety. The article OpenAI dissolved the team built to catch catastrophic AI risks, reassigning its work to other groups appeared first on The De

<p>Wynd Kaufmyn, 69, chained and locked the front doors of OpenAI’s headquarters last year with members of StopAI</p><p>An activist who blocked the entrance to one of the world’s biggest AI companies is believed to have become the first person jailed for protesting against artificial intelligence as supporters dub her the “Rosa Parks of AI risk”.</p><p>Wynd Kaufmyn, 69, surrendered herself on Friday to authorities in San Francisco. She was found guilty by a jury for her role in an action last ye

In a safety report, Anthropic reveals that its internal filtering system for biological and chemical weapons risks was inactive for nearly a year. During that time, around 50,000 external feedback contractors ran about 133 million unfiltered interactions with the models. The article Anthropic's bio-weapons filter was down for nearly a year, exposing 133 million requests appeared first on The Decoder .

<p>Student unrest sweeps India, Portugal and Mexico as grievances and pressure for good grades in tough job market collide</p><p>Families with teenagers in education know the private, hidden pain of exam season. But this year, what might have been a summer of quiet family anxiety has erupted in several countries into public unrest.</p><p>Exam-related turmoil has led to mass student protests in Mexico after nearly 60,000 university applicants were <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a

<p>Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details</p><p>You are on a short break in Porto and post some pictures of your family on Instagram or Facebook. With a small section of the Douro river in the background, you think it could have been taken anywhere.</p><p>A few days later, you get a text saying that your card was compromised. “We detected unusual activity while you were travelling in Porto – please verify immediately,” says the messa

Artificial Analysis has launched Optima, a platform that lets users build custom AI benchmarks from their own data and workflows. Models can be compared not just on quality but also on cost and time per task. For agent-based applications, those metrics often tell you more than raw token pricing. The article Optima tackles AI benchmarking's biggest flaw by letting users test models against their own data appeared first on The Decoder .

A representative survey by Epoch AI found that 20 percent of employed Americans hand off at least one task to AI that a human used to do. Generally, they accept AI output with little to no editing. The article One in five US workers now delegates tasks to AI instead of colleagues, survey finds appeared first on The Decoder .

Nvidia has cut its guarantee for OpenAI's planned data center in Ohio nearly in half, from $250 billion to just under $120 billion, after investors pushed back on the risk. Meanwhile, Anthropic is complicating the AI bubble debate with revenue that jumped from $4.7 billion to $11.5 billion in a single quarter. The article Investor pressure forces Nvidia to shrink its OpenAI bet just as Anthropic's numbers defy bubble warnings appeared first on The Decoder .

AI-generated books make up 20 percent of Amazon's self-published catalog but bring in only 12 percent of sales. A new study finds that revenue per book is dropping for human-written titles too, in seven of eight genres. The findings could give copyright plaintiffs the market-harm data their cases against AI companies have been missing. The article AI-generated books are flooding Amazon and tanking sales for human authors appeared first on The Decoder .

<p>Development comes after Anthropic was found to have spent millions on books to scan for ‘data acquisition’</p><p>Secondhand booksellers in the UK and Ireland are reporting a flurry of bulk orders from mystery buyers, amid speculation AI companies are acquiring the tomes for their data.</p><p>Bookshops contacted by the Guardian say they have been receiving orders from buyers in the US, Canada, continental Europe and the UK. The increase has been replicated around the world, with booksellers in

A plaintiff in Connecticut embedded invisible prompt injections in court filings, formatted in 3-point white text on a white background, to manipulate a potential AI review system. Judge Spader compared the attempt to secretly tampering with a jury and revoked the plaintiff's electronic filing privileges. The court stressed that Connecticut doesn't use AI to review filings, but the intent alone was enough to warrant sanctions. The article Plaintiff hid invisible AI instructions in court filings

World Labs, the startup founded by AI pioneer Fei-Fei Li, has unveiled a simulation engine that trains robot controllers entirely in virtual environments. From a single real-world task, the system generates thousands of controlled variations. The trained models then ran for one hour each on five different robot platforms without human intervention. How well the results hold up in more complex everyday situations remains to be seen. The article World Labs turns one real-world robot task into thou

A new research paper frames AI adoption as a "tragedy of the cognitive commons." Every company that cuts entry-level jobs benefits individually, but the collective expertise of entire professions erodes. The consequences may not become visible until 2030 to 2045, when today's missing junior talent should have become tomorrow's experienced workforce. The article The "tragedy of the cognitive commons" explains how rational AI adoption could destroy entire professions' expertise appeared first on T

Judge warns pro se litigants are using chatbots wrong and getting desperate.

<p>‘A great deal of public opposition is likely’ to a proposed datacentre near Edinburgh, the force says</p><p>Police in Scotland have issued a stark warning about the need for “robust security measures” to stop proposed AI datacentres from being attacked by protesters.</p><p>There has been mounting opposition to AI infrastructure globally, including in the US where such projects have become a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/03/datacenter-recall-elections">significant polit

<p>Dating apps such as Bumble forced to adapt as ‘swipe fatigue’ grows</p><p>Bumble was supposed to be different. When it launched in 2014, it offered women a simple proposition: if you matched with a man, you had to make the first move. The rule was meant to make online dating safer and less intimidating, while giving women control over who got to speak first.</p><p>This week, Bumble abandoned it.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/14/online-dating-salvage-mode--ai-b

<p>Pilot scheme will provide three weeks of training as part of UK government’s latest attempt to address Neets crisis</p><p>Young people <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/may/27/neets-could-hit-125m-by-early-2030s-milburn-review-young-people-employment-uk">out of work or at risk of unemployment in the UK</a> are to join “AI boot camps” where they harness the technology to get a foothold in the workplace.</p><p>The government’s latest attempt to address the crisis in Neets – young

<p>District attorney says Arjun Aravind, 17, used internet and AI to search for fantasy stories regarding killing of his family</p><p>A <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/massachusetts">Massachusetts</a> teenager accused of killing his mother and younger brother is being held without bail as authorities investigate a double-murder case that prosecutors say is connected to his use of ChatGPT.</p><p>Arjun Aravind, 17, appeared on Thursday morning for his arraignment in Concord district c

Built as a post-training variation on Z.ai's open source model GLM-5.2, Writer says the new system should provide deployment-ready capabilities at a much lower price.

AI is expensive, Ali Ghodsi tells TechCrunch. With so many investors wanting into his latest round, he said yes to more than planned.

IBM plans to train and certify tens of thousands of consultants on OpenAI's technologies as part of this deal.

Anthropic researchers found AI agents can clash, collude, and coordinate in unexpected ways, raising new questions about whether today’s safety tests capture the risks of multi-agent systems.

OpenAI has replaced chief revenue officer Denise Dresser after just nine months on the job, tapping Wiz president and chief operating officer Dali Rajic to take on frontier lab's top sales job.

<p>Meta AI | Future Guardian writers and Neets | Food for thought | Plants surviving the heat | Living and dying well</p><p>Your article (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/10/mark-zuckerberg-superintelligent-ai-essay-meta">Zuckerberg pushes ‘superintelligent’ AI for all as Meta releases open-weight model, 10 August</a>) quotes Mark Zuckerberg as saying: “Everyone will have an exceptionally capable personal agent that understands you, your goals, and everything you care abo

Microsoft is simplifying Copilot by combining its consumer and business apps, and dropping AI-generated podcasts, Group Chats, Deep Research, and its Mico character.