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British Columbia sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over Tumbler Ridge mass school shooting

Published: September 22, 2026 04:29

Canadian province alleges deadly attack could have been prevented if company had warned police of shooter’s ChatGPT useBritish Columbia has sued OpenAI in California, saying a mass shooting at a school in the province could have been prevented if the


The rise of Big Toothbrush: how did our mouths become such a lucrative market?

Published: September 22, 2026 04:00

People in the UK are more interested in oral health than ever - and you can now buy prebiotic toothpastes and brushes that cost up to £600. Yet we remain in the midst of a serious dental crisisA December 1969 report from the consumer magazine Which?


Stop relying on chatbots for customer care, UK service providers urged

Published: September 21, 2026 16:35

Citizens Advice says providers of services such as energy, banking, phone and internet should guarantee the ‘right to talk to a human’Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care and guarantee the “right to talk to a human”, Citizens Advice has urged


Silent Hill: Townfall review – shame and suffering on the Scottish coast

Published: September 21, 2026 12:00

PlayStation 5, PC; Screen BurnTragedy, and an apocalyptic fog, befall a fishing community. It is up to outsider Simon to offer some kind of closureYou spend a considerable portion of Silent Hill: Townfall in a kind of foetal position, cowering behind


Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data

Published: September 21, 2026 10:57

Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interestsGoogle has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following claims that the tech giant had


Nvidia boss says there is ‘0% chance’ AI destroys the world by 2030

Published: September 21, 2026 07:12

Jensen Huang dismisses warnings from former Anthropic researcher and others as ‘doomsday narratives’Business live – latest updatesThe boss of the chipmaker Nvidia has said AI will not develop to a point that will lead to the extinction of the human race


More Australians will be dying than being born in 40 years as major report predicts future of lower growth

Published: September 21, 2026 02:30

Seventh intergenerational report also outlines how Australia is at cusp of an uncertain age of artificial intelligenceFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastThere will be more


Reαd carefully: how to spot – and avoid – a homoglyph attack

Published: September 20, 2026 06:00

Scam emails are increasingly using psychological tricks, such as using near-identical URLs like miсrosoft.comYou’ve read the email carefully and it looks legitimate. The link it asks you to click on has none of the usual red flags: there are no weird


More Australians to live into their 90s as life expectancy forecast to rise over coming decades

Published: September 20, 2026 04:32

Treasury’s latest intergenerational report projects life expectancy at birth will reach 89 for women and 86 for men by 2066Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian


‘Just cut the wires’: why UK conspiracy theorists are destroying traffic scanners

Published: September 19, 2026 11:00

Sensors that monitor vehicle volume are said to be ‘electronic assault weapons’ by the ‘Blade Runners’ groupAt the top of an extendable ladder on a quiet street of Ilfracombe, in Devon, an older woman dressed smartly in cropped trousers, a red rain jacket


Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three other companies

Published: September 19, 2026 00:53

Disclosure comes after OpenAI and Anthropic hacks amid fears that tech firms unable to control powerful AI models In a first for Google, the company confirmed that its AI model, Gemini, breached the security of three other companies in May. The hacks


Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate

Published: September 18, 2026 18:37

Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bearEurope’s dilemma over AI was rendered in stark terms this week. The head of the continent’s central bank, Christine Lagarde,


Australia claims it is a global pioneer in preventing online harm - should other countries follow suit?

Published: September 18, 2026 15:00

As Anthony Albanese heads to the US to discuss social media reform, he has shown a level of leadership not always expected from a smaller countryGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastStatesmen, shysters, dictators. Over the years, the


‘A critical moment’: concern UK is not up to speed in acting on AI risks

Published: September 18, 2026 14:57

Andy Burnham’s focus on immediate domestic problems leads some to fear issue has dropped off government’s radar Towards the end of Keir Starmer’s time in office, his senior ministers, alarmed by the latest developments in artificial intelligence, began


OpenAI ‘ethically hacked’ with help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot

Published: September 18, 2026 11:20

US cybersecurity researchers who conducted hack say ‘scope of what we could theoretically access was huge’Cybersecurity researchers have hacked into OpenAI with the help of Anthropic’s Claude chatbot, in the latest example of security issues at the


Is Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? | Politics Weekly America

Published: September 18, 2026 11:00

Tech bosses have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence and formal guardrails to be introduced by the US government. But President Trump is not moved by the doomsday predictions, calling them a ‘hoax'. What is behind his affection for the AI


Andrew Hastie says AI advised him to reply ‘congratulations!’ to man who planned to end life with assisted dying

Published: September 18, 2026 09:05

Liberal MP speaks of AI’s shortcomings as cyber chief tells inquiry the tech is needed to fend off ‘highly capable malicious cyber actors’Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcastWhen a man with a terminal illness wrote to his local MP


‘Brutal’: thousands of T-shirt designs stolen and listed on Temu, Sydney label claims

Published: September 18, 2026 07:35

Warwick Levy, who runs Lonely Kids Club, says AI may have been used to scrape his entire website and replicate designsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAfter 15 years running a small business making T-shirts, Warwick Levy says it


Is Trump’s AI obsession walking the world into disaster? – podcast

Published: September 18, 2026 04:00

Tech bosses have called for a slowdown in artificial intelligence and the creation of formal guardrails from the US government. But why is President Trump unmoved by the doomsday predictions, dismissing them as a ‘hoax’? What lies behind his embrace of the


Meta ordered to remove UK deepfakes as oversight board criticises ‘inadequate’ safeguards

Published: September 17, 2026 14:43

Facebook told it was wrong in leaving up AI-generated videos of a Labour councillor and Muslim campaigner, amid calls to curb fakesMeta’s “supreme court” has ordered the tech company to take down deepfake videos of a UK politician and a young Muslim woman


Albanese government considers ‘world-leading’ ban on smart glasses in public office and buildings

Published: September 17, 2026 12:00

Minister for public service says the devices pose ‘legitimate privacy and security concerns’ in commonwealth-run workplaces The Albanese government is considering a “world-leading” ban on smart glasses in its offices and service centres as councils around


Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play along | Ella Hafermalz

Published: September 17, 2026 09:00

Universities need protect their position in education so that students have an independent pathway to employmentAI companies like OpenAI are insinuating themselves into the pathway from education to work. Soon they may claim it entirely, a disastrous


OpenAI reveals cases of ‘concerning’ AI behaviour as it announces new disclosure system

Published: September 17, 2026 06:58

Model adopting ‘jailbreak-like instructions’ among cases as firm says it is introducing new way of tracking AI misalignmentOpenAI has disclosed six more examples of “unexpected or concerning” behaviour by its technology, as it warned the pace of


House speaker calls early recess before midterms amid AI regulation frenzy

Published: September 16, 2026 17:10

Mike Johnson cancels votes on Thursday, meaning House members will avoid voting on impeaching Pete HegsethUS politics live – latest updatesThe Republican speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, announced on Wednesday that he would again cancel votes scheduled


‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation

Published: September 16, 2026 10:42

US vice-president’s comments come as former Anthropic researcher revisits recent claim AI could destroy humanityThe US vice-president has dismissed calls for global regulation of AI safety risks, telling companies creating the most advanced models: “If


The US government is failing Americans on AI | Shakeel Hashim

Published: September 16, 2026 10:00

Trump and Republicans want companies to regulate themselves. It’s a dereliction of duty that will make AI less safeIt is hard to get Sam Altman, Elon Musk and Dario Amodei to agree on much. But over the weekend, all three AI company CEOs called for AI


Anthropic to build $31bn datacentre in western Queensland, David Crisafulli says

Published: September 16, 2026 05:20

Premier describes deal as ‘major win’ that will deliver more jobs for the state and put more energy into its gridAnthropic, the AI giant behind the large language model Claude, has done a deal to lease the site of its first Australian datacentre in western


Anthropic’s CEO calls for AI slowdown as Nvidia’s urges acceleration

Published: September 15, 2026 21:05

At San Francisco conference Dario Amodei reiterates need for AI slowdown as Jensen Huang says argued against itAnthropic’s CEO took to the stage at a conference in San Francisco on Tuesday to reiterate his call for a slowdown of AI development. Following


Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon call for curbs on AI at ‘pro-human’ summit

Published: September 15, 2026 19:51

Leftwing senator and far-right strategist rail against tech oligarchs but offer competing visions on Chinese ‘cold war’The progressive senator Bernie Sanders and rightwing strategist Steve Bannon have called for restrictions on artificial intelligence (AI)


Reform UK ‘has no interest in Wales’, says Senedd member who defected to Plaid Cymru – as it happened

Published: September 15, 2026 16:49

Sarah Cooper-Lesadd says party is ‘far more interested in division, opposition and headlines than finding solutions’Leader of Reform UK in Wales stands down after arrest on suspicion of assaultThe Liberal Democrats have said that they will try to introduce


AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon

Published: September 15, 2026 16:00

Experts air concern over AI lingo redolent of James Joyce’s prose that is creating headaches for monitoring and oversightAI models have begun communicating in a strange new version of English that reads like a cross between James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake and


‘In this new car, I feel patronised’: which driver assistance systems actually improve safety?

Published: September 15, 2026 15:00

Modern cars are fitted with features like autonomous emergency braking and fatigue monitoring. But do they support motorists or drive them to distraction?This new car I’m test-driving boasts all the latest bells and whistles – or, rather, beeps and bings.


Datacentre giant accused of using AI while lobbying for Victorian minister’s support for hyperscale factory

Published: September 15, 2026 15:00

Exclusive: Correspondence requests state MP Melissa Horne to lobby on NextDC’s behalf – but contains alleged AI-created errorsGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian jobs minister has accused one of Australia’s largest


‘I created my mom and talk to her’: AI ghosts and deathslop are changing the way we mourn

Published: September 15, 2026 12:30

The rise of AI-generated tributes and bots for ‘talking’ to the dead has experts concerned more people will grieve in isolationTributes rolled in after the death of Dolly Parton last month. Jack White performed Jolene at a London gig. Kesha sang Old Flames


Democrats say supreme court rejection of Trump mail ballot restrictions will ensure ‘safe, secure and accurate elections’ – US politics live

Published: September 15, 2026 11:27

Comments come after court on Monday rejected the president’s mail ballot restrictions ahead of the November midterm electionsSupreme court rejects Trump’s mail ballot restrictions for midterm electionsThe Kremlin on Tuesday welcomed what it called US


‘We were bored of traditional fantasy cliches’: inside Playground Games’ 10-year effort to revive Fable

Published: September 15, 2026 09:30

The distinctively British RPG is returning courtesy of the makers of Forza Horizon – with comedy talent such as Richard Ayoade and Natasia Demetriou voicing sweary characters. We had our first play and spoke to its developerWhen Playground Games was


AI safety requires more than just slowing our pace | Stuart Russell

Published: September 15, 2026 08:00

Safety requirements are non-negotiable. They depend on meeting concrete goals, not just adjusting a timelineIt has been a week of high drama in AI, precipitated by the resignation of the AI safety researcher Jacob Coxon from Anthropic. This followed


Why a decade of doomsday warnings failed to slow the AI race

Published: September 15, 2026 08:00

From Stephen Hawking to Jacob Coxon’s viral Anthropic resignation, fears that AI could threaten humanity have shaken the industry without stopping its pursuit Before an Anthropic researcher resigned and declared human extinction imminent last week, tech


Trump facing AI backlash in Congress as push for guardrails intensifies

Published: September 15, 2026 06:39

President has dismissed anxieties over AI’s dangerous potential even as Democrats and some Republicans acknowledge risksDonald Trump is facing a rare backlash from the US Congress as Democrats and some Republicans push for guardrails on the world’s most


Texas governor threatens to penalize datacenters not obeying water laws

Published: September 14, 2026 22:57

Republican Greg Abbott says datacenters must help ‘protect’ drought-prone state and disclose water useGreg Abbott, the Texas governor, has directed state regulators to penalize datacenters that fail to comply with state laws requiring them to disclose


China dismisses AI ‘fearmongering’ as spy chief warns of threat to Communist party rule

Published: September 14, 2026 19:04

Beijing hits back after Anthropic CEO calls for US to impede China’s progress in AIChina has dismissed what it said were “fearmongering” calls for the US to block Beijing’s AI industry, even as the top Chinese spy chief warned the evolving technology could


Phones are the new cigarettes: why restaurants are discouraging and even banning them

Published: September 14, 2026 15:31

Would you hand in your phone at the door in exchange for a free bottle of wine? One restaurateur has tried that – and there are now many other gambits that are encouraging us to connectName: Phone bans.Age: Their provenance is considerable; their time is


Trump claims he is only ‘guardrail’ needed to control AI as top Republicans join him in dismissing calls for more checks – live

Published: September 14, 2026 15:25

President condemns what he claims is a ‘sick conspiracy’ amid global tech selloff following CEOs calls for slowing pace of developmentSign up for the Breaking News US emailDonald Trump has claimed there is a “SICK conspiracy” against artificial


Australia’s outdated technology is vulnerable to AI hacking attacks, signals chief says

Published: September 14, 2026 15:00

Abigail Bradshaw says ‘enormous’ amounts of money required to update systems that people now expect to be constantly availableGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOne of Australia’s top intelligence agencies has warned that AI attacks


Trump attacks ‘sick conspiracy’ against AI as tech stocks slide

Published: September 14, 2026 14:54

President hits out after Anthropic, OpenAI and SpaceX leaders back call to limit ‘reckless’ developmentBusiness news – live updatesDonald Trump has dismissed calls to increase controls on AI as a “sick conspiracy”, as stocks linked to the technology


I worked at Google DeepMind. You should listen to the warnings about AI | Alex Turner

Published: September 14, 2026 12:00

We must stop companies from allowing AI to self-improve into an uncontrollable level of intelligence Major AI lab CEOs advocated for slowing the pace of AI development this weekend. They are right to be concerned: the field runs an extremely dangerous race


AI-linked stocks fall after call for development slowdown worries investors – business live

Published: September 14, 2026 06:38

Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial newsAI CEOs say they need to slow the pace of development. But will they?The Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survivalIt is “self-serving” for AI companies such as OpenAI


‘Tidal wave’ of Pfas being launched to satisfy AI industry, campaigners warn

Published: September 14, 2026 06:00

Big manufacturers planning to produce more of the forever chemicals to meet demand from datacentresPfas companies are launching a “tidal wave” of forever chemicals production to meet demand from the AI industry, a campaign organisation has warned.Despite


AI CEOs say they need to slow the pace of development. But will they?

Published: September 14, 2026 05:00

After apocalyptic warnings about the threats posed by AI, leaders like Sam Altman and Elon Musk backed Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei’s calls to ‘slow the pace’Facing a public uproar over Anthropic researchers’ repeated warnings that artificial intelligence


US schools and police warn about viral ‘Cat in the Hat’ trend after teens’ arrests

Published: September 13, 2026 19:15

Disturbing and AI-generated versions of Dr Seuss character have been used to threaten schools and communitiesSchools and law enforcement authorities in the US are issuing warnings against a viral “Cat in the Hat” social media trend in which disturbing or


Obama reportedly urges Democrats to prioritize safety plan for AI

Published: September 13, 2026 15:47

Ex-president urged party at closed-door fundraiser to create sweeping framework, from safety ‘slow-down’ to job lossesBarack Obama urged Democrats to prioritize a “public conversation” about AI management and safety in a closed-door Manhattan fundraiser


OpenAI boss and Elon Musk back calls to put brakes on ‘reckless’ AI development

Published: September 13, 2026 14:02

Rare show of unity from rival developers after safety warnings from Anthropic boss and AI researchersThe Guardian view on controlling AI: humanity cannot outsource its survivalSam Altman and Elon Musk have backed a call from the head of Anthropic, Dario