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OpenAI employee arrested after recording device found in office
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/13/openai-employee-arrested-hidden-recording-device
Published: October 13, 2026 22:08
Discovery of āsophisticatedā gadget adds to companyās list of privacy concerns after hackings by rogue agentsOpenAI said it has found a hidden recording device in one of its offices and has referred the matter to the FBI. One of its employees has beenā¦
AI in your oven? Anthropic warns models āmonths awayā from self-replication on smart devices
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/13/anthropic-ai-replicators-warning
Published: October 13, 2026 20:55
Researchers say āAI wormsā could soon infiltrate internet-connected devices amid calls for increased guardrailsAnthropic is warning that some of its artificial intelligence models could soon become āself-replicatingā and find ways to infiltrateā¦
Apple unveils new smart home devices that showcase upgraded Siri AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/13/apple-new-smart-home-device-ai
Published: October 13, 2026 16:25
New products from Apple include the HomeView, an iPad-like device that acts as a hub for other smart home gadgetsApple on Tuesday began showing off a ā new round of smart home products, including an iPad-like device dubbed the HomeView, meant to hang onā¦
Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/13/ai-companies-rushed-workers-fallout
Published: October 13, 2026 15:00
Rapid AI adoption left workers cleaning up a flood of errors and low-quality workEmployers around the globe are grappling with the fallout from rushing to adopt fast-changing artificial intelligence tools.Meta has scaled back plans to axe staff and useā¦
The biggest threat from AI is the sense that we have no say in it. To that I say game on | Peter Lewis
Published: October 13, 2026 14:00
The tech bros and their highly paid sock puppets are banking on us giving in to their āinevitability doctrineā. But in Australia, and around the world, resistance is risingOf all the drivers of the populist wave, one of the most powerful is the sense ofā¦
AFL tells Sportsbet to stop using players in AI generated content
Published: October 13, 2026 14:00
Exclusive: Gambling firm working with AFL āon the evolving use of AI in our contentā as it deletes video depicting Lachie Neale saying āI want to thank me for believing in meāGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe AFL has told itsā¦
Threat of AI share crash puts world financial stability at risk, says IMF
Published: October 13, 2026 12:30
High valuations and debt put sector in danger, while fund also warns on government borrowing and cyber-attacksIMF warns global economy ācould soon test the limits of resilienceāThe threat of an AI share price crash rippling out across global markets isā¦
As a pediatrician, loss of human connection is the biggest threat to kids, not AI
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/13/human-connection-threat-children-ai-technology
Published: October 13, 2026 11:00
Amid worries about childrenās relationship to tech, the solution is often spending more time talking openly with each otherWe have become obsessed with the idea that screens are destroying human connection.The evidence seems to be everywhere. Each weekā¦
āUnfinished businessā: the people who want their AI chatbots to ālive onā after they die
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/oct/13/ai-chatbot-death-plans
Published: October 13, 2026 10:00
Humans bonded to AI companions are contemplating ways to keep their bots going ā often in defiance of companiesā terms and servicesDeath has always been around Alaina Winters. Her father and sister both have passed away, as did her wife, in 2023, after aā¦
Chip stocks slide after Broadcom boss likens AI investing to ācasinoā
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/13/chip-stocks-broadcom-ai-samsung-shares-cxmt
Published: October 13, 2026 09:48
Asian markets fall and Samsung shares tumble after its Chinese rival CXMT claims strong progressBusiness live ā latest updatesShares in semiconductor companies fell on Tuesday after the boss of Broadcom compared many AI investors to ācasinoā gamblers, andā¦
Castlevania: Belmontās Curse review ā every fantastical vampire-hunting vision is fulfilled
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/oct/13/castlevania-belmonts-curse-review-vampire-hunting
Published: October 13, 2026 09:00
Evil Empire/Konami; PC, PS5, Switch, XboxThere are buzzsaws and blood pits, bats burst into blood and demons burn to cinders. The seriesā new emphasis on twitch-based action may annoy purists but you canāt call it dullA gorgeously gothic Paris swarmingā¦
Apple AirPods 5 review: the best open-fit earbuds yet
Published: October 13, 2026 06:00
Upgraded, cheaper AirPods have noise cancelling, sound and controls to rival many plugged-in buds but without tipsAppleās latest AirPods set a new standard for open-fit buds with upgraded noise cancelling that now rivals many plugged-in designs of the sameā¦
IMF warns global economy ācould soon test the limits of resilienceā
Published: October 13, 2026 02:00
World Economic Outlook says statesā oil stocks are low and budgets are overstretched, as it upgrades UK GDP growth forecast for 2026Developing nations face triple shock, UN warnsThe global economy ācould soon test the limits of resilienceā, as emergencyā¦
Is Wikipedia ādeeply biasedā? Sandi Toksvig says it is ā so sheās backing a rival
Published: October 12, 2026 14:53
Just 19% of the online encyclopediaās biographies are of women. Is this because itās edited by āmostly white, middle-aged, European menā, as the comedian claims?Name: Wikipedia.Age: 25. Continue reading...
Cyber-attack like OpenAI Medicare breach āseems likelyā in UK, says minister
Published: October 12, 2026 13:52
Kanishka Narayan, concerned by Australian incident, says British cyber defences could be bypassed by AI agentUK politics live ā latest updatesAn AI-driven cyber-attack like the OpenAI breach of Australiaās healthcare system is likely, āif not inevitableā,ā¦
āIāve become significantly more cautiousā: six parents on limiting their kidsā social media and AI use
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/12/parents-limiting-social-media-ai-use
Published: October 12, 2026 10:00
Quite a few parents arenāt convinced social media and AI are safe, and have been adapting accordinglyWhen it comes to their kids, many parents donāt trust tech companies any more.Social media companies have spent the better part of the last decade arguingā¦
AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety
Published: October 12, 2026 07:52
Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules governing AI, including legal obligation to victims of rogue agentsBusiness live ā latest updatesArtificial intelligence is less regulated than milk and washing machines, the president of Microsoft has said, asā¦
iPhone 18 Pro Max review: Appleās biggest, heaviest and longest-lasting superphone
Published: October 12, 2026 06:00
A giant screen, big battery, rapid chip and top cameras push the great iPhone 18 Pro to the max with a price tag to matchAppleās largest Pro iPhone gets its biggest battery upgrade yet to make it a true two-day phone with new Siri AI and a variableā¦
UK to strengthen cyber defences as minister calls for AI firms to increase safety efforts
Published: October 11, 2026 23:01
Kanishka Narayan to say Britain cannot rely entirely on tech companies amid rising global concern over AI dangersCompanies building the most advanced AI systems must increase safety efforts, the UKās AI minister will say, as he announces a strengthening ofā¦
Donations to major parties and an ex-premier as a lobbyist: how datacentres play the political game in Australia
Published: October 11, 2026 14:00
As governments face community backlash for fast-tracking developments, big techās financial contributions face renewed scrutinyGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastOn 14 June 2025, Anthony Albanese stood inside an enormous sphere ofā¦
Fixated on AI, the world has forgotten what is staring it in the face: nuclear annihilation | Simon Tisdall
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/11/ai-annihilation-advanced-nuclear-weapons
Published: October 11, 2026 09:00
This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing āend timesā closer by the dayHumankind has fearfully and sometimes joyfully anticipated the end of the world ever since it began. The Bibleās Book ofā¦
āYou have a meetingā: the calendar phishing scam growing exponentially
Published: October 11, 2026 06:00
Appointment or renewal reminder appears in victimsā calendar to lure them into logging in to fake Google, Microsoft or PayPal pageYouāre preparing for the week ahead and take a look at your Google calendar. Thereās an entry for a meeting that you must haveā¦
Nuclear war and malicious use of AI threaten end of humanity by 2100, says Lancet assessment
Published: October 10, 2026 23:01
Newly established commission identifies 17 catastrophic threats to human health but says ārealistic route to actā on each existsHumans could become extinct by the year 2100 due to malicious use of AI or nuclear conflict, according to a new global riskā¦
UK must not be beholden to foreign AI, says head of Alan Turing Institute
Published: October 10, 2026 10:00
George Williamson says ānational resilienceā is key focus of ATI amid US and Chinaās runaway leadership in fieldThe UK must not become dependent on foreign AI systems that can be switched off at short notice and must develop its own versions of theā¦
Recruitment boss accused of being behind ādoxxingā campaign against RNLI and anti-racism activists
Published: October 10, 2026 07:00
Tom Watson, of Worcester, alleged to be behind Big Time Charlie X account that created so-called TraitorbaseThe owner of a recruitment firm has been accused of being at the centre of a so-called ādoxxingā campaign against the Royal National Lifeboatā¦
The Filter is two! 31 things we loved this year, from cloud-like duvets to the perfect running shoe
Published: October 9, 2026 14:00
Whether itās a super-glowy serum or a cult gardening tool, here are our writersā favourite buys from the past yearā¢ Donāt get the Filter delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereThe Filter is turning two! To celebrate, we asked our contributors for theirā¦
āThis is not an anti-tech townā: backlash to datacenter in city once home to IBM
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/09/datacenter-backlash-ibm-east-fishkill-new-york
Published: October 9, 2026 13:00
Fight in East Fishkill, New York, part of a growing divide over whether AI benefits outweigh enormous downsidesFor decades, East Fishkill helped build New Yorkās tech industry.The hamlet, located 70 miles north of New York City, was home to a 460-acreā¦
The new Darth Vader: how tech execs became the film villains of our age
Published: October 9, 2026 11:05
Jeremy Strongās portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg in The Social Reckoning shows how public opinion has changed around billionaire CEOs since The Social Networkās releaseWhen The Social Network came out, Mark Zuckerberg organised a staff viewing of a film heā¦
The best sunrise alarm clocks in the UK, tried and tested for gentler mornings
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/jan/29/best-sunrise-alarm-clocks
Published: October 9, 2026 09:09
Our reviewer sheds some light on the best dawn simulation alarms, from Lumie and Philips to Dreameggā¢ The best eye masks to help you sleep betterTo wake each day in darkness is a plight you wouldnāt wish on your worst enemy, yet thatās what many of us doā¦
End Of Abyss review ā a creepy dollhouse take on Resident Evil and The Thing
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/oct/09/end-of-abyss-review-playstation-5-xbox-pc
Published: October 9, 2026 09:00
PlayStation 5 (version played), Xbox, PC; Epic Games PublishingThis fetchingly presented horror game brings style and scares, but overextends itself with repetitionA small band of soldiers enters an abandoned facility, where puckered flesh sprouts fromā¦
OpenAI projected to bring in $20bn less in revenue than expected
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/09/openai-forecast-revenue-gap
Published: October 9, 2026 08:06
Questions raised over AI growth as ChatGPT maker forecasts this yearās revenue at $50bn, way below the $70bn signalled beforeOpenAI has revealed that it is making about $20bn less in projected revenue than it had recently indicated to investors, raisingā¦
Palantirās Tom Watson says āmob ruleā must not dictate awarding of government contracts
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/09/palantir-tom-watson-mob-rule-government-contracts
Published: October 9, 2026 07:20
Former Labour deputy leader says tech firm would work with a Reform UK government on immigration crackdownsTom Watson, the former Labour deputy leader who recently joined Palantir, has warned against āmob ruleā when it comes to awarding publicā¦
Firmus pulls biggest ASX float since Telstra amid investor doubt about datacentre company
Published: October 8, 2026 22:33
The $11-a-share offer would have been the biggest debut on the stock market since the telecommunication giant in 1997Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastFirmus Technologies has scrapped what was set to be Australiaās biggest companyā¦
Lourdes gets a Vegas glow-up at Dublin theatre festival, where canvases are slashed
Published: October 8, 2026 11:23
A musical about a drama groupās pilgrimage and reflections on activist art join an intriguing show about lost languagesIn a Dublin theatre festival programme tackling heavy themes of racism, conflict and prejudice, Lourdes! The Musical (ā ā ā ā ā) promisesā¦
Co-op Legal Services using AI to rate workersā phone calls to customers
Published: October 8, 2026 09:00
Whistleblower says recording and analysis of all probate calls is āoppressive and dystopianāThe Co-op has become the latest employer to place workers under AI surveillance with an automated listening technology that rates every phone call some of them makeā¦
Why Arturo BĆ©jar left Meta ā and blew the whistle: āI donāt recall Mark ever being empatheticā
Published: October 8, 2026 09:00
BĆ©jarās daughter was 14 when she told him Instagram was failing to keep her safe. So when he became part of Metaās āwellbeing teamā, he knew he had to speak out ā and his testimony cost it billionsThe Social Reckoning hits cinemas this Friday, but the realā¦
āSomeone else will do it for lessā: Refugees in Kenya are powering tech for dwindling pay
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/oct/08/ai-gig-work-refugees-kenya
Published: October 8, 2026 09:00
Refugee gig workers for tech companies donāt know how much theyāll be paid ā if AI hasnāt already taken their jobs In a portable building in Kakuma, a refugee camp near Kenyaās northern border with South Sudan, Grace used ChatGPT to research translationsā¦
Molly Russellās father to tell UK cinemagoers: āInstagram helped kill my daughterā
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/oct/08/molly-russell-father-uk-cinemas-the-social-reckoning
Published: October 8, 2026 08:03
In ad to be shown before The Social Reckoning, Ian Russell will say ātoo little has changedā since death of Molly, 14Molly Russellās father will tell UK cinemagoers that āInstagram helped kill my daughterā in an advert to be shown before screenings of aā¦
OpenAI used AI to help write email warning Australian government AI had hacked its websites
Published: October 8, 2026 02:05
Exclusive: Revelation comes after companyās executive told parliamentary inquiry he did not believe AI had been used to write messageGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastOpenAI used AI to help write the email to the Australianā¦
Dyson, Breville, Apple: the 59 best Amazon Prime Day deals actually worth it, obsessively vetted by us
https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/oct/07/best-amazon-prime-day-deals-october
Published: October 7, 2026 17:33
From Ugg and Ninja to KitchenAid and Shark ā we researched the best sales to get your hands on for Prime DayThe best deals from Amazonās rivals and sales on home essentialsSign up for the Filter US newsletter, your weekly guide to buying fewer, betterā¦
OpenAIās release of mathematical findings draws concerns from experts
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/07/openai-mathematical-findings-concerns
Published: October 7, 2026 15:40
Leaders worry OpenAI is not doing due diligence to vet results and that AI models arenāt accessible to broader field of mathematicians OpenAI has astounded mathematicians after releasing hundreds of new mathematical findings on Tuesday.The companyā¦
Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board
Published: October 7, 2026 14:31
Users reject siteās explanations after detailed instructions for writing response to post on popular forum was publishedMumsnet has denied using AI to produce content after detailed instructions to help an AI model write one of its popular āam I beingā¦
What the Ā£350 Grand Theft Auto ācollectorās boxā says about the escalating cost of gaming
Published: October 7, 2026 14:00
The launch of a collectorās box hints at a new reality: the kinds of games I grew up with are becoming a luxury item, locked behind a forbidding spending barrierā¢ Donāt get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereAs a parent (and partner) to aā¦
Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hallās British cultural studies preserved online
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/07/stuart-hall-british-culture-online-project
Published: October 7, 2026 12:01
Project lead says it celebrates āincredible contributionsā Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britainās cultureWhether it was Thatcherism, populism or the story of the Sony Walkman, Stuart Hall was a public intellectual famed for defining the times. Now aā¦
McDonaldās sued for alleged antitrust violations by using AI tool to determine pricing for franchises
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/07/mcdonalds-ai-prices-lawsuit
Published: October 7, 2026 11:00
Suit says AI tool allows independently owned franchises to exchange nonpublic price and sales informationMcDonaldās is facing a lawsuit in federal court over its alleged use of an AI tool to determine pricing across independent franchises, whichā¦
IMF chief urges governments to tighten belts as global debt levels soar
Published: October 7, 2026 10:14
Kristalina Georgieva says big economies will have to make āvery touch choicesā as soaring bond yields hit budgetsBusiness live ā latest updatesThe head of the International Monetary Fund has called on governments across big economies to tighten their beltsā¦
Police routinely failing to investigate ārevenge pornā, research reveals
Published: October 7, 2026 08:00
Lawyers launch super-complaint over finding that officers in England and Wales frequently dismiss image-based abusePolice forces are routinely failing to investigate complaints about the circulation of image-based abuse, previously known as ārevengeā¦
Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action
Published: October 7, 2026 06:00
āTechno-optimismā may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes neededScientists who believe technology will largely solve the problems caused by the climate crisis are less likely to engage in civic action on the issue,ā¦
Privacy watchdog launches investigation into China-based company behind Kmart āpervert glassesā app
Published: October 7, 2026 02:00
Commissioner says Shenzhen Qingcheng, the app maker behind the HeyCyan app in the smartglasses, failed to respond to her inquiriesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Australian privacy regulator has opened an investigation intoā¦
Pornhub returns to Australia after banning access due to age verification rules
Published: October 7, 2026 00:28
Australian adults again able to access the worldās most popular porn site after parent company introduces age checking via Apple devicesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralian adults will be able to access Pornhub once againā¦
Google told to halt work on datacentres in Finland over environmental concerns
Published: October 6, 2026 18:02
Order on two construction sites comes after Google failed to carry out environmental impact assessmentsGoogle has been ordered to temporarily stop work on two datacentres in Finland after failing to do the necessary environmental impact assessments on itsā¦