UK Officials Said AI Would Add £400 Billion to the Economy. That Figure Mainly Came From Google
The AI minister now concedes the estimated figure is less than a third of that. Researchers blame the country’s slow rate of adoption
US dollar slides after Democrats’ midterm election win as growth fears rise
Concern over greater AI regulation, while investors move into US treasuries as Trump faces political gridlockBusiness live – latest updatesUS midterm elections – live updatesThe US dollar has fallen sharply after the Democrats won control of the Senate…
Scammers using AI-generated images of missing pets to demand reward money
Owners says threats to kill their cats unless they sent money left them angry and terrified.
Graduates are managing AI – but are they learning much else?
Graduates are spending more time managing AI, but are they missing out on other work experience?
US tech stocks recover after selloff spooks investors over AI spending
Midterms didn’t appear to have huge impact, though predicted wins for Democrats could mean more regulationUS tech stocks made a recovery Tuesday afternoon after a selloff spooked investors over AI spending.The impact of Tuesday’s midterm elections didn’t…
Ukraine’s drone strikes spur hasty Russian plans for underground data centers
Russia tries to fix exposed digital infrastructure as data center war backfires.
NYT demands Brave shut down its paywall blocker and end deals with AI firms
Lawsuit calls Brave "supplier, dealer, and distributor" of stolen news content.
Google will let schools skip AI tools, but they have to give up search, too
Google will offer schools AI tools that purportedly don't give away the answers.
Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them | Arwa Mahdawi
These resource-guzzling centres drive up utility bills and are hated across the political spectrum. Cue a clunky, but potentially influential, new name for themJesus may have turned water into wine, but Donald Trump has done one better: he turned Lake…
Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.
Meta faces pressure to protect No Kings Instagram on election day.