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When Mark Lanier and his young client Kaley faced the tech giants in an LA courtroom earlier this year, it seemed a bigger battle than David v Goliath. But they scored a landmark victory, proving that the social media giants had created ‘addiction machines’ that harmed mental health. How did they pull it off?When Mark
All three companies say they still aim to achieve net zero carbon output despite construction boomMicrosoft, Amazon and Google’s collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction.In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO₂e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide
Datacentres drive emissions of Microsoft, Amazon and Google to half those of France Read More »
Direct oversight of ‘critical third parties’ such as Oracle and Microsoft given to ensure resilient cyber-defences and help safeguard UK economyThe Bank of England has been handed powers to regulate important tech firms including Amazon and Google from next week, amid fears that system failures could threaten financial stability and harm consumers.From Monday, the Bank
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Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinionAI tools are twisting online messages on sensitive political topics about everything from abortion to climate change in ways that could snowball to reshape long-term public opinion, experts have said.As tech companies push AI tools as convenient ways to redraft
AI altering meaning of users’ drafts on issues from abortion to climate, study finds Read More »
Readers respond to the profile of Iason Gabriel, a philosopher and research scientist at Google DeepMindThe Guardian’s profile of Google DeepMind’s philosopher was encouraging because it showed how seriously many of the people building AI are taking their ethical responsibilities (‘There’s this deep mystery of what, actually, is this thing?’: the philosopher inside Google DeepMind
We can debate the ethics of AI but can’t seem to change course | Letters Read More »
CMA says developers should be able to steer users away from app stores for payments to increase competitionBusiness live – latest updatesThe UK’s competition watchdog is challenging Apple and Google’s “effective duopoly” over mobile platforms by allowing developers to steer users away from their app stores to make purchases.The Competition and Markets Authority argues that
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As tech firms make huge profits and investors fear losing out, both are doing their best to hold off the day of reckoningOpenAI staggers AI model release after White House requestEvery couple of decades, investors will ask themselves how long can the stock market keep climbing. Is it safe to buy more shares? Is their
The AI bubble has further to run despite the looming crash Read More »
LSE analysis highlights litigation linked to energy sources, water consumption and air pollutionThe proliferation of datacentres and AI is increasingly at the forefront of environmental litigation around the world from Chile to Ireland, a report has found.In an analysis of about 3,600 climate-related lawsuits filed since 2015, the latest annual review of climate litigation by
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A court in Germany found that Google was responsible for what its chatbots say in search summaries. This is the accountability we needEarlier this month, a German court ruled that Google is liable for its AI search summaries. Rejecting defenses like “users can check for themselves”, and that they generally know “that information generated with
If an AI chatbot misleads you, who is to blame? | Bruce Schneier and Nathan E Sanders Read More »
Good things take time, but not all things that take time are good. The jury is still out on the Google Home Speaker, but it certainly took a while to arrive. After announcing its new speaker last August, Google finally has a release date. The company’s first new smart home speaker in years will launch
The Gemini-powered Google Home Speaker arrives on June 25 for $100 Read More »
