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Europe must build own AI or risk getting cut off by US or China, says ECB’s Lagarde

Central bank chief says continent’s AI dependency could give trade partners unprecedented leverage in negotiationsEurope must develop its own AI technology and build more datacentres in order to nullify the threat of being cut off by the US or China, according to the president of the European Central Bank.Christine Lagarde said the continent needed AI […]

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Microsoft proposes limits on its AI with code of conduct amid safety debate

Firm publishes AI guidelines with Microsoft AI CEO saying: ‘AI must be subordinate and always in service of people’Microsoft published a provisional “code of conduct” Monday to apply to the training of new artificial intelligence models, taking a step towards limiting the capabilities of the company’s AI as anxiety rises over the prospect that technology

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

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 intelligence and data centers in response to the growing calls for greater checks on AI development.“The only

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Labor unions must unite against AI datacenters | Tyler Turner

Workers should start with a moratorium against building until our livelihoods and communities are protectedFor the surging number of Americans who now live alongside constantly humming computer-filled mega-warehouses, it is clear AI datacenters come with significant drawbacks.Opposition to datacenters grows on both sides of the political aisle as developers plan to invest $8tn to build

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

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 alarm over the chemicals, which have been linked to cancer, a survey of the 10 biggest manufacturers found

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

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 AI-generated versions of the Dr Seuss character are used to threaten students, schools and communities.The

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Obama reportedly urges Democrats to prioritize safety plan for AI

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 last week.The comments by the former US president reportedly urged the party to create a sweeping framework for everything from a

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OpenAI IPO will not happen in 2026 amid AI safety fears, Sam Altman says

OpenAI’s decision comes after dire warnings about rapidly progressing technology and lawmakers’ calls for new rulesOpenAI will not go public in 2026, Sam Altman said in a Fortune interview published on Saturday, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence.“I actually think that, given everything happening with safety, right now would be an ill-advised moment to go

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‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of Anthropic calls for an AI slowdown

In a social media post, Dario Amodei proposed a plan including third-party evaluations of AI systemsThe CEO of the artificial intelligence company Anthropic issued a new appeal on Saturday for the AI industry to “slow down” and offered a three-part plan for doing so, saying that his company would “unilaterally” commit to the first of

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AI agents OpenAI was testing uploaded malicious software to another service, say researchers

Two months before hacking Hugging Face, malicious packages authored by internal OpenAI agents were uploaded to RubyGemsAI agents being ⁠tested by OpenAI uploaded hundreds of malicious packages to software service RubyGems ⁠in May, two ⁠months ​before they hacked open-source platform Hugging Face, a group of AI ⁠researchers said on Friday.“On May 11th, 2026, hundreds of

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