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Starmer accuses Musk of trying to ‘whip up division’ in UK over Henry Nowak murder

PM says Britons are ‘reasonable, tolerant people’ and backs MP’s legal action against Grok firm over fake sexualised imagesUK politics live – latest updatesElon Musk is “interfering in our politics” and attempting to create division, Keir Starmer has said in a significant toughening of government language about the X owner.It comes after weeks of posts […]

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Labour MP sues Elon Musk’s AI company over fake sexualised images

Jess Asato was portrayed by AI tool as wearing a bikini after she criticised the creation of such non-consensual picturesA Labour MP has taken legal action against Elon Musk’s AI company after saying its Grok tool helped a user produce fake sexualised pictures of her, part of a wave of such images that flooded X

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Weekly Review 29 May 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI generated legal filings threaten to overwhelm courts and cause legal costs to explode: https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mit-expert-ai-generated-lawsuits-spike The data centres used by AI are increasingly unpopular with the people living in the areas they are built: https://www.extremetech.com/computing/the-ai-industry-is-failing-to-make-its-case-to-the-neighborhoods-its-trying Replacing public servants with AI is

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Instagram, X and others blocking Saudi dissidents’ accounts

US social media firms acting on orders from Middle East kingdom accused of being ‘instruments of repression’Major US social media companies including Meta’s Facebook and Instagram platforms have blocked the accounts of Saudi Arabian dissidents so they are no longer visible inside the kingdom, following orders by Saudi authorities.Those affected include Abdullah Alaoudh, a US-based

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Weekly Review 22 May 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):The hardware demand from the AI boom is causing industrial relations problems for Samsung: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/595429/at-samsung-the-global-ai-boom-spurred-a-looming-strike-and-deep-divisions Even at a so-called “elite” institution like Princeton, 30% of students are using AI to cheat: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/ai-driven-cheating-widespread-even-at-elite-schools-like-princeton/ The New Zealand Defence Force really should have worked

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X to block UK access to accounts linked to terrorist groups in Ofcom agreement

Media regulator announces commitments by Elon Musk’s platform to crack down on terrorist and hate contentElon Musk’s X platform has promised to block UK access to accounts linked to banned terrorist groups under an agreement with the communications regulator to crack down on terrorist and hate content.X will also review suspected illegal terrorist and hate

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Weekly Review 15 May 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):Replacing people with AI is not generating meaningful returns: https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/05/06/ai-layoffs-backfire-as-cutting-staff-doesnt-cut-it-firms-warned/5230631 Good leadership is vital to make an organisation AI native: https://www.techtarget.com/searchcio/news/366642764/Enterprises-are-making-an-AI-native-transformation Some suggested safeguards for AI to protect users’ mental health: https://spectrum.ieee.org/mental-health-chatbot-guardrails What are the trade-offs of building AI data centres

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Weekly Review 8 May 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI has taken away so much entry-level work it is forcing young people into being entrpreneurs: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/ng-interactive/2026/apr/25/gen-z-entrepreneurs-business-ai AI vendor lock-in is a thing, and it’s becoming costly for businesses: https://www.theregister.com/2026/04/28/locked_stocked_and_losing_budget/ Zine creators continue to resist AI: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/28/zine-creators-fight-to-resist-ai-influence AI is finding flaws

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Weekly Review 1 May 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):AI generated music is becoming more common, and harder to detect by listeners: https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/deezer-says-44-of-new-music-uploads-are-ai-generated-most-streams-are-fraudulent/ Michael Dell is funding research towards an AI-led hospital system: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/360969141/michael-and-susan-dell-fund-ainative-medical-center-750 Out of date UK government web pages have been ingested by AI, which are now giving

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Weekly Review 24 April 2026

Some interesting links that I Tweeted about in the last week (I also post these on Mastodon, Threads, Newsmast, and Bluesky):People who use AI more have less confidence in their own intellectual abilities: https://futurism.com/health-medicine/ai-cognition-study The pain AI is causing educators-mostly caused by students using it to cheat: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/to-teach-in-the-time-of-chatgpt-is-to-know-pain/ AI on the edge of the cloud continues to be a growth area:

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