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Grindr pays £26M to settle a 2024 UK lawsuit that alleged it shared users' HIV status with ad firms, in breach of UK law (www.theguardian.com)
1 day ago HIV

Matt Clifford steps down as the chair of the UK government's science and tech research unit after joining Anthropic, following conflict of interest concerns (www.theguardian.com)
1 day ago

Bank of England Governor warns that advanced AI could destabilize the highly interconnected global financial system via cyber disruption across jurisdictions (www.theguardian.com)
9 days ago AI

Arturo Béjar, a key witness in state AGs' trial against Meta, says terms of the settlement are insufficient to protect young users; Meta rejects the criticism (www.theguardian.com)
13 days ago

UK PM backs Ofcom to take “tough action” under the OSA against social media sites failing to remove dangerous driving videos after a crash killed seven people (www.theguardian.com)
15 days ago

AI film startups are setting up studios in Hollywood, using US and Chinese AI models while touting lower production costs and a way around traditional financing (www.theguardian.com)
23 days ago China Startup AI

The UK's Report Remove service receives 420 reports from under-18s of explicit images digitally faked or manipulated to depict them in H1, exceeding 2025's 397 (www.theguardian.com)
30 days ago

AI-generated images, video, audio, and text on matters of public interest designed to look authentic must be labeled in the EU under the AI Act from August 2 (www.theguardian.com)
2026-7-31 AI

The DOJ is prosecuting a Cop City protester for allegedly providing CBP with a “duress” passcode that wiped the contents of his GrapheneOS phone (www.theguardian.com)
2026-7-25

UK's incoming PM Andy Burnham is expected to scrap Keir Starmer's plans for digital ID cards; last year a petition opposing the cards attracted ~3M signatures (www.theguardian.com)
2026-7-19

Amazon apologizes after some AWS users received bills as high as $1.5T due to “an issue with unit pricing within the estimated billing computation subsystem” (www.theguardian.com)
2026-7-18 Amazon

The Alphabet Workers Union sends a layoff protection petition with 4,500+ signatures to Sundar Pichai, calling for guaranteed severance and buyout options (www.theguardian.com)
2026-7-17 Alphabet

Source calls UK- and OpenAI-touted plans in 2025 for Stargate's ~£20B Cobalt site a PR stunt; OpenAI and Nscale failed to visit Cobalt or lodge planning forms (www.theguardian.com)
2026-7-5

A profile of Google DeepMind philosopher Iason Gabriel, whose work has tracked, and in many cases predicted, the ethical challenges posed by the success of LLMs (www.theguardian.com)
2026-7-4 Google

A study of 408 teens in Australia finds 80%+ were still using social media three months after a ban came into force, citing inadequate age verification checks (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-26 Australia Ban

In a rare joint statement, Five Eyes leaders warn AI models capable of taking down governments and businesses are mere months away, urging leaders to “act now” (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-22 AI

A speculative scenario titled “Europe 2031” projects economic and political instability in the EU if it fails to keep pace with the US and China in the AI race (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-21 China Europe AI

Granta says it will stop publishing short story contest winners or join publishing partnerships it doesn't control after AI use allegations against a winner (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-21 AI

Sources: England and Wales' attorney general tells his office to stop posting on X, a first for the UK government, amid worries about X inciting violence (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-19

Sources: UK plans an “Australia plus” social media ban for under-16s, including restrictions on chatting with strangers on gaming apps, under-18 curfews, more (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-15 Australia Ban

FanDuel owner Flutter plans to delist its London shares on August 3, citing low trading and high costs; Flutter moved its primary listing to the US in 2024 (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-12 London

China starts operations of the world's first wind-powered underwater data center off Shanghai coast, and says it uses 20% less power than land-based facilities (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-10 China Shanghai

In a UK online safety consultation, the US urges the UK against an under-16 social media ban, saying it would place a “disproportionate” burden on US Big Tech (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-9 Ban

Microsoft says it will tighten human rights controls when working with national security agencies after an inquiry found Israel's Unit 8200 violated its ToS (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-8 Israel Microsoft

Digital i: YouTube overtakes Netflix in average daily viewing globally, rising from 87.2 minutes in 2024 to 99.1 in 2025, while Netflix fell from 100.5 to 93.4 (www.theguardian.com)
2026-6-4 YouTube Netflix

London Mayor Sadiq Khan blocks the Met police's £50M Palantir deal to automate intelligence analysis, citing a “clear and serious breach” of procurement rules (www.theguardian.com)
2026-5-22 London Intelligence

Granta and the Commonwealth Foundation say they can't determine yet if AI was used to write a prize-winning short story after critics pointed to signs of AI use (www.theguardian.com)
2026-5-21 AI

Letter: UK-based Google DeepMind workers voted to unionize with the Communication Workers Union and Unite in April, representing 1K+ staff, amid the US DOD deal (www.theguardian.com)
2026-5-5 Google

Maryland becomes the first US state to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores, as other states including CO, CA, MA, IL, and NJ consider similar bills (www.theguardian.com)
2026-5-3 Ban

Study: OpenAI's o1 correctly diagnosed 67% of emergency room patients using electronic records and a few sentences from nurses, vs. to 50-55% for triage doctors (www.theguardian.com)
2026-5-3

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