AI blamed again as hard drives are sold out for this year • The Register
Hard drive manufacturers have already sold all the units they will make this year, and it looks like…
Microsoft deletes blog telling users to train AI on pirated Harry Potter books
“I think that the regurgitation and the creation of fan fiction, they both could flag copyright issues, in…
My internet troll turned out to be an AI bot gone rogue
Until last week, Scott Shambaugh was a private, almost anonymous, software developer from Denver, Colorado. Now the world…
Nascent tech, real fear: how AI anxiety is upending career ambitions | Technology
Matthew Ramirez started at Western Governors University as a computer science major in 2025, drawn by the promise…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman warns ‘AI washing’ is real, but tech-related job displacement is on the way
As debate continues over AI’s true impact on the labor force, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said some companies…
A redditor claims to have found a horrifying, AI-generated, multi-limbed figure in a rental house listing photo and it’s exactly the sort of Phasmophobia-style jump scare I didn’t need this morning
Picture the scene: You’re scrolling away through rental property photos late at night, trying to sort through the…
Hannah Fry: ‘AI can do some superhuman things – but so can forklifts’
BBC/Curious Films/Rory Langdon The chances are that you think about artificial intelligence far more today than you did…
Big Tech buries billions in AI debt as bubble fears mount
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Snyk CEO bails so someone more AI-savvy can take over • The Register
The CEO of code review platform provider Snyk has announced he will stand down so the company can…
Urgent research needed to tackle AI threats, says Google AI boss
Sir Demis said it was important to build “robust guardrails” against the most serious threats from the rise…
OpenClaw and the privacy problem of agentic AI
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this…
Five ways that AI could be reshaping your relationship with money
The financial industry is entering a new era, with AI and new regulations on accessing data transforming how…