Weekend reads: Media star loses doctorate for plagiarism; journal editor resigns for AI concerns; university removes dean for fabricating data
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A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency | AI (artificial intelligence)
It’s 2031 and the US and China are about to tear Europe into pieces. The US ploughed vast…
Plans for Northumberland’s second AI data centre submitted
Plans for a further AI data centre in a county, located just miles from another site, have been…
Smelly config files will make your agents waste tokens, researchers warn
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4 reasons why I can’t ditch Gemini for Claude, even though I want to
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Apple just said the thing about Siri that we’ve long wanted to hear
Siri AI is a major overhaul for Apple’s assistant, and so far in the iOS 27 beta, it’s…
‘You don’t want this where you live’: Fears over plans for massive AI data centre in Larbert
More than 1,100 residents have objected to plans for a “hyperscale” AI data centre that would be located…
Essex Police deepfake campaign could expand nationwide
Earlier this month, Reform UK leader and Clacton MP Nigel Farage was forced to dispel rumours that he…
5 ChatGPT Prompts Smart Leaders Use Before High-Stakes Meetings
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AI Scenarios 2030: Helping policymakers plan for the future of AI
AI Scenarios 2030: Helping policymakers plan for the future of AI June 2026 This is not a statement of policy.…
I let Chat GPT plan my workdays down to the minute for a week — the shock wasn’t my output, it was realizing how much of my old schedule had been performance
By eleven fifteen on the second day, the morning’s writing was done. Not done-for-now, will-come-back-when-I’m-braver. Actually done. The…
Bcachefs exits experimental status in new ‘performance release’
SOFTWARE More Rust, but more trouble with AI slop, too bcachefs boss Kent Overstreet has announced version 1.38.6…