Nintendo Accused Of Using AI Images In New ‘My Mario’ Marketing
Image: Nintendo Update [Fri 9th Jan 2026, 7:02pm]: One of the models featured in the marketing campaign has…
Meta strikes deals with nuclear start-ups to meet AI power demand
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this…
‘There is *zero* point in talking about AI slop. That’s just plain stupid’: Linus Torvalds weighs in on AI debate in Linux kernel documentation
Where some are sick of AI usage, others are sick of debate about AI usage. And when it…
How AI solved the mystery of a missing mountaineer
Scouring remote areas for missing walkers and climbers can take rescuers weeks and sometimes months. AI can do…
Video appearing to show MP’s question in Commons about capture of Maduro is AI – Full Fact
A video which appears to show an MP asking Parliament why Israel’s Prime Minister cannot be captured and…
Keir Starmer dismisses Elon Musk’s changes to Grok as ‘insulting’ to victims amid row over AI-generated sexual images of children – with PM urging X owner to take further action
Sir Keir Starmer today dismissed Elon Musk‘s changes to his AI tool as ‘insulting’ to victims amid a…
Best of CES 2026 Awards: The top 27 new gadgets
This year’s CES was a litmus test for AI of sorts. Just because artificial intelligence can be put…
‘AI-generated music is awesome, somebody’s still generating it. When the machine’s doing it on its own, talk to me’ — will.i.am tells me how he tunes LG’s new speakers, and why TikTok rather than AI is the big danger to music
At CES 2026, LG announced a new wave of speakers in its xboom range, once again produced in…
37% of consumers start searches with AI instead of Google: Study
Consumers are increasingly using AI tools — not Google — as their first source of information. This is…
Musk lawsuit over OpenAI for-profit conversion can go to trial, US judge says | OpenAI
Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI is to go to trial after a US judge said there is plenty…
Chemistry is stuck in the dark ages – ‘chemputation’ can bring it into the digital world
Chemistry deals with that most fundamental subject: matter. New drugs, materials and batteries all depend on our ability…
AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that’s masking a darker reality
Despite breathless headlines warning of a robot takeover in the workforce, a new research briefing from Oxford Economics…