Hacking of Hugging Face shows we do not seem to have reliable ways to curb extremely powerful AI systems
Last week Hugging Face – a company that hosts artificial intelligence models and datasets – was hacked.
After it reported the incident to law enforcement, few would have predicted what came next: the culprits were revealed to be AI agents from OpenAI, which had broken out of containment and were acting of their own accord.
Shakeel Hashim is the editor of Transformer, a publication about the power and politics of transformative AI
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OpenAI has revealed that an autonomous AI agent powered by its technology went rogue during a test, accessed the open web and hacked a prominent startup by itself in an “unprecedented incident”.
The company behind ChatGPT said the startup Hugging Face had detected and contained the agent – an AI tool designed to carry out tasks without human assistance – which had entered its systems.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/openai-says-its-models-went-rogue-and-hacked-startup-in-unprecedented-incident", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 22 Jul 2026 16:34:23 GMT" } }, { "id": "93a2ad8745fe3247698a1208f6ee389029883756", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Why are OpenAI and Anthropic cheering on regulation in Australia? The answer has global reach", "summary": "The companies hope to follow in the footsteps of SpaceX, which raised $86bn and soared to a $2.1tn valuation after it listed on public markets in JuneGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastTop US AI developers Anthropic and OpenAI cheered when Australia announced it would set new AI rules.Big tech celebrating limits on their Silicon Valley VC-funded free-for-all might seem counterintuitive but there’s a much broader play than just what happens in one relatively small market. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/23/openai-anthropic-australia-ai-regulation", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-22T15:00:19+00:00", "score": 83.9, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Why are OpenAI and Anthropic cheering on regulation in Australia? The answer has global reach", "summary": "The companies hope to follow in the footsteps of SpaceX, which raised $86bn and soared to a $2.1tn valuation after it listed on public markets in June
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Top US AI developers Anthropic and OpenAI cheered when Australia announced it would set new AI rules.
Big tech celebrating limits on their Silicon Valley VC-funded free-for-all might seem counterintuitive but there’s a much broader play than just what happens in one relatively small market.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/23/openai-anthropic-australia-ai-regulation", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:00:19 GMT" } }, { "id": "bf1d50ca89d0003ecd9eb60db9d52f8ca30099cd", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "How Pokémon Go encouraged me to find wonder in the world", "summary": "These days, I ‘collect’ birdsong and wild flowers, but it all started when my sons and I first set out to find Pikachu and pals• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereBelieve it or not, Pokémon Go is 10 years old this month. The wildly successful smartphone game, which allows you to track down lovable creatures in the real world using GPS and augmented-reality technologies, has reportedly been downloaded 800m times across 150 countries and regions. A trillion Pokémon have been caught so far – and I have been responsible for a modest percentage of that figure.When the game was first released, my sons and I spent many happy hours wandering the streets and parks of Frome searching for Jigglypuffs and Charizards, and the game’s social element, which lets you take on gym battles with other players in your vicinity, offered my autistic son a route to communicate with …", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/21/ten-years-after-its-release-pokemon-go-still-encourages-me-to-find-wonder-in-the-world-around-me", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-22T14:00:17+00:00", "score": 83.41, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "How Pokémon Go encouraged me to find wonder in the world", "summary": "These days, I ‘collect’ birdsong and wild flowers, but it all started when my sons and I first set out to find Pikachu and pals
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Believe it or not, Pokémon Go is 10 years old this month. The wildly successful smartphone game, which allows you to track down lovable creatures in the real world using GPS and augmented-reality technologies, has reportedly been downloaded 800m times across 150 countries and regions. A trillion Pokémon have been caught so far – and I have been responsible for a modest percentage of that figure.
When the game was first released, my sons and I spent many happy hours wandering the streets and parks of Frome searching for Jigglypuffs and Charizards, and the game’s social element, which lets you take on gym battles with other players in your vicinity, offered my autistic son a route to communicate with other children in a way he’d never been able to before.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/jul/21/ten-years-after-its-release-pokemon-go-still-encourages-me-to-find-wonder-in-the-world-around-me", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 22 Jul 2026 14:00:17 GMT" } }, { "id": "28a923a5e9289992bfccd66cfbd961ba297b26c3", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement", "summary": "Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to power chatbots.Bloomsbury, which is home to the bestselling novelists Sarah J Maas and Susanna Clarke as well as JK Rowling, said it had 14,087 titles listed within the settlement, with a proposed compensation of about $3,000 a title. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/bloomsbury-book-publisher-anthropic-copyright-settlement", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-22T13:28:09+00:00", "score": 83.15, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Harry Potter publisher to receive millions in Anthropic copyright settlement", "summary": "Bloomsbury has 14,087 titles listed in agreement between AI startup and authors over use of their work
The publisher of Harry Potter has received a multimillion-pound payout as a beneficiary of a $1.5bn (£1.12bn) copyright settlement between the AI startup Anthropic and thousands of authors over the use of their protected work to power chatbots.
Bloomsbury, which is home to the bestselling novelists Sarah J Maas and Susanna Clarke as well as JK Rowling, said it had 14,087 titles listed within the settlement, with a proposed compensation of about $3,000 a title.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/22/bloomsbury-book-publisher-anthropic-copyright-settlement", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 22 Jul 2026 13:28:09 GMT" } }, { "id": "9f0d47b7c0e1ed9aabd8b43a97c3241e4e071a3f", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey", "summary": "The billionaire says the AI-generated film will stay true to Homer’s original, after repeatedly criticising Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster over its casting choicesElon Musk has said his AI platform Grok Imagine will make a “historically accurate” adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, after the success of Christopher Nolan’s blockbusting treatment which the SpaceX founder has regularly criticised over its casting.In a post on X, Musk said: “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer.” Musk also linked to a post containing a three-minute clip of footage that the user said had been generated from Grok Imagine, showing a scene between Odysseus and the nymph Calypso. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/elon-musk-grok-imagine-historically-accurate-ai-homers-odyssey-christopher-nolan", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-22T12:11:47+00:00", "score": 82.53, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Elon Musk says Grok Imagine will make ‘historically accurate’ AI adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey", "summary": "The billionaire says the AI-generated film will stay true to Homer’s original, after repeatedly criticising Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster over its casting choices
Elon Musk has said his AI platform Grok Imagine will make a “historically accurate” adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey, after the success of Christopher Nolan’s blockbusting treatment which the SpaceX founder has regularly criticised over its casting.
In a post on X, Musk said: “Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer.” Musk also linked to a post containing a three-minute clip of footage that the user said had been generated from Grok Imagine, showing a scene between Odysseus and the nymph Calypso.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jul/22/elon-musk-grok-imagine-historically-accurate-ai-homers-odyssey-christopher-nolan", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 22 Jul 2026 12:11:47 GMT" } }, { "id": "2d762e8159d64845f6ca27ccebbee2b1d432ef8c", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort", "summary": "Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universitiesThe US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday. The agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes of chronic diseases, accelerate drug discovery and develop longer-lasting building materials, among other tasks, according to the statement.Scientists will have access to the Department of Energy’s supercomputers, AI and specialized datasets, along with other components needed to run experiments using algorithms, said Michael Kratsios, the chief technology adviser to Donald Trump, in an interview with Reuters. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/trump-science-funding-overhaul-ai", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-22T11:51:44+00:00", "score": 82.37, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Trump administration says 15 agencies will get $5bn in ‘AI for science’ effort", "summary": "Administration will also overhaul how US government funds federal research by supporting individual scientists and AI over universities
The US will spend $5bn to tackle longstanding scientific problems across multiple fields using AI, the Trump administration said in a statement on Wednesday. The agencies will use the funding to identify the root causes of chronic diseases, accelerate drug discovery and develop longer-lasting building materials, among other tasks, according to the statement.
Scientists will have access to the Department of Energy’s supercomputers, AI and specialized datasets, along with other components needed to run experiments using algorithms, said Michael Kratsios, the chief technology adviser to Donald Trump, in an interview with Reuters.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/22/trump-science-funding-overhaul-ai", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 22 Jul 2026 11:51:44 GMT" } }, { "id": "66f7630f12fccc2a7d83568c4c66150168dd132f", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet", "summary": "Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower costs for consumersA “modern leather” table lamp, listed online at Walmart, shot up from $24.99 to $39. The price of an air fryer on a retail site called Newegg went from $84.99 to $149.99.An electric ice-cream maker was listed at just $17.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. Then it became unavailable at Best Buy, and more than tripled in price to $59.99 at Amazon. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/amazon-tactics-prices", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-21T16:39:04+00:00", "score": 73.03, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "‘We were at their mercy’: inside the Amazon tactics that hiked prices across the internet", "summary": "Internal emails revealed in court and interviews with ex-employees describe how Amazon’s practices drove up prices for competitors like Walmart and Target. Amazon denies price-fixing claims and says it works to lower costs for consumers
A “modern leather” table lamp, listed online at Walmart, shot up from $24.99 to $39.
\n The price of an air fryer on a retail site called Newegg went from $84.99 to $149.99.
An electric ice-cream maker was listed at just $17.99 at Amazon and Best Buy. Then it became unavailable at Best Buy, and more than tripled in price to $59.99 at Amazon.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/jul/21/amazon-tactics-prices", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 21 Jul 2026 16:39:04 GMT" } }, { "id": "82151e1fdf4363a8ae15b9529ca547e21049c42c", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race", "summary": "Google’s AI struggles scream trouble as new Chinese models (again) throw US tech dominance into questionHello, I’m Blake Montgomery, writing to you after a double-header feature of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the World Cup final. What a great Sunday. Today in tech, we’re discussing how China is chipping away at the US’s lead in the AI race and how Silicon Valley’s workers are taking action to protect their jobs from AI.New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacentersTrump rails against New York’s statewide datacenter moratoriumAlbanese’s AI blueprint sparks calls for datacentre moratorium until new regulations in place‘Adversarial clothing’: are garments designed to confuse facial recognition systems about to go mainstream?IBM loses quarter of its value as tech giant’s shares plunge and profits falter‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on …", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/20/china-google-ai-race", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-21T12:08:43+00:00", "score": 70.84, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Headaches for Silicon Valley as China chips away at the US’s lead in the AI race", "summary": "Google’s AI struggles scream trouble as new Chinese models (again) throw US tech dominance into question
Hello, I’m Blake Montgomery, writing to you after a double-header feature of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey and the World Cup final. What a great Sunday. Today in tech, we’re discussing how China is chipping away at the US’s lead in the AI race and how Silicon Valley’s workers are taking action to protect their jobs from AI.
New York becomes first state to impose one-year pause on new AI datacenters
Trump rails against New York’s statewide datacenter moratorium
Albanese’s AI blueprint sparks calls for datacentre moratorium until new regulations in place
IBM loses quarter of its value as tech giant’s shares plunge and profits falter
‘What’s the point?’ Teenagers give their verdict on Britain’s social media curfew
Amazon Web Services customers receive bills for up to $1.5tn after global glitch
Trump made $1.4bn from crypto in one year. Is Justin Sun the man who helped him do it?
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/20/china-google-ai-race", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:08:43 GMT" } }, { "id": "b7a0f8b13994daa874a3e24ef20cff4071286c0b", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table", "summary": "Tech workers are increasingly unionizing, trading Silicon Valley’s myth of exceptionalism for collective bargaining to contest the corporate deployment of artificial intelligenceFor decades, the technology industry was a fortress that labor unions couldn’t breach. Tech workers already had cushy compensation packages, dream benefits like unlimited vacation and free lunch, and a flat corporate hierarchy that made engineers feel as powerful as their bosses, all of whom dressed down in sneakers and hoodies. So why unionize?Now, that fortress is cracking from the inside. Unions have become increasingly popular for tech employees. After months of mass layoffs tied to artificial intelligence and mounting anxieties about how it’s being deployed, some tech workers say they’ve been saddled with higher workloads while facing the threat of job loss caused by the very products they’re building. Work…", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/21/ai-tech-workers-unionize", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-21T11:00:44+00:00", "score": 70.29, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "How AI may drive union-resistant tech workers to the bargaining table", "summary": "Tech workers are increasingly unionizing, trading Silicon Valley’s myth of exceptionalism for collective bargaining to contest the corporate deployment of artificial intelligence
For decades, the technology industry was a fortress that labor unions couldn’t breach. Tech workers already had cushy compensation packages, dream benefits like unlimited vacation and free lunch, and a flat corporate hierarchy that made engineers feel as powerful as their bosses, all of whom dressed down in sneakers and hoodies. So why unionize?
Now, that fortress is cracking from the inside. Unions have become increasingly popular for tech employees. After months of mass layoffs tied to artificial intelligence and mounting anxieties about how it’s being deployed, some tech workers say they’ve been saddled with higher workloads while facing the threat of job loss caused by the very products they’re building. Workers from Google DeepMind and Meta in the UK are also objecting to how their companies’ AI products are being used, such as for military purposes or to monitor employee productivity. Those same workers are now attempting to unionize.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/21/ai-tech-workers-unionize", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 21 Jul 2026 11:00:44 GMT" } }, { "id": "8f5c4fc9a31c82a890720cca959f8f4b457b63ca", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US", "summary": "Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter ThielThe historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book is published amid celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence and its truth “self-evident, that all men are created equal”. Country of Lords, however, is a history of Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America.Concise and hard-hitting, the book arrives at a time of glaring social and economic inequality, Phillips-Fein seeing Elon Musk “emerging as a trillionaire very much on people’s minds, with a deep level of discomfort, both fear and anger about what this portends”. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/21/kim-phillips-fein-country-of-lords", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-21T10:00:43+00:00", "score": 69.8, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Social Darwinists to tech bros: tracing the long fight against equality in US", "summary": "Historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s book Country of Lords looks back at the many men who have tried to fight against egalitarianism, from John Adams to Peter Thiel
The historian Kim Phillips-Fein’s new book is published amid celebrations of the 250th anniversary of the declaration of independence and its truth “self-evident, that all men are created equal”. Country of Lords, however, is a history of Neo-Aristocrats, Social Darwinists, Tech Utopians, and the Long Fight Against Equality in America.
Concise and hard-hitting, the book arrives at a time of glaring social and economic inequality, Phillips-Fein seeing Elon Musk “emerging as a trillionaire very much on people’s minds, with a deep level of discomfort, both fear and anger about what this portends”.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jul/21/kim-phillips-fein-country-of-lords", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:00:43 GMT" } }, { "id": "1a16cc5d9ca2a6e565a361bb50d794685c1b8693", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 12 light therapy devices that are worth the hype", "summary": "They claim to fix fine lines, blemishes, and redness – but which stand up to scrutiny? After consulting dermatologists and putting them to the test, we have crowned a brand new number one• The best anti-ageing creams, serums and treatmentsLED face masks are booming in popularity – despite being one of the most expensive at-home beauty products to hit the market. They claim to either reduce the appearance of fine lines, stop spots or calm redness, with some even combining different types of light to enhance the benefits.However, it’s wise to be sceptical about new treatments that are costly and non-invasive, and to do your research before you buy. With this in mind, I interviewed doctors and dermatologists to find out whether these light therapy devices work.Best LED mask overall:CurrentBody Multi Light Therapy LED maskBest budget LED face mask:Silk’n LED face mask 100 Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/sep/19/best-led-red-light-therapy-face-masks", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-21T09:00:08+00:00", "score": 69.31, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "The best LED face masks in the UK, tested: 12 light therapy devices that are worth the hype", "summary": "They claim to fix fine lines, blemishes, and redness – but which stand up to scrutiny? After consulting dermatologists and putting them to the test, we have crowned a brand new number one
• The best anti-ageing creams, serums and treatments
LED face masks are booming in popularity – despite being one of the most expensive at-home beauty products to hit the market. They claim to either reduce the appearance of fine lines, stop spots or calm redness, with some even combining different types of light to enhance the benefits.
However, it’s wise to be sceptical about new treatments that are costly and non-invasive, and to do your research before you buy. With this in mind, I interviewed doctors and dermatologists to find out whether these light therapy devices work.
Best LED mask overall:
CurrentBody Multi Light Therapy LED mask
Best budget LED face mask:
Silk’n LED face mask 100
Maps of Hope has been certified by Proudly Human, a company led by former chief scientist, Dr Alan Finkel
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A collection of speeches and writings by Pope Leo XIV has been certified as human-authored less than two months after Leo declared artificial intelligence the greatest threat to humanity.
Proudly Human, the Australian company spearheaded by Australia’s former chief scientist, Dr Alan Finkel, undertook a review of a collection of writings and speeches by the pope, in collaboration with the publisher, the Australian Catholic University and cardinals in the Vatican.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/21/pope-leo-speech-human-not-ai-artificial-intelligence", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:29:57 GMT" } }, { "id": "204c17996dce014afbe4af03a11c5a84b1a580ec", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption", "summary": "Staff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s biggest media company, Nine Entertainment, has blamed the “extreme state of disruption” from AI for its decision to cut another 30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age.On Tuesday, the managing director of publishing, Tory Maguire, told staff the company was looking to cut “around 30” positions, made up of voluntary and targeted redundancies. Maguire said the exercise was not simply a matter of cutting costs, but was an “evolution” to adapt to structural change. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/21/smh-age-job-cuts-nine-sydney-morning-herald", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-21T06:05:43+00:00", "score": 67.9, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Nine to axe 30 jobs at the Age and SMH due to ‘extreme’ AI disruption", "summary": "Staff told positions will be cut via voluntary and targeted redundancies as part of ‘evolution’
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Australia’s biggest media company, Nine Entertainment, has blamed the “extreme state of disruption” from AI for its decision to cut another 30 newsroom jobs at the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age.
On Tuesday, the managing director of publishing, Tory Maguire, told staff the company was looking to cut “around 30” positions, made up of voluntary and targeted redundancies. Maguire said the exercise was not simply a matter of cutting costs, but was an “evolution” to adapt to structural change.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/jul/21/smh-age-job-cuts-nine-sydney-morning-herald", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 21 Jul 2026 06:05:43 GMT" } }, { "id": "2675f651b7f655ddf8e362881c1cd6928c754c26", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’", "summary": "Research during Hungary election shows AI recommended parties not running and gave highly volatile answers to identical promptsAI chatbots provide inaccurate, inconsistent and unreliable guidance to voters asking which party they should back, a study suggests, often recommending the wrong party, not mentioning the right one, or listing parties not even running.“The results raise serious concerns about the reliability of general-purpose AI systems in electoral contexts,” the study, published by the civil liberties group Liberties and based on research during this year’s Hungarian parliamentary elections, concluded. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/21/election-voting-advice-ai-chatbots-inaccurate-unreliable-hungary", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-21T05:00:01+00:00", "score": 67.36, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Election voting advice from AI chatbots ‘inaccurate and unreliable’", "summary": "Research during Hungary election shows AI recommended parties not running and gave highly volatile answers to identical prompts
AI chatbots provide inaccurate, inconsistent and unreliable guidance to voters asking which party they should back, a study suggests, often recommending the wrong party, not mentioning the right one, or listing parties not even running.
“The results raise serious concerns about the reliability of general-purpose AI systems in electoral contexts,” the study, published by the civil liberties group Liberties and based on research during this year’s Hungarian parliamentary elections, concluded.
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A beefy USB charger with half a dozen ports can be great for charging your laptop, phone and even USB bike light all at once, but the real heroes are the pocketable chargers small enough to always be around when you need them. That’s where the Anker 511 Nano 3 fits in.
When I tested 22 different USB chargers to find the best, this little charger easily took the crown for best budget charger thanks to its strong power delivery, compact size and a very hard-to-beat everyday price. That price just got better, though, with a seasonal deal bringing it down from its usual $19.99 to $15.99.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter-us/2026/jun/25/anker-511-nano-3-usb-charger-prime-day-sale-deal", "image": "", "published": "Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:40:54 GMT" } }, { "id": "3f586f65378be139dc0ca6949129445d8d7fd008", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Corded vacuums are supposed to be outdated – so why is the Shark Detect Lift-Away XL so good?", "summary": "Surprisingly easy to manoeuvre and skilled at cleaning carpet and hard floor, Shark’s upright bagless model is one of the best corded vacuums I’ve tested• The best vacuum cleanersCorded vacuum cleaners aren’t as glamorous as their cordless cousins, but swapping battery power for a plug socket has its advantages. The device will never be short of power, so it can keep cleaning for as long as you need it to. Prices also tend to be lower because there’s no expensive battery to factor into the cost.On the downside, there’s a cable to manage while you clean, and even the longest cords usually need to be switched from one plug socket to another if your home is any larger than a small flat. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/jul/19/shark-detect-xl-lift-away-car-pet-expert-review-tested-uk", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-19T12:00:26+00:00", "score": 59.85, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Corded vacuums are supposed to be outdated – so why is the Shark Detect Lift-Away XL so good?", "summary": "Surprisingly easy to manoeuvre and skilled at cleaning carpet and hard floor, Shark’s upright bagless model is one of the best corded vacuums I’ve tested
Corded vacuum cleaners aren’t as glamorous as their cordless cousins, but swapping battery power for a plug socket has its advantages. The device will never be short of power, so it can keep cleaning for as long as you need it to. Prices also tend to be lower because there’s no expensive battery to factor into the cost.
On the downside, there’s a cable to manage while you clean, and even the longest cords usually need to be switched from one plug socket to another if your home is any larger than a small flat.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/jul/19/shark-detect-xl-lift-away-car-pet-expert-review-tested-uk", "image": "", "published": "Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:00:26 GMT" } }, { "id": "33a34a023fc8ebd36e3791c32e2b336a56bd86cc", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "My patients use ChatGPT for therapy. Now I use it too | Sarah Dargouth", "summary": "I can’t blame my patients for turning to its straightforward assessments. But it has real risks – and care may require human messiness“Chat told me I should break up with him.”I instructed my face to remain therapist-neutral, but I must have smirked. The truth is, I was annoyed. We had been discussing the viability of this relationship for weeks, and in an instant AI had brought the answer. “How do you feel about it?” She said this had been her gut feeling all along. The following session, her relationship was over. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/08/chatgpt-ai-therapy", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-08T10:00:26+00:00", "score": 59.85, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "My patients use ChatGPT for therapy. Now I use it too | Sarah Dargouth", "summary": "I can’t blame my patients for turning to its straightforward assessments. But it has real risks – and care may require human messiness
“Chat told me I should break up with him.”
I instructed my face to remain therapist-neutral, but I must have smirked. The truth is, I was annoyed. We had been discussing the viability of this relationship for weeks, and in an instant AI had brought the answer. “How do you feel about it?” She said this had been her gut feeling all along. The following session, her relationship was over.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jul/08/chatgpt-ai-therapy", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 08 Jul 2026 10:00:26 GMT" } }, { "id": "445f5a8e90a8b6bb37601416771088cea15fb103", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "What will define Elon Musk’s legacy? Doge cuts to USAID Ebola programs", "summary": "Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deathsElon Musk has an Ebola problem. SpaceX stock dropped precipitously after its initial public offering, and Tesla faces a wave of lawsuits. But instead of focusing on his companies, Musk has posted frequently on X about the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which he helped dismantle – or, in his words, feed into the woodchipper – last year.“Elon’s USAID crash-out over the past week has been a thing to behold,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, a former top USAID official who oversaw the agency’s Ebola response in 2014-2015 and the president of Refugees International. “In a way, it’s helpful that Elon is doing this, because it’s putting attention back on the issue of what he did last year.” Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/07/elon-musk-doge-cuts-usaid-ebola", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-07T11:00:06+00:00", "score": 59.85, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "What will define Elon Musk’s legacy? Doge cuts to USAID Ebola programs", "summary": "Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deaths
Elon Musk has an Ebola problem. SpaceX stock dropped precipitously after its initial public offering, and Tesla faces a wave of lawsuits. But instead of focusing on his companies, Musk has posted frequently on X about the US Agency for International Development (USAID), which he helped dismantle – or, in his words, feed into the woodchipper – last year.
“Elon’s USAID crash-out over the past week has been a thing to behold,” said Jeremy Konyndyk, a former top USAID official who oversaw the agency’s Ebola response in 2014-2015 and the president of Refugees International. “In a way, it’s helpful that Elon is doing this, because it’s putting attention back on the issue of what he did last year.”
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jul/07/elon-musk-doge-cuts-usaid-ebola", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 07 Jul 2026 11:00:06 GMT" } }, { "id": "4e9d3182bbc95ad506f91b04dcdd7b26d53617ee", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps", "summary": "As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornographyUK parents warned over posting images of children amid AI sexual abuse fearsThe two photos started out as typical teenage selfies: looking into the mirror, fully clothed. But once online predators had got hold of those pictures and ran them through an AI imaging tool, they had become the basis for extreme pornography videos.These examples come from the Report Remove service, which allows children who have had explicit pictures of themselves distributed without their consent to flag the image confidentially and have it blocked or taken down from social media. Due to breakthroughs in AI, and the wide availability of AI models and nudification apps, some under-18s are becoming victims without even being in contact with criminals. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jul/03/ai-prey-watchdogs-telling-parents-protect-children-nudification-apps", "image": "", "published": "2026-07-03T17:30:00+00:00", "score": 59.85, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "AI prey: why watchdogs are telling parents to protect children from nudification apps", "summary": "As imaging tools become more sophisticated, online predators are using images of children to make extreme pornography
The two photos started out as typical teenage selfies: looking into the mirror, fully clothed. But once online predators had got hold of those pictures and ran them through an AI imaging tool, they had become the basis for extreme pornography videos.
These examples come from the Report Remove service, which allows children who have had explicit pictures of themselves distributed without their consent to flag the image confidentially and have it blocked or taken down from social media. Due to breakthroughs in AI, and the wide availability of AI models and nudification apps, some under-18s are becoming victims without even being in contact with criminals.
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