Several Mississippi homes have been purchased near datacenters and one resident said realtor outlined target to buy more than 400
People in a Mississippi neighborhood, many of whom dislike a nearby power plant central to Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence ambitions, have received a stark offer – to sell their houses to his company and make way.
Real estate agents have been going door to door in Southaven, Mississippi, on behalf of xAI, touting a deal to purchase houses as long as the owners agree to not join a lawsuit against the company over the power plant’s noise. (Musk’s AI company officially became SpaceXAI in July and has lately been rebranded as SpaceXSI but to neighbors of the datacenter in Mississippi, it remains xAI.)
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/28/datacenter-noise-lawsuit-elon-musk-mississippi", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:32:41 GMT" } }, { "id": "ac3c39a781138210920a4f609a4b67d86c8b59e1", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "‘Light therapy without remortgaging the house’: the best LED face masks – tested", "summary": "They claim to reduce 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 reduce the appearance of fine lines, stop spots and 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. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/sep/19/best-led-red-light-therapy-face-masks", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-28T15:00:52+00:00", "score": 87.71, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "‘Light therapy without remortgaging the house’: the best LED face masks – tested", "summary": "They claim to reduce 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 reduce the appearance of fine lines, stop spots and 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.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2025/sep/19/best-led-red-light-therapy-face-masks", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:00:52 GMT" } }, { "id": "fce66315ad1ba448fbf51766ca4302ba7e1796da", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Social media is full of weird video game mashups. Where are they all coming from?", "summary": "AI tools are making it easier to modify and recreate games, raising questions about piracy, copyright and how far the technology could disrupt the industry• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereIf your social media algorithms have clocked that you’re into video games, something strange will have happened in the past few weeks. Your feed, like mine, will have been full of clips of streamers playing bizarre mashups of popular video games. Skyrim in Minecraft. Halo, except the main character is Mario. Skate 2 in Call of Duty maps. A flood of professional-looking fan-coded game mods that are mildly interesting to look at for 30 seconds, but ultimately inconsequential. Would I download a mod that lets me play Wii Bowling inside a zombie shooter? No, but I am very interested in where they came from.Of course, the answer – or at least, most of the answer – is AI. Afte…", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/oct/28/social-media-is-full-of-weird-video-game-mashups-where-are-they-all-coming-from", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-28T15:00:05+00:00", "score": 87.71, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Social media is full of weird video game mashups. Where are they all coming from?", "summary": "AI tools are making it easier to modify and recreate games, raising questions about piracy, copyright and how far the technology could disrupt the industry
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If your social media algorithms have clocked that you’re into video games, something strange will have happened in the past few weeks. Your feed, like mine, will have been full of clips of streamers playing bizarre mashups of popular video games. Skyrim in Minecraft. Halo, except the main character is Mario. Skate 2 in Call of Duty maps. A flood of professional-looking fan-coded game mods that are mildly interesting to look at for 30 seconds, but ultimately inconsequential. Would I download a mod that lets me play Wii Bowling inside a zombie shooter? No, but I am very interested in where they came from.
Of course, the answer – or at least, most of the answer – is AI. After a week of researching this (thanks especially to Replay Mode on YouTube for this informative video, which set me down this track) I now understand that these mashup mods are not just AI-generated videos, but AI-assisted coding. Basically, as of a few weeks ago, Anthropic’s Claude has become extremely good at decompiling video game code. Games are written by humans in readable code and then compiled into binary 1s and 0s that the PC or console running it can read; decompiling is the reversal of that process, revealing a game’s source code, which humans can then edit and mess around with for fun. This used to be an extremely laborious process. But now it is not, because humans aren’t doing much of it any more.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/games/2026/oct/28/social-media-is-full-of-weird-video-game-mashups-where-are-they-all-coming-from", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:00:05 GMT" } }, { "id": "9da731c597ca95b2be3de3e3330da2947c2fce4c", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws", "summary": "Labor government under pressure to create social media watchdog as new online safety standards bill passes lower houseFollow our Australia politics live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe federal government wants to ban AI chatbots which seek to create “emotional intimacy” after prime minister Anthony Albanese raised the alarm in a heartfelt speech about children treating these agents as their “best friend”.But Labor is coming under increasing pressure to empower the telecommunications ombudsman to become a watchdog for social media and AI to give Australians an external complaints mechanism and allow the “naming and shaming” of big tech.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s Politics, really newsletter here Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/28/emotional-intimacy-ai-chatbots-ban-digital-duty-of-care-laws-australian-politics", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-28T05:31:55+00:00", "score": 83.1, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "‘Emotional intimacy’ from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia’s digital duty of care laws", "summary": "Labor government under pressure to create social media watchdog as new online safety standards bill passes lower house
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The federal government wants to ban AI chatbots which seek to create “emotional intimacy” after prime minister Anthony Albanese raised the alarm in a heartfelt speech about children treating these agents as their “best friend”.
But Labor is coming under increasing pressure to empower the telecommunications ombudsman to become a watchdog for social media and AI to give Australians an external complaints mechanism and allow the “naming and shaming” of big tech.
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Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/28/emotional-intimacy-ai-chatbots-ban-digital-duty-of-care-laws-australian-politics", "image": "", "published": "Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:31:55 GMT" } }, { "id": "9bd893046d7dc32840376334ae592426e8fb483a", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban", "summary": "Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research findsAI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to stop the UK’s ban on disposable vapes.Three-quarters of all the responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated, in what is thought to be the first coordinated attempt to use AI to derail health policymaking in the UK. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/27/ai-bots-flooded-2023-uk-government-consultation-disposable-vapes-ban", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T22:30:45+00:00", "score": 79.69, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "AI bots flooded 2023 UK government consultation on disposable vapes ban", "summary": "Three-quarters of all responses were machine-generated in failed attempt to stop bill from passing into law, research finds
AI bots flooded a government consultation with tens of thousands of fake responses in a failed attempt to stop the UK’s ban on disposable vapes.
Three-quarters of all the responses to the 2023 consultation on the tobacco and vapes bill were machine-generated, in what is thought to be the first coordinated attempt to use AI to derail health policymaking in the UK.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/oct/27/ai-bots-flooded-2023-uk-government-consultation-disposable-vapes-ban", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:30:45 GMT" } }, { "id": "29efc1bd4bb0e495d05e742aae2846bbc24f1314", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Anthropic accelerates – for the rest of us, the speed of growth spells precarity", "summary": "The AI industry is still defined by a careening intensity that’s taking the world’s finances along for the rideThis was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here.Today in tech, we’re discussing Anthropic’s astronomic growth, how a settlement over social media safety dented Meta’s revenue, and Lula’s accusations of interference against Meta.‘You can’t make this stuff up’: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth HolmesElizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight: why can’t we look away?Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in USThe datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battleMeta plans $95bn stock offering to help cover AI expansioniPhone Duo owners report cracks in Apple’s first foldable handsetMicrosoft to reportedly offer buyouts to 60,000 employees in latest cutsUkrai…", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/oct/26/anthropic-accelerates-ai", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T15:15:20+00:00", "score": 76.16, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Anthropic accelerates – for the rest of us, the speed of growth spells precarity", "summary": "The AI industry is still defined by a careening intensity that’s taking the world’s finances along for the ride
This was originally published in TechScape, a newsletter about how technology shapes our lives. Sign up to receive it here.
Today in tech, we’re discussing Anthropic’s astronomic growth, how a settlement over social media safety dented Meta’s revenue, and Lula’s accusations of interference against Meta.
‘You can’t make this stuff up’: why we remain fascinated by Elizabeth Holmes
Elizabeth Holmes is back in the spotlight: why can’t we look away?
Anthropic’s Claude AI model accessed Georgia voter data in US
The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle
Meta plans $95bn stock offering to help cover AI expansion
iPhone Duo owners report cracks in Apple’s first foldable handset
Microsoft to reportedly offer buyouts to 60,000 employees in latest cuts
Ukraine’s military says Starlink satellite connection stable after recent restrictions
Experts cast doubt on Anthropic report detailing how AI has altered work at the company
‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/global/2026/oct/26/anthropic-accelerates-ai", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:15:20 GMT" } }, { "id": "fdfcdc5a9eeb24fdcf60f7009bc9eaff5fc820f6", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "‘Meaningless as a laptop screensaver’: reviewers slate Musk’s AI-made Odyssey film", "summary": "Tesla tycoon launched Grok project after criticising Christoper Nolan’s diverse casting for his Homeric blockbusterElon Musk has released an AI-generated rival to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey after pledging to make a version “true to the art of Homer”.Having criticised the hit movie in the summer, the tycoon said he would use Grok Imagine to make a “historically accurate” adaptation. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/27/reviewers-slate-musk-ai-grok-odyssey-film-nolan", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T14:08:41+00:00", "score": 75.62, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "‘Meaningless as a laptop screensaver’: reviewers slate Musk’s AI-made Odyssey film", "summary": "Tesla tycoon launched Grok project after criticising Christoper Nolan’s diverse casting for his Homeric blockbuster
Elon Musk has released an AI-generated rival to Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey after pledging to make a version “true to the art of Homer”.
Having criticised the hit movie in the summer, the tycoon said he would use Grok Imagine to make a “historically accurate” adaptation.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/27/reviewers-slate-musk-ai-grok-odyssey-film-nolan", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:08:41 GMT" } }, { "id": "5b9728892828e1c82997f938e0ea75b6d9acfe4c", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Silicon Valley parents want the tech they help build out of their children’s schools", "summary": "Both private and public schools in tech regions are limiting the use of tech in classrooms. But will low-income districts be able to follow suit?German Gil spends most of his waking hours looking at screens. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015, the software engineer has bounced between startups and giants including Netflix, Facebook and GitHub.But when it came to the education of his daughter, Victoria, he wanted her to have a different experience, one in which his “kid could be a kid”. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/27/silicon-valley-schools-education-tech", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T12:00:38+00:00", "score": 74.59, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Silicon Valley parents want the tech they help build out of their children’s schools", "summary": "Both private and public schools in tech regions are limiting the use of tech in classrooms. But will low-income districts be able to follow suit?
German Gil spends most of his waking hours looking at screens. Since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015, the software engineer has bounced between startups and giants including Netflix, Facebook and GitHub.
But when it came to the education of his daughter, Victoria, he wanted her to have a different experience, one in which his “kid could be a kid”.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/oct/27/silicon-valley-schools-education-tech", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:00:38 GMT" } }, { "id": "f735de36dbb96fd7d43d2d08186749aeeb796b02", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "AI-driven disinformation running rampant on social media before US midterms, experts warn", "summary": "Social media companies including Meta have pulled back on efforts to protect voters from election-meddling liesSocial media feeds are awash with an unprecedented flood of AI-driven disinformation ahead of November’s US midterm elections, according to experts, who warn many posts are probably “slipping through the cracks”.As tens of millions of Americans prepare to cast their vote, social media companies have scaled back their efforts to protect voters from lies meant to manipulate elections. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/ai-disinformation-social-media-midterm-elections", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T10:00:10+00:00", "score": 73.61, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "AI-driven disinformation running rampant on social media before US midterms, experts warn", "summary": "Social media companies including Meta have pulled back on efforts to protect voters from election-meddling lies
Social media feeds are awash with an unprecedented flood of AI-driven disinformation ahead of November’s US midterm elections, according to experts, who warn many posts are probably “slipping through the cracks”.
As tens of millions of Americans prepare to cast their vote, social media companies have scaled back their efforts to protect voters from lies meant to manipulate elections.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/27/ai-disinformation-social-media-midterm-elections", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:10 GMT" } }, { "id": "6ebe50a7f614ad495a9e0330ebd54101db858292", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "‘My social life completely plummeted’: gen Z is fighting back against big tech", "summary": "From apps that block distractions to stripped-down phones, young people are finding ways to unplug from platforms they say profit from their attentionGen Z voters: tell us what is guiding your vote in the US midterm elections?Nelissa Moukoudi, 19, a university student in Canada, noticed a shift once she joined Instagram and TikTok.“My social life completely plummeted and it felt like my life was only [using] social media and school,” she said. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/27/gen-z-digital-detox-apps", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T10:00:08+00:00", "score": 73.61, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "‘My social life completely plummeted’: gen Z is fighting back against big tech", "summary": "From apps that block distractions to stripped-down phones, young people are finding ways to unplug from platforms they say profit from their attention
Nelissa Moukoudi, 19, a university student in Canada, noticed a shift once she joined Instagram and TikTok.
“My social life completely plummeted and it felt like my life was only [using] social media and school,” she said.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/27/gen-z-digital-detox-apps", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:08 GMT" } }, { "id": "cc217d8aebc579d0cb6ba88fc502f217c9802dac", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "CurrentBody Series 3 review: a fully customisable LED mask that helps exactly where you need it", "summary": "With six light wavelengths and almost endless ways to combine them, CurrentBody’s latest sets a new standard for red light therapy devices• The best LED face masksCurrentBody’s LED masks have long been my favourite. They’re comfortable, simple to use and effective. My previous favourite, the now-discontinued CurrentBody Multi Light Therapy LED mask, offered five treatments that used different light wavelengths to address multiple skin concerns. The company’s latest mask, the new Series 3, has the most detailed customisable treatments I’ve ever seen.This isn’t the first LED mask I’ve tried that allows its user to select different treatments for different areas of the face. The Lustre Renew Pro Facewear allows you to choose from two treatments across four different zones, with 16 possible combinations. The Series 3 takes this much further, allowing you to choose between six light waveleng…", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/oct/27/currentbody-series-3-review-tested-uk", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T10:00:07+00:00", "score": 73.61, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "CurrentBody Series 3 review: a fully customisable LED mask that helps exactly where you need it", "summary": "With six light wavelengths and almost endless ways to combine them, CurrentBody’s latest sets a new standard for red light therapy devices
CurrentBody’s LED masks have long been my favourite. They’re comfortable, simple to use and effective. My previous favourite, the now-discontinued CurrentBody Multi Light Therapy LED mask, offered five treatments that used different light wavelengths to address multiple skin concerns. The company’s latest mask, the new Series 3, has the most detailed customisable treatments I’ve ever seen.
This isn’t the first LED mask I’ve tried that allows its user to select different treatments for different areas of the face. The Lustre Renew Pro Facewear allows you to choose from two treatments across four different zones, with 16 possible combinations. The Series 3 takes this much further, allowing you to choose between six light wavelengths across 125 light points on the mask. If you stick to one wavelength per light point, that’s 6125 combinations available. That number is longer than I can reasonably comprehend, so allow me to call its level of customisation endless.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/thefilter/2026/oct/27/currentbody-series-3-review-tested-uk", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:00:07 GMT" } }, { "id": "d9ba5b8e5f54521f045d89978b8dad9a981ef12a", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups", "summary": "Investigation finds dozens of ministers and civil servants moved into AI roles as government developed datacentre expansion plansThe UK’s policy on datacentres and AI was developed without any meetings with environmental groups, an investigation has found.The nonprofit organisation Spotlight on Corruption said a “considerable revolving door” shaped the government’s development of “AI growth zones”, a central plank of the former prime minister Keir Starmer’s AI and economic policy, with 38 ministers, senior civil servants and special advisers hired to positions in AI companies between July 2024 and September 2026. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/uk-government-environmental-groups-ai-datacentres-expansion-plans-investigation", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T07:00:04+00:00", "score": 72.15, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "UK government met 137 businesses over AI datacentres – but no environmental groups", "summary": "Investigation finds dozens of ministers and civil servants moved into AI roles as government developed datacentre expansion plans
The UK’s policy on datacentres and AI was developed without any meetings with environmental groups, an investigation has found.
The nonprofit organisation Spotlight on Corruption said a “considerable revolving door” shaped the government’s development of “AI growth zones”, a central plank of the former prime minister Keir Starmer’s AI and economic policy, with 38 ministers, senior civil servants and special advisers hired to positions in AI companies between July 2024 and September 2026.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/27/uk-government-environmental-groups-ai-datacentres-expansion-plans-investigation", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 07:00:04 GMT" } }, { "id": "47a35b8d11e734ed7ebcf57376d7b6e4bd664258", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Four takeaways from Anthropic’s potentially record-breaking stock market filing", "summary": "The AI company’s first public financial disclosures reveal explosive growth, huge costs and risks ranging from cyber-attacks to the limits of safeguardsAnthropic has filed to go public on the US stock market, revealing for the first time the AI research lab’s financials and all the risks – more than 90 pages of them – that might negatively affect its business.The company’s investor prospectus, released on Monday, veers from hyperbolic predictions about AI’s “incredible potential” to existential risks of the technology to the reality of its current business: explosive but incredibly expensive growth. The filing to US financial regulators, known as an S-1, provides the public’s first look at an audited version of Anthropic’s finances. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/26/anthropic-stock-market-filing-takeaways", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T05:00:04+00:00", "score": 71.18, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Four takeaways from Anthropic’s potentially record-breaking stock market filing", "summary": "The AI company’s first public financial disclosures reveal explosive growth, huge costs and risks ranging from cyber-attacks to the limits of safeguards
Anthropic has filed to go public on the US stock market, revealing for the first time the AI research lab’s financials and all the risks – more than 90 pages of them – that might negatively affect its business.
The company’s investor prospectus, released on Monday, veers from hyperbolic predictions about AI’s “incredible potential” to existential risks of the technology to the reality of its current business: explosive but incredibly expensive growth. The filing to US financial regulators, known as an S-1, provides the public’s first look at an audited version of Anthropic’s finances.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/26/anthropic-stock-market-filing-takeaways", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 05:00:04 GMT" } }, { "id": "2999beb5b1b7a0458209790cd4ce2803ea5e3d4f", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll", "summary": "Lack of profits and the threat posed by western countries are raising concern about the sustainability of Beijing’s AI boomTrillions of dollars have been wiped from China’s stock markets in recent months amid increasing anxiety about the future of artificial intelligence, as Beijing races against the United States for dominance in the sector.The STAR 50 Index, which tracks technology and innovation companies on the Shanghai stock exchange, has plunged 40% since June. Other indexes of major companies dropped by about 20% over the same time period. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/chinese-markets-lose-trillions-ai-race-beijing", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T04:42:50+00:00", "score": 71.04, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Chinese markets lose trillions as race for AI supremacy with US takes its toll", "summary": "Lack of profits and the threat posed by western countries are raising concern about the sustainability of Beijing’s AI boom
Trillions of dollars have been wiped from China’s stock markets in recent months amid increasing anxiety about the future of artificial intelligence, as Beijing races against the United States for dominance in the sector.
The STAR 50 Index, which tracks technology and innovation companies on the Shanghai stock exchange, has plunged 40% since June. Other indexes of major companies dropped by about 20% over the same time period.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/27/chinese-markets-lose-trillions-ai-race-beijing", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 04:42:50 GMT" } }, { "id": "9a17bab60feea3bd50410dcb767c38553926e690", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims", "summary": "Tasks from determining asylum seekers’ ages to border surveillance now involve AI, says Open Rights Group AI has been embedded across the Home Office in near-total secrecy, reinforcing the so-called hostile environment for immigration, according to research.Tasks from the detection of potential sham marriages to determining the age of asylum seekers and checking through the contents of phones of new arrivals now involve use of the technology, according to a report by Open Rights Group (ORG). Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/27/digital-hostile-environment-ai-secretly-embedded-home-office-report", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-27T00:01:02+00:00", "score": 68.76, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "‘Digital hostile environment’: AI secretly being embedded across Home Office, report claims", "summary": "Tasks from determining asylum seekers’ ages to border surveillance now involve AI, says Open Rights Group
AI has been embedded across the Home Office in near-total secrecy, reinforcing the so-called hostile environment for immigration, according to research.
Tasks from the detection of potential sham marriages to determining the age of asylum seekers and checking through the contents of phones of new arrivals now involve use of the technology, according to a report by Open Rights Group (ORG).
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/oct/27/digital-hostile-environment-ai-secretly-embedded-home-office-report", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:01:02 GMT" } }, { "id": "8e1932632a1495156e6fe0eebd6d5a573f4f6956", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws criticism", "summary": "Company imitates reflection of sun from mirrors, prompting pushback from some scientists, environmentalists and California localsLocals in a rural area of California were recently startled to see dazzlingly bright light shining down from nearby mountains at night, illuminating a swathe of the desert below.Unbeknown to them, the strange nocturnal illumination was the latest step in a company’s plan to erect thousands of giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight on to the Earth during night-time. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/california-sunlight-space-mirrors-satellites", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-26T12:00:41+00:00", "score": 62.92, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Sunlight at night: US startup’s demonstration of lighting Earth from space draws criticism", "summary": "Company imitates reflection of sun from mirrors, prompting pushback from some scientists, environmentalists and California locals
Locals in a rural area of California were recently startled to see dazzlingly bright light shining down from nearby mountains at night, illuminating a swathe of the desert below.
Unbeknown to them, the strange nocturnal illumination was the latest step in a company’s plan to erect thousands of giant mirrors in space to reflect sunlight on to the Earth during night-time.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/26/california-sunlight-space-mirrors-satellites", "image": "", "published": "Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:00:41 GMT" } }, { "id": "aeab52ef509ba055bbb3bab7ba5dfd136f21ade2", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?", "summary": "An old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitudeIn a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed that a crisis can propel once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream.“Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around,” he wrote. The job of intellectuals, thinktanks and economists, he argued, is to refine the quality of these ambient ideas, so that good ones are ready when disaster strikes. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/23/job-guarantee-ai-mass-unemployment", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-23T10:00:30+00:00", "score": 59.85, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?", "summary": "An old idea springs anew as a chorus of influential voices predicts that AI may trigger crises of vast magnitude
In a preface to his book Capitalism and Freedom, the American economist Milton Friedman famously observed that a crisis can propel once-fringe ideas into the political mainstream.
“Only a crisis – actual or perceived – produces real change. When that crisis occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around,” he wrote. The job of intellectuals, thinktanks and economists, he argued, is to refine the quality of these ambient ideas, so that good ones are ready when disaster strikes.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/23/job-guarantee-ai-mass-unemployment", "image": "", "published": "Fri, 23 Oct 2026 10:00:30 GMT" } }, { "id": "dcf46f21e8008755ea05b05aec9bb643495709ec", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher", "summary": "Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at handGet our new political email, free app or daily news podcastAustralia’s major political parties are edging towards rare consensus. Labor and the Coalition increasingly want to take a major bet on artificial intelligence. Yet, just as the parties are coming together, the Australian community is running the other way.Last year, only 30% of Australians believed the benefits of AI outweighed the risks. In 2026, community trust in AI appears to be falling even further. Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2026/oct/21/labor-coalition-poised-to-take-reckless-gamble-on-ai-joint-select-committee", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-20T14:00:38+00:00", "score": 59.85, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher", "summary": "Australian workers expect the government to act to protect them from AI harms. There is a clear reform solution at hand
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Australia’s major political parties are edging towards rare consensus. Labor and the Coalition increasingly want to take a major bet on artificial intelligence. Yet, just as the parties are coming together, the Australian community is running the other way.
Last year, only 30% of Australians believed the benefits of AI outweighed the risks. In 2026, community trust in AI appears to be falling even further.
Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/commentisfree/2026/oct/21/labor-coalition-poised-to-take-reckless-gamble-on-ai-joint-select-committee", "image": "", "published": "Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:00:38 GMT" } }, { "id": "a1876bc8c8fefd72776bac6895bf6cbef494270a", "source_id": "guardian_technology", "source": "The Guardian — Technology", "category": "technology", "engine": "rss", "title": "I’m a CTO. AI still needs your human expertise | Madhu Shashanka", "summary": "AI is increasingly getting good at doing some tasks, but it can never replace human workers’ judgmentAutonomous cars, which may be the safest we have built, keep getting easily avoidable parking tickets. While Waymos crash far less often than human drivers over tens of millions of miles, they’re still terrible at performing basic tasks – keeping out of disabled parking spots and tow-away zones, or steering clear of a church garage during Sunday service, according to the Wall Street Journal.That is the state of AI today: impressively capable at something complex, yet embarrassingly clumsy at something easy. And it has implications for what work will remain human and what will be automated by AI.Madhu Shashanka is co-founder, chief scientist and chief technology officer at Concentric AI, a data security software company Continue reading...", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/20/ai-human-judgment", "image": "", "published": "2026-10-20T12:30:35+00:00", "score": 59.85, "color": "#ffb347", "raw": { "title": "I’m a CTO. AI still needs your human expertise | Madhu Shashanka", "summary": "AI is increasingly getting good at doing some tasks, but it can never replace human workers’ judgment
Autonomous cars, which may be the safest we have built, keep getting easily avoidable parking tickets. While Waymos crash far less often than human drivers over tens of millions of miles, they’re still terrible at performing basic tasks – keeping out of disabled parking spots and tow-away zones, or steering clear of a church garage during Sunday service, according to the Wall Street Journal.
That is the state of AI today: impressively capable at something complex, yet embarrassingly clumsy at something easy. And it has implications for what work will remain human and what will be automated by AI.
Madhu Shashanka is co-founder, chief scientist and chief technology officer at Concentric AI, a data security software company
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A few years ago, I was struck by the tension between how Wikipedia was used, and how it was talked about. Everyone was on it all the time, and yet its reputation had stalled at “don’t trust it”, because it was the “free encyclopedia that anyone can edit”.
Clearly people were trusting it, so much so it had become part of the fabric of everyday life since it was founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001. But despite the fact it now has been consulted trillions of times by billions of people (English Wikipedia alone is 5.2bn words long), it inspires an odd lack of curiosity. Even people donating to Wikipedia might say the money was “for the factcheckers”, though there aren’t any – not paid ones, anyway. Meanwhile, the internet in the social media era had begun to feel like a much uglier place, and some digital nostalgia was setting in: here was this holdover that had somehow survived; a website that functions – and even looks – much the same as it did 20 years ago.
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