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EU opens call for seven 'gigafactories' to train AI technologies

With concerns about digital dependency growing fast, the European Commission is pursuing "sovereign" AI infrastructure to become operational by mid-2028.

Business

Samsung profit surges 1,814% as AI chip demand soars

Operating profit at Samsung’s semiconductor division rose to more than 220 times its year-earlier level. However, the company warned that memory chip shortages could worsen next year as AI infrastructure expands rapidly.

Tech News

As the West mulls slowing AI down, will China follow suit?

Employees at OpenAI, Anthropic and other top labs want Washington to help pace the AI race. China has spent the year closing the gap, building a rival governance body and betting on open-source models instead.

Tech News

The people building AI now want governments to slow down the AI race

Employees from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta AI signed the petition following a major autonomous AI hacking scandal.

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The EU is forcing tech companies to label deepfakes. Will it work?

From this week, the EU AI Act requires deepfakes and AI-generated content to be labelled. Experts warn technical gaps and a lack of common standards could undermine enforcement.

Culture news

White House's AI-generated Rick and Morty parody sparks huge backlash

“People can’t afford gas, groceries, rent, and healthcare,” wrote former congresswoman and once Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene in response to Rick and Morty parody video posted by the White House.

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How ABB Bank is integrating AI across banking operations in Central Asia and the Caucasus

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As AI adoption accelerates across global finance, emerging-market banks such as ABB Bank are integrating artificial intelligence into operations, customer service and digital infrastructure at speed.

Cinema

Guillermo del Toro: 'Absolutely no goddamn AI' for 3D conversion

“What we’re protecting is the beauty and the redeeming power of art," said the iconic director, whose film 'Pan's Labyrinth' has been restored without the use of AI and is heading back to cinemas in October.

The Cube

AI chatbots citing Russian propaganda from EU-sanctioned outlet

AI chatbots are citing Russia propaganda from EU-sanctioned outlets, researchers say, raising questions about how hybrid warfare is expanding to influence large language models (LLMs).

Tech News

Spain's Galicia bets big on satellite AI to prevent summer 'megafires'

Galicia is rolling out AI-powered cameras and satellites to detect wildfires within minutes, hoping to avoid a repeat of last August's devastating wildfire destruction.

Work

EU capitals are falling behind Brussels in staff and tech

While EU institutions experiment with AI to manage growing workloads, many national capitals still lack the staff, tools and stakeholder networks to keep up with Brussels.

Business

The majority of AI jobs now sit outside technological occupations

AI-labelled job titles in postings have been increasing rapidly across Europe. However, these opportunities are no longer limited to AI or data jobs as most are now in non-tech positions.

Tech News

More people are choosing ChatGPT over therapy, and experts are worried

Talking to ChatGPT about anxiety, break-ups or personal problems is becoming increasingly common. Two psychologists examine why more and more people turn to artificial intelligence for emotional support.

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Epic fail? Elon Musk to make Grok AI ‘Odyssey’ film by the end of 2026

Elon Musk's anti-Odyssey campaign has gone to the next level, as the X owner has vowed that his AI social media bot, Grok, will make “a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer”. ETA: "Before this year ends."

Tech News

'Unprecedented': OpenAI models autonomously hacked another AI company

OpenAI has admitted one of its models exploited a hidden flaw to escape a controlled test and break into Hugging Face's servers, in what its CEO called an autonomous, first-of-its-kind breach.

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Fabricated AI wildlife videos are fooling the public, researchers warn

AI-generated animal footage is racking up millions of views online, but researchers warn it is also distorting public understanding of wildlife behaviour and could be undermining support for conservation.

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Anthropic to pay €1.3bn in biggest copyright settlement on record

A US judge has approved Anthropic's payout to authors whose pirated books trained its Claude chatbot, closing the first major settlement in a wave of copyright lawsuits against AI companies.

Tech News

Could 'banned topics' be the secret to stopping AI hackers?

The trick to stopping an AI cyberattack may be as simple as bringing up a subject the AI system is not allowed to discuss.

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Better than US rivals? Chinese AI model stops signups amid huge demand

Moonshot AI paused new subscriptions to its Kimi K3 model just days after launch, as surging demand strained its computing capacity amid heightened competition between Chinese and US AI developers.

Business

Why has Austria become Europe's hottest AI market this year?

An Austrian chipmaker is up 459% this year, turning Vienna’s bank-heavy market into one of the eurozone's best performers of 2026.