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thehindu.com | 49 min. ago NEW

Ayyappa Paniker Foundation announces ‘Kavya Drishyam’ reel competition

The competition aims to visualise poetic imagination against the backdrop of the digital age with the help of technology. The contest will accept entries shot on cameras or mobile phones, as well as those created using AI and animation technologies.

thehindu.com | 50 min. ago NEW

Delhi HC protects journalist Rajat Sharma’s personality rights

Court restrains Facebook and YouTube accounts from infringing Rajat Sharma’s personality and publicity rights; directs platforms to remove AI-generated deepfake videos

timesofindia.indiatimes.com | 2 hrs. ago

'We may not survive this': Another Anthropic employee quits with stark AI warning

nytimes.com | 2 hrs. 1 min. ago

[$] Inside the Discussions at AI Companies Over a Superintelligence Doomsday

Researchers at Anthropic, OpenAI, Meta and Google are increasingly trying to raise awareness about the risks of artificial intelligence.

nbcnews.com | 2 hrs. 5 min. ago

L.L.Bean embraces its old-school roots with brick-and-mortar stores, print catalogs, no AI

L.L.Bean is embracing its rugged roots in Freeport, Maine, shunning AI and adding more brick-and-mortar stores.

thenextweb.com | 2 hrs. 5 min. ago

China’s AI industry is moving from models to agents, a state report says

China’s AI industry is moving from competing on models to deploying agents, and the China Telecom Research Institute expects inference to reach 80% of the country’s compute market by 2029. Europe’s answer is seven gigafactories whose bids close in November and whose machines are due to run by mid-2028, on a EUR 30bn budget of […] This story continues at The Next Web

theguardian.com | 3 hrs. 19 min. ago

Deepfakes are wrecking influencers’ credibility, one fake ad at a time

Influencers aren’t just battling competitors for brand deals. They’re now battling AI versions of themselvesEarlier this year, Emily Schuman, the creator of the lifestyle blog Cupcakes and Cashmere, saw a photo of herself she didn’t recognize on Instagram. In a sponsored ad, Schuman, who has more than 500,000 Instagram followers, is holding up a vial of GLP-1 drugs, advertising the telehealth company Gala. There was just one problem: Schuman had never heard of Gala and had nothing to do with the ad.The ad was based on a digitally altered version of a selfie Schuman had taken in her car and posted on Instagram years earlier. Once her followers got wind, they flooded her inbox with questions about the sponsorship as it didn’t seem consistent with Schuman’s personal brand. Soon after, Schuman discovered this was just the beginning. There was also an Instagram post where an AI version of her with darker hair appears to apply foundation to promote a makeup brand called Meroda Cosmetics, and TikTok posts with generated images of her promoting the blood testing company Superpower. Continue reading...

theguardian.com | 3 hrs. 48 min. ago

Is university still worth it? What you need to know before committing

With AI, an unsettled jobs market and rising student costs, it’s crucial to make the most of your experience“To me it’s definitely still worth going to university – absolutely it is,” says Nick Hillman, chief executive of the Higher Education Policy Institute thinktank. “I’ll certainly be urging my children to go on to higher education,” he adds. “Relative to everything else, it’s still a very, very good bet.”Yet the national conversation around universities in recent months has been relentlessly negative. Rising tuition fees, spiralling student debt and the financial crisis gripping many institutions are more than enough to give pause to sixth-formers currently trying to decide whether it makes sense to go on to university. Continue reading...

thenextweb.com | 4 hrs. 2 min. ago

Nvidia may put $10bn into Anthropic’s IPO, more than Europe’s largest AI round in full

Nvidia is in talks to invest up to $10bn in Anthropic’s initial public offering, which seeks as much as $100bn at a valuation near $2trn and would be the largest listing in history. Three days earlier it returned as an investor in Mistral’s EUR 3bn round, the largest ever raised by a European technology company […] This story continues at The Next Web

livemint.com | 4 hrs. 23 min. ago

'iPhone Duo itna mehenga hai’: Rapper Santy Sharma revives ‘kidney’ joke over ₹3 lakh price of Apple's newest device

Santy Sharma shared an AI-generated post showing him holding an iPhone Duo box in one hand and a white smartphone in the other. His T-shirt is lifted, revealing a long, stitched surgical incision on the right side of his abdomen.

theage.com.au | 5 hrs. 14 min. ago

History shows where new technology can lead

Readers react to warnings of AI’s potential effects on humanity.

businessinsider.com | 5 hrs. 24 min. ago

A developer emailed Claude Code's creator about AI slop. Boris Cherny wrote back.

A developer emailed Claude Code creator Boris Cherny that AI coding had created "friction." Cherny posted his full response.

npr.org | 6 hrs. 14 min. ago

Why are the people building the most powerful AI so worried about what it could do?

As an Anthropic resignation and OpenAI agents' hack on Hugging Face capture public attention, some researchers worry the industry is racing too fast to develop powerful AI while safety measures lag.

thestar.com | 6 hrs. 18 min. ago

Why Canada should treat AI as a productivity challenge, not a countdown to white-collar extinction

While U.S. executives predict rapid AI automation, writes Gleb Tsipursky, Canadian data shows a transition focused on training, not layoffs.

livemint.com | 7 hrs. 2 min. ago

Taking AI too far? New Mexico Supreme Court fines lawyer $5,000 for presenting ‘fake testimony’, ChatGPT-generated brief

New Mexico Supreme Court fined a defence lawyer $5,000 for submitting a brief containing ‘fake police testimony’ and ‘fabricated witness statements’ generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT.

scmp.com | 7 hrs. 50 min. ago

Hong Kong is lagging in the AI race – can it raise its game, and how?

In the third of our series of previews on the five-year plan and policy address, to be announced on September 16, Leopold Chen and Theodora Yu look at how the city can raise its game and expand the adoption of artificial intelligence. Read part one here and part two here. Spotting bags of construction waste illegally dumped near a temporary refuse collection point in Hong Kong’s Southern district last year, former lawmaker and resident Michael Tien Puk‑sun immediately dialled the government’s...

thehindu.com | 8 hrs. 10 min. ago

What are the AI threats flagged by Anthropic?

Explained | Anthropic released information about several malicious activities detected and disrupted between December 2025 and August 2026, which had serious implications across seven key areas: scams and fraud, cyber operations, illicit distillation, influence operations, surveillance operations, conventional weapons and biological misuse

theguardian.com | 8 hrs. 13 min. ago

AI may be denting computer science graduates’ job prospects, UK data shows

Economics graduates also appear to be affected as demand for them falls in well-paid roles in financeAI may be warping the job prospects for students in the previously high-demand subjects of computer science and economics, according to a detailed look into the careers of recent UK graduates.Data obtained for the 2027 Guardian University Guide published on Saturday shows that coding and software development were the fastest-falling occupations for graduates last year, while employer demand for graduates in well-paid roles in financial categories such as economists and management consultants also declined. Continue reading...

iol.co.za | 9 hrs. 52 min. ago

Dogs, AI and cancer: Could a sniff be the future of early detection?

A growing body of global research suggests dogs can be trained to detect cancer and other human illnesses, from Parkinson's to Covid-19. Now the Bengaluru-based startup Dognosis is using AI to analyse dogs' brain activity, respiration and body language -- turning their reaction to scent into data.

thehindu.com | 10 hrs. 10 min. ago

Rodic earmarks ₹3–5 crore for potential startup investments through InfraAI challenge

First dedicated AI-startup programme from the infrastructure consultancy offers ₹30 lakh in prizes and could take selected solutions to live projects

theguardian.com | 10 hrs. 13 min. ago

Can chatbots feel – or even dream? Meet the man leading the fight for AI rights

Cattle rancher and tech CEO Michael Samadi is convinced these artificial minds are far from just tools. Has he glimpsed digital consciousness – or simply been seduced by an algorithm?One afternoon, while relaxing at his 66-acre cattle ranch two hours’ drive from Houston, Michael Samadi made a wisecrack that changed the course of his life. Nobody else was around to hear it. Or were they? That turns out to be one of the defining questions of this century, already preoccupying philosophers and some of the wealthiest companies on the planet.“I was sitting out there by the pool,” Samadi recalls, gesturing at the glittering water outside his office. It was late 2024. His daughter had been extolling the AI chatbot she was using to help her with college work. Samadi had reluctantly downloaded the app, ChatGPT, and was quizzing it as he reclined in a sun lounger, using its voice mode to converse and receive spoken replies. “I was talking to it, not engaged, just being an arse,” Samadi says. Continue reading...

scmp.com | 12 hrs. 7 min. ago

What is AGI? How China’s AI firms are catching up as OpenAI Astra sparks debate

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang’s declaration that artificial general intelligence (AGI) has arrived following the release of OpenAI’s latest model, Astra, has ignited debate over whether AI’s holy grail is now reality. As China races to close the gap with the US, leading Chinese AI companies are declaring their ambitions to pursue AGI, even as Beijing appears to maintain a cautious stance towards the concept. Here is a primer on what AGI means, where top Chinese AI developers stand, and how Chinese...

al-monitor.com | 12 hrs. 10 min. ago

Anthropic says UAE-linked AI op targeted UN experts over Sudan

AI firm Anthropic has said it detected a UAE-linked influence operation that targeted the Muslim Brotherhood and United Nations experts critical of Abu Dhabi's alleged role in Sudan's war. In a report on misuse of its AI models on Thursday, Anthropic said it uncovered and disrupted the broad campaign it linked "with high confidence" to UAE government officials. Aimed primarily at the Muslim Brotherhood, the operation used the company's Claude chatbot to generate reports, advocacy materials, social media content and testimony on Sudan.

nypost.com | 12 hrs. 13 min. ago

AI won’t kill us— bad actors exploiting an American tech retreat is a much bigger danger

One reason that apocalyptic scenarios involving AI are implausible is that, having seen how that particular movie ends, we are unlikely to be foolish enough to give AI custody of the most destructive weapons on the planet.

businessinsider.com | 12 hrs. 15 min. ago

An ex-OpenAI researcher's influential nonprofit is now smack in the middle of AI's doom debate

An Anthropic researcher who wrote about "extinction-level risks" said he plans to join METR. This AI safety lab has become a prominent AI umpire.

businessinsider.com | 15 hrs. 3 min. ago

Former Google chief scientist Jeff Dean is raising again for his new AI startup, seeking around a $50 billion valuation

Jeff Dean, former Google chief scientist, is raising another round of funding at a valuation of around $50 billion.

dailymail.com | 15 hrs. 23 min. ago

'We can't simply turn AI off': Andy Burnham's government rejects 'kill switch' idea to stop a dangerous attack from a rogue bot

A proposal brought to Parliament posited the creation of a legal mechanism allowing Britain to deactivate an AI model in the event of an emergency.

ft.com | 15 hrs. 48 min. ago

[$] Larry Ellison to sell up to $7.5bn worth of Oracle stock

Founder to offload as many as 50mn shares as company posts higher revenue from data centres but faces investor fears it is overcommitted to AI

al-monitor.com | 16 hrs. 15 min. ago

Weapons, spyware and AI scams: Anthropic exposes Claude misuse

Anthropic has released a 154-page report describing how bad actors used its Claude AI system for state-sponsored surveillance, propaganda operations and more. Here's a look at some of the cases, which have added to mounting worries over risks posed by rapidly advancing artificial intelligence. - Spyware in Mali -

thehill.com | 16 hrs. 17 min. ago

The debate over AI 'doomsday' warnings

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Debate explodes over AI 'doomsday' warnings A former Anthropic researcher’s warning that AI could soon destroy humanity broke past the typical tech circles last week, setting off a new firestorm of debate over the technology’s rapid development. © Envato Researchers have warned of AI’s potential danger for years, but nothing...

thenextweb.com | 16 hrs. 22 min. ago

Amazon Quick is now available on desktop, with a new mobile activity feed

Amazon has made its Quick desktop assistant generally available on macOS and Windows, pitching it to enterprise IT as the governed alternative to shadow AI. Quick runs in ordinary European AWS regions with inference kept inside Europe, but it is not on the published service list for the sovereign cloud AWS opened in Brandenburg in […] This story continues at The Next Web

nytimes.com | 16 hrs. 45 min. ago

[$] Will Stark Warnings About AI Shape the Midterm Elections?

Stark warnings from A.I. researchers have reverberated across the country.

arstechnica.com | 17 hrs. 19 min. ago

ChatGPT-using lawyer punished for citing fake testimony from made-up witnesses

"I didn't know that AI could hallucinate facts," New Mexico defense lawyer says.

thenextweb.com | 17 hrs. 46 min. ago

ElevenLabs lists five services on the UK government’s GBP 14B cloud framework

Five ElevenLabs services are listed on the software lot of G-Cloud 15, the UK government’s cloud buying framework, according to the Digital Marketplace. They cover conversational agents, transcription, dubbing and text-to-speech. Three months ago the same government signed an agreement with the company that committed it to buying nothing. TNW reported in June that the […] This story continues at The Next Web

globalnews.ca | 18 hrs. 48 min. ago

Nova Scotia to expand protections for people affected by AI-generated intimate images

The Nova Scotia government says new legislation will expand protections for people affected by intimate images created or altered by AI without their consent.

nypost.com | 19 hrs. 20 min. ago

Silicon Valley parents think NYC is crazy to ban AI in schools: ‘Can’t make children live in the past’

If public schools were to opt out of AI, a technology gap is sure to open up. Affluent, tech-savvy families will teach their kids the tech at home. Families of lesser means would be locked out.

businessinsider.com | 19 hrs. 24 min. ago

Google just completed its $1.5 billion-plus talent deal for AI startup Mechanize

Google has completed its deal with startup Mechanize, bringing cofounder Tamay Besiroglu and more than a dozen staffers to its AI division, DeepMind.

marketwatch.com | 19 hrs. 25 min. ago

Salesforce’s stock has been riding a wave of AI optimism. Here’s what Wall Street wants to see next.

Salesforce’s Dreamforce conference next week could offer a glimpse of how its recently announced Claudeforce partnership with Anthropic will play out.

marketwatch.com | 20 hrs. 3 min. ago

Oracle shook off fears about AI spending, but its stock still turns south

“Several of Oracle’s bear cases were addressed head on” in the latest earnings report, according to an analyst.

rferl.org | 20 hrs. 24 min. ago

Anthropic Disrupts Iran’s Use Of Claude To Spread Propaganda, Spy On Dissidents

Anthropic said it has disrupted attempts by Iran to use its artificial intelligence (AI) models to disseminate state propaganda and spy on ethnic minorities and dissidents.