A prominent Spanish women’s rights advocate, targeted by AI-generated nude images, urges authorities to enforce tougher online rules, linking accounts to real identities amid rising digital abuse and European regulatory shifts. A Spanish women’s rights campaigner who became the target of AI-manufactured nude images has urged tougher online rules, pressing…

A recent episode highlighting default opt-in settings in Gmail’s AI features has sparked renewed debate over user control and data privacy, amid clarifications from Google and regulatory scrutiny. An automatic setting in Gmail that has alarmed privacy-conscious users and security experts this week can be switched off, but the episode…

The White House has ordered a halt to federal use of Anthropic’s AI tools after the company refused to relax safety measures desired by the Pentagon, highlighting tension over ethical boundaries and military applications of AI technology. The White House has ordered all federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s artificial…

Anthropic chief Dario Amodei has rejected the US Department of Defense’s broadening military use of its Claude AI model, sparking a high-stakes confrontation that threatens to reshape industry standards and government relations over AI safety and national security. Anthropic’s chief executive, Dario Amodei, said on Thursday that the company “cannot…

Anthropic has refused Pentagon demands for unrestrained AI system access, prompting legal battles and industry shifts amid rising concerns over ethical deployment and national security implications. Anthropic has mounted a public refusal to accept Pentagon demands for unfettered access to its AI systems, a standoff that has rapidly escalated into…

The dispute between AI startup Anthropic and the US Pentagon highlights ongoing tensions over ethical boundaries, operational authority, and supply-chain resilience in the deployment of powerful artificial intelligence for national defence. A high-stakes confrontation between Anthropic and the Pentagon has brought into focus a wider debate over who should control…

The US government has blacklisted AI firm Anthropic amid disputes over military applications, raising concerns about accountability, security, and ethical boundaries in the integration of AI into warfare. The confrontation between the United States defence establishment and the AI firm Anthropic has crystallised into a test of whether private companies…

As The Washington Post reduces its newsroom by a third amidst Alphabet’s record-breaking revenue powered by AI, industry experts raise concerns over the growing dominance of tech platforms and the sustainability of journalism funding. The Washington Post’s decision this month to reduce its newsroom by roughly one-third coincided with Alphabet…

As artificial intelligence reshapes news discovery and monetisation, publishers shift from cautious collaboration to assertive legal, legislative, and commercial strategies to protect their rights and revenue streams. News organisations are moving from wary collaboration with large technology firms to a confrontational posture as artificial intelligence rewires how news is discovered,…

Amid widespread public discontent over entrenched corruption, Namibian media outlets are expanding their investigative efforts and deploying AI technologies to enhance accountability and combat impunity in a nation plagued by scandals and declining trust. For months a sharp thread has run through public debate in Namibia: a frustration that deference…

Emerging content marketplaces led by tech giants such as Microsoft and Amazon aim to redefine licensing and revenue models for publishers, but face hurdles from illicit scraping and regulatory scrutiny, signalling a potential overhaul of how professional content sustains itself in the AI era. Content marketplaces for journalism and other…

Five of Britain’s major news outlets have launched a coalition to create shared technical and commercial guidelines for AI systems accessing journalistic content, aiming to protect their output and shape industry standards amid growing platform-driven disruption. Five of Britain’s biggest news organisations have announced a joint effort to set common…