The AI desk
Research, products, policy and the companies behind them — our own reporting alongside an editor-curated group of AI publications, each named on the story.
Many indie game developers have recently posted on social media about unexpectedly long approval wait times for their game submissions on Steam, with some of the approvals causing…
AI NewsNetflix's TV app is getting a new "AI Discover" tab where the company will show experimental, AI-powered features to help you find new shows and movies to watch. The first of these…
AI NewsGoogle will offer schools AI tools that purportedly don't give away the answers.
AI NewsGoogle is completely turning off Search in schools that reject its AI features, the company told The New York Times. The decision was also shared in a broader education-related update from…
AI NewsThe 2026 midterm elections will determine the scope of President Donald Trump’s power in his final two years in office, and signal what voters care about going into the 2028 presidential…
AI NewsApple's latest earnings show how it's continuing to capitalize on the AI boom without busting its budget on the infrastructure spending consuming its competitors. Overall, Apple posted its…
AI NewsPeople hate data centers. They're loud, resource-hungry eyesores that are so profoundly unpopular they have managed to achieve the near-impossible in today's polarized political landscape…
AI NewsFrom hallucinations to partisan bias, artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude are not helpful when it comes to Election Day.
AI NewsDrax’s FTSE 250 owner strikes £20bn deal to build infrastructure in what it says is site’s ‘next chapter’ Business live – latest updates Britain’s most polluting power plant could soon…
AI NewsAhead of the midterms, WIRED talked to New York City’s mayor about data centers, AI in schools, and the future of the Democratic party.
AI NewsA new approach known as “reverse game theory” aims to control powerful AI models by designing systems that incentivize them to stick to the rules. As AI models become more capable, safety…
AI NewsA farmer can prepare the land, choose the right seeds and spend months tending to a crop. But there is one thing no amount of hard work can guarantee: rain arriving when it is needed most…
AI NewsExclusive: Nonexistent precedent cited in alleged child rape case adds to dozens of AI-related errors plaguing court proceedings A senior crown prosecutor acting cited an imaginary legal…
AI NewsThis story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. At the end of September, President Trump signed an…
AI NewsNational Cyber Security Centre expects attacks on critical facilities such as power stations, airports and hospitals AI-powered malicious software is “highly likely” to be used in hacking…
AI NewsMillions of Americans are turning to AI for election information, but chatbots are getting voting facts wrong and recommending candidates, raising concerns they could influence voters'…
AI NewsAnthropic has updated Claude Code's system prompt to prevent the AI tool from being used to re-create existing video games, as reported by Tom's Hardware. Retro gaming is currently being…
AI NewsApple robot backed by CEO John Ternus may have hefty price tag and limited uses.
AI NewsThe tsunami of imitators is way bigger than any one model maker can stem.
AI NewsIn an announcement on Monday, OpenAI says it will pilot its "Grid Protectors Program" at an upcoming data center in Effingham County, Georgia, where the company promises to free up to 1,000…
AI NewsThe New York Times and a group of other publications have filed lawsuits against the company that makes the Brave web browser over alleged unlawful scraping to train AI and also letting…
AI NewsIn just a few years, generative AI has changed the face of enterprise analytics, notably by making analytics accessible to users across the organization. Agentic AI promises to do even…
AI NewsWhen a developer gives an AI agent a coding task, the agent does more than answer once. It plans, generates code, runs tests, and repeats the process to correct errors. A single task can…
AI NewsAirline also weighs up reducing crew on flights and increasing use of AI as part of cost-cutting measures Business live – latest updates Ryanair has said it is considering implementing pay…
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