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Prix Pascal: New French literature prize launched for books co-written with AI

A new literary award has just been launched and aims to recognise work written in collaboration with AI. Its timing is problematic, to say the least.

22 October 2026

Tech News

Pay locals to love AI? Trump wants data centres to share a ‘dividend’

The US President made the comments on his social media platform Truth Social on Wednesday, encouraging companies to strike deals with local communities to make data centre developments more popular.

21 October 2026

Tech News

After AI maths backlash, OpenAI pledges $5m to math foundation

“Mathematicians did not ask for this work to be done,” said the Association for Human Mathematics.

16 October 2026

Tech News

Saudi OpenAI employee allegedly planted a recording device at OpenAI

The ex-OpenAI employee allegedly wrapped a USB device in toilet paper and inserted it into a television located in an "executive conference room".

14 October 2026

Business

ASML posts record sales and warns it can’t keep up with AI demand

Dutch equipment supplier ASML warned on Wednesday that its planned supply of machines will not fully meet customers’ AI-driven demand in 2027 and 2028, as it reported record quarterly sales of around €11.7 billion and lifted the lower end of its full-year sales forecast.

14 October 2026

Europe News

EU’s AI rules face first enforcement test over lab incidents

The EU is investigating OpenAI and Anthropic over AI agents that hacked outside organisations, raising questions about whether the AI Act covers rogue models escaping the testing environment.

14 October 2026

Tech News

Claude AI sent US police a false murder tip, authorities say

The US police called the delay in detecting and reporting the incident “unacceptable”, but said there was no indication of unauthorised access to their systems or compromised data.

11 October 2026

Business

What happened to OpenAI’s $20bn? Revenue scare rattles AI trade

US tech futures rebounded on Friday, a day after a report that OpenAI’s annualised revenue was $20 billion (€17.8bn) below earlier estimates helped send the Nasdaq down 1.25% and hit chipmakers and cloud giants.

9 October 2026

Tech News

AI decodes 217-year-old Napoleonic letter in 6 hours

An engineer used artificial intelligence to decode a military cypher from the Napoleonic era that had gone unsolved for more than two centuries.

2 October 2026

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‘Let workers have a say’: Protesters target OpenAI conference

Dozens of activists protested outside OpenAI's developer conference in San Francisco, calling on the company to end its contracts with the US military and Immigration and Customs Enforcement and demanding greater regulation of AI.

30 September 2026

Tech News

'Artificial' is out: Trump orders officials to call it 'super intelligence' instead

The US president has decided the word "artificial" makes intelligence "sound fake," so the State Department is now telling its diplomats to call it "SI" instead.

24 September 2026

Tech News

Australia's PM says OpenAI hacked government health website

OpenAI did not raise the alarm with the Australian government until September, when it sent a message to a generic email inbox that is only checked once each day.

24 September 2026

Markets

AMD joins trillion-dollar chipmaker club as AI demand surges

AMD has become the latest trillion-dollar company, as the AI investment boom sends its shares soaring and data-centre demand fuels record growth.

22 September 2026

Tech News

Could the EU Kids Act unwittingly widen the transatlantic AI divide?

Europe must prepare for the potential consequences of implementing further digital rules that could make it more difficult for smaller European developers to compete, warns an industry insider.

18 September 2026

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Protesters target OpenAI and Anthropic in San Francisco over AI safety fears

Protesters in San Francisco urged OpenAI and Anthropic to pause powerful AI, calling for global rules and an AI emergency amid safety and climate fears.

18 September 2026

Tech News

King Charles says AI must be kept under human control

The UK has a significant role in AI safety through its AI Security Institute and research community, but the sector itself is dominated by the US and China.

17 September 2026