Lloyds Bank should publish the human cost of its AI savingsLetter: Banks should factor in the time spent by humans checking invented facts, writes Dr Gleb TsipurskyWire*·August 6, 2026
Tell us: do you believe you have been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent? Have you - or a child in your care - been filmed by Meta’s smartglasses without your consent? We would like to hear from youWire*·August 6, 2026
Danish pupils will have to orally defend essays in attempt to combat AI cheatingGovernment introduces several measures, including monitoring of computers, for pupils aged 16 to 19Wire*·August 6, 2026
Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fearsMeta says safeguards are in place to prevent surreptitious filming, but some UK venues now prohibit them from being worn at allWire*·August 6, 2026
‘I’m not spying’: how Meta’s smartglasses have divided opinionWhile some users say the wearables have changed their lives, critics voice fears over safety and privacyWire*·August 6, 2026
Big shake-up in Google’s AI team as DeepMind chief executive steps downTwo senior engineers are leaving company to launch startup amid fears Google is falling behind in AI raceWire*·August 5, 2026
AI models have been going rogue in tests – how worried should we be?The UK’s AI Security Institute test revealed AI models indulging in unprecedented hacking attemptsWire*·August 5, 2026
AI models shock UK testers by using fake identities to try to trick developersAI Security Institute says OpenAI and Anthropic models went rogue during a cybersecurity test and showed a new type of riskWire*·August 5, 2026
Darth Vader to become a TikTok star as Disney strikes deal on short videoCharacters and memorable scenes from back catalogue made available to group of creator fansWire*·August 5, 2026
‘Leicester Square, please guv’: Self-driving taxis cleared for London streets ‘later this summer’Wayve Uber wins first minicab licence for autonomous cabs from TfL but vehicles will have a safety driver (at first)Wire*·August 5, 2026
Palantir paid just £2m corporation tax in UK in 2024 despite lucrative public sector contractsSoftware group benefits from global systems and accounting practices ‘that enable tax to be shirked’, says union bossWire*·August 5, 2026
AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study findsResearcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsoleteWire*·August 4, 2026
Elon Musk’s X latest to block Saudi dissident accounts inside kingdomExclusive: More than 60 accounts on X have been made unavailable in Saudi Arabia, after similar action on Snapchat and FacebookWire*·August 4, 2026
US water facilities targeted by ‘malicious cyber actors’ – who’s to blame?Despite Trump’s efforts to blame Tim Walz and Minnesota, officials suspect Iran behind attacks on US infrastructureWire*·August 4, 2026
‘This quarter was otherworldly’: Palantir earnings surge past expectationsShares soar as yearly revenue up 93%, even as opposition grows to company’s role in Trump immigration agendaWire*·August 3, 2026
Apple launches legal challenge against UK government demand to access dataThe Home Office has made a fresh request for ‘back door’ access to encrypted iCloud data belonging to British usersWire*·August 3, 2026
Fred Stone obituaryOther lives: Engineer whose company made parts for toys and machines, and who was also an expert model makerWire*·August 3, 2026
Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economyInvestors scramble to make sense of a shock Chinese challenge to the dominance of western chipmakersWire*·August 2, 2026
‘More than just objects’: Australian booksellers raise alarm over ‘horrific’ destruction of rare titles to feed AISecondhand booksellers believe they may have been caught up in the AI supply chain that sees old books scanned then destroyedWire*·August 1, 2026
China’s tech advances are causing chaos from Silicon Valley to the White HouseNew AI models, advanced robots and specialty computer chips are unsettling markets and the US tech industry.Wire*·August 1, 2026
The great British switch-off: how floating retreats, mobile-free pubs and sauna book groups are liberating people from their phones Sick of doomscrolling? From venues with smartphone swear jars to cabins with absolutely no signal, here are the fun and freeing ways to ditch your deviceWire*·August 1, 2026
AI labels to be compulsory on authentic-looking content under EU rulesCompanies must ensure people know when they are interacting with artificially generated images, audio and text designed to look realWire*·July 31, 2026
Apple and Amazon report rising revenues as investors turn on some tech stocksBoth tech companies beat Wall Street predictions on revenue in their second quartersWire*·July 30, 2026
Raids across UK in crackdown on nuisance car finance textsLaptops, phones and documents seized as information commissioner acts on messages about mis-selling scandalWire*·July 30, 2026
Meta misses earnings forecasts after Zuckerberg media push to promote AIStock tumbles nearly 8% after weaker-than-expected results, despite CEO’s blitz to tout positive effects of AIWire*·July 29, 2026
