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PolicyPower plant contracts set for extension amid supply crunch
Energy authorities are close to finalising a policy shift that extends the contracts of retiring gas-fired power plants rather…
OpenAI accuses employee who left for Apple of leaking plans for unreleased device
Hours before Apple and the ChatGPT maker were due to face off in court, a new allegation delayed the showdown An OpenAI employee…
Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit
US states sue ChatGPT maker and seek to force the company to change how its products work for young users Eight US states sued…
PolicyApple Intelligence Coming to China in December With iOS 27.3
Apple plans to bring Apple Intelligence to China in iOS 27.3 after two years of regulatory delays, reports Bloomberg. The launch…
PolicyAnthropic Strengthens Election Safeguards Ahead of 2026 US Midterms
Anthropic on October 14, 2026 detailed strengthened election safeguards ahead of the US midterms, releasing a privacy-preserving…
PolicyOpenAI Says Ex-Employee Showed Its Device Plans to Apple
OpenAI today suggested Apple could be using its trade secrets, the very thing Apple is already suing OpenAI for. In a court…
PolicyNow that Character.AI is going bankrupt, what happens to all of its users’ data?
New York Attorney General Letitia James revealed a years-long multi-state investigation against Character.AI as they now seek to…
To unlock Britain’s innovation potential, Labour needs to think outside the box | Letters
Kate Fleming says the government must look beyond the models it rewards today, while Jenny Haigh says unlocking potential means…
PolicyOpenAI Alleges Employee Who Rejoined Apple Took Unreleased Device Files
The OpenAI defendants in Apple Inc. v. Liu told a federal court on October 14, 2026 that a former OpenAI employee who returned to…
PolicyRockefeller, OpenAI Foundations Launch Cities Deliver AI Grant Program
The Rockefeller Foundation and OpenAI Foundation on October 14, 2026 launched Cities Deliver: AI Solutions for Public Services, a…
PolicyAnthropic opens office in Singapore, partners with government on AI safety and adoption
Artificial intelligence (AI) company Anthropic has opened a new office in Singapore and signed a memorandum of understanding…
Nvidia, worth $5.5tn, donates $250m to UK for AI safety research
Pledge spanning five years from world’s most valuable firm comes as concerns about AI agents have risenThe $5.5tn (£4.1tn) US…
PolicyGreen power generation struggling to keep pace with AI growth, says Jitin Prasada
Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada on Wednesday warned that green power generation…
Bank of England and IMF bosses issue stark warning on cyber threat to trust
Andrew Bailey and Kristalina Georgieva voice concerns about financial system on panel about online fraud Business live – latest…
PolicySunil Mittal warns AI is going very fast, calls for guardrails to prevent ‘accidents’
Bharti Enterprises chairman Sunil Bharti Mittal has urged governments to develop safeguards for artificial intelligence as the…
PolicyEuropean Cities Deploy NVIDIA-Powered AI Agents to Run Smarter Urban Operations
Keeping a city running means making decisions that affect residents every day — from when to repair a road to how to use energy…
PolicyAnthropic seeks fresh court review of Pentagon’s AI blacklist
The artificial intelligence developer is contesting a US defence decision that it says has damaged its commercial prospects and…
PolicyGoogle DeepMind and GovTech Unveil On-Device Scam Detection Model
Google DeepMind and the Government Technology Agency of Singapore (GovTech) announced an on-device scam detection model on…
Google DeepMind and Singapore Government announce new AI tool to protect citizens against scams
Learn how Google DeepMind and GovTech Singapore uses lightweight on-device Gemma models to intercept conversational scams in…
PolicyAnthropic Asks D.C. Circuit to Rehear Pentagon Supply-Chain Risk Case
Anthropic PBC filed a petition on October 13, 2026 asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to rehear a divided…
Anthropic urges court in Washington, D.C. to rehear appeal of Pentagon blacklisting
Anthropic is asking a federal court in Washington, D.C. to rehear its appeal in a case concerning the Pentagon’s blacklisting of…
PolicyAI data centres to ‘pay their way’ via community fund
A state government is pursuing plans to make artificial intelligence and data centre companies pay money into a community fund,…
Saudi OpenAI employee arrested after recording device found in headquarters
Discovery of ‘sophisticated’ gadget adds to company’s list of privacy concerns after hackings by rogue agentsOpenAI said it has…
PolicyJudge Grants Apple Expedited Discovery in OpenAI Trade Secrets Case
A federal judge on October 13, 2026 granted Apple limited expedited discovery in its trade-secret lawsuit against OpenAI,…
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