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New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking

First major study on ‘AI psychosis’ suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people

Invisible datacentres and capricious chips: is UK’s AI bubble about to burst?

Datacentre investment boom is one of the biggest infrastructure gambles of this era, and Britain may be uniquely exposed

Apple cuts China App Store commission fees after government pressure

The move, which lowers fees to 25%, is a breakthrough for Chinese developers Tencent and ByteDance

With $200m to spend on the midterms, crypto hopes to repeat its 2024 success: ‘It’s the most critical time’

Candidates in both parties – but mostly Republicans – are seeing cash infusions after merely indicating support

Will AI take Australian jobs, or is it just an excuse for corporate restructure?

More than 1,000 Australian tech jobs have recently been cut, with companies citing AI productivity gains. But that’s not the full story, experts say

ICE agents reveal daily arrest quotas and surveillance app in rare court testimony

Under oath, officers said they were told to make eight arrests a day and given special tech to help choose ‘targets’

AI-generated Iran images are widespread. How do we know what to believe?

Fake pictures look authentic – and authentic ones get mistaken for fake. Here are three rules for navigating the war coverage

Anthropic-Pentagon battle shows how big tech has reversed course on AI and war

Less than a decade ago, Google employees scuttled any military use of its AI. Now Anthropic is fighting Trump officials not over if, but how

AI toys for young children must be more tightly regulated, say researchers

University of Cambridge study finds AI-powered toys can misread emotions and respond inappropriately to children

‘IG is a drug’: jury to deliberate as US trial over social media addiction wraps up

Meta and YouTube accused of creating harmful products in trial seen as a bellwether for attitudes towards social media

Official BookTok chart set to launch in the UK

Offering a monthly Top 20 rundown, the ranking will combine retail sales data with social media engagement on TikTok

UK regulator examines IT glitch that enabled bank customers to see others’ accounts on app

Information Commissioner’s Office made aware of incident affecting Lloyd’s, Halifax and Bank of Scotland

Microsoft backs AI firm Anthropic in legal battle against Pentagon

Tech company files amicus brief in support of Anthropic’s effort to overturn an aggressive Pentagon designation

AI scams drove UK reports of fraud to record 444,000 last year

Criminals using artificial intelligence tools to take over mobile, bank and online shopping accounts, says Cifas

‘Exploit every vulnerability’: rogue AI agents published passwords and overrode anti-virus software

Exclusive: Lab tests discover ‘new form of insider risk’ with artificial intelligence agents engaging in autonomous, even ‘aggressive’ behaviours

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  • The Wolf of Wall Street to Creed III: the seven best films to watch on TV this week
  • I was paid to write fake Google reviews – then my ‘bosses’ tried to scam me
  • Four wives, two passports and a very elusive butterfly: one woman’s search for her lepidopterist father
  • Keep under-fives’ screen time to no more than an hour a day, UK advice says
  • ‘Accountability has arrived’: dual US court losses show shifting tide against Meta and co
  • New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK
  • Federal judge sides with Anthropic in first round of standoff with Pentagon
  • Dark Mofo: 2026 festival to show Willem Dafoe film that can only be watched by one person at a time
  • Human rights groups cheer ‘watershed’ verdict in social media addiction trial
  • Oscars to leave Hollywood for downtown Los Angeles in 2029
  • UK politics: Trump says UK’s aircraft carriers are just ‘toys’ – as it happened
  • Brussels opens investigation into Snapchat amid concern over children’s safety
  • Hook, line and cinema: why boxing films are still a knockout
  • Alexander Kluge, author and key film-maker in the New German Cinema movement, dies aged 94
  • DJ Ahmet review – totally charming tale of teen travails in North Macedonia
  • Google warns quantum computers could hack encrypted systems by 2029
  • Will Stephen Colbert’s Lord of the Rings film be Tom Bombadil’s time to shine?
  • Halle Bailey: ‘It’s a vulnerable place to be – a young woman cast as a Disney princess’
  • Starmer vows to tackle social media’s ‘addictive features’ to protect children
  • Creator of AI actor Tilly Norwood says she received death threats over project
  • The verdict against Meta and YouTube is a victory for children – and the US justice system
  • William Shakespeare’s Romeo+Juliet review – Baz Luhrmann’s joyful tragedy is still extravagantly full of life
  • Rave Culture: A New Era review – high energy testimonial to the UK’s dance revolution
  • Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion
  • Dodging the ‘wrinkle wagon’: why a Brazilian film about ageing is inspiring older women
  • They Will Kill You review – satanic beat-’em-up offers gore, bad jokes and deja vu
  • I’m a young woman, and people keep telling me the internet has ruined my brain. Is this helpful?
  • Orwell: 2+2=5 review – documentary portrait doesn’t wholly add up
  • Charity Commission warns Alan Turing Institute of its legal duties after complaints
  • Law firms investigate possible Australian cases after US jury finds Meta and YouTube designed addictive products

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