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Latest reporting

Palantir patient data tech rejected by many NHS trusts in England

OpenAI’s London staff receive average of £2.3m per person annually

Palantir and Sadiq Khan drop legal battle over Met contract

The eyes have it: Reform politician’s ‘smart glasses’ prompt calls for ban in Westminster

‘Dystopian’: Co-op becomes latest firm to put staff under AI surveillance

Mumsnet denies using AI for content after prompt appears on message board

‘Pull the plug’: protesters resort to direct action against AI firms

Norway plans temporary ban on smart glasses in some public places

Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman

More than 44,000 file legal objections to Palantir NHS platform handling their data

Reanimated AI Greta Garbo stars again … in a ball-bearing advert

Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work

Stop relying on AI chatbots for customer care, UK banks and energy firms told

Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir

‘If you’re building Frankenstein, stop’: JD Vance dismisses calls for AI regulation

‘Like Syd Barrett’: AI models chatting in ‘surreal’ dialect mixing poetic language and tech bro jargon

Digital ID comes of age as pubs and bars get go-ahead for biometric scan tech

‘We’re plausibly close to crossing the line’: are warnings of uncontrollable AI coming true?

OpenAI hails ‘new era of artificial general intelligence’ with Astra model release

Uber drivers launch European class action over ‘soulless’ and ‘scary’ AI algorithm