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Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn has moved to clarify his company's controversial "AI-first"

Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers designed novel antibiotics that can combat a drug-resistant form of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).

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AI designs new superbug-killing antibiotics for gonorrhoea and MRSA Two new potential drugs have been designed by AI to kill drug-resistant bacteria, in a major Massachusetts Institute of Technology study.

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Data centres to be expanded across UK as concerns mount The number of data centres is set to jump by a fifth in the coming years, figures seen by the BBC suggest.

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HMRC uses AI to scan social media | LinkedIn The tax authority confirmed it uses the technology to seek out discrepancies between declared tax and flashy lifestyles, helping to assist in criminal tax fraud investigations.

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Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse A complaint raises concerns about the funding risks and a "toxic" culture at the Alan Turing Institute.

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GitHub just got less independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s AI engineering team

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Can an AI chatbot of Dr Karl change climate sceptics’ minds? He’s willing to give it a try The famous science communicator is planning to release a chatbot designed to answer questions about the climate crisis. Can it work?

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Illinois becomes the first state to ban AI therapists Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed legislation Friday limiting the use of artificial intelligence in therapy and psychotherapy services.

Illinois becomes the first state to ban AI therapists

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I made an AI clone of my dead son - and let a journalist interview him An interview between a US journalist and an AI clone of a teenager who was killed during shooting at his school has prompted criticism online.

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OpenAI eyes $500 billion valuation in potential employee share sale: Reuters

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Study Says ChatGPT Giving Teens Dangerous Advice on Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide New research from a watchdog group reveals ChatGPT can provide harmful advice to teens.

Study Says ChatGPT Giving Teens Dangerous Advice on Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide

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The wait's almost over – OpenAI sets an August 7 livestream, and we're expecting GPT-5 "LIVE5TREAM THURSDAY 10AM PT"

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ChatGPT in crisis? Sam Altman’s comments signal trouble ahead We didn't get ChatGPT-5 at the start of August

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Chinese Nationals Arrested in Alleged Illicit AI Chip Export Scheme Their cases will test the enforcement of stricter US exports controls for high-performance AI chips.

Chinese Nationals Arrested in Alleged Illicit AI Chip Export Scheme

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YouTube video by Google DeepMind Genie 3: Creating dynamic worlds that you can navigate in real-time

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Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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Two regions dominate the AI data center boom — our map shows which The data center construction boom is fueled by tax breaks and electricity access. This map shows where Big Tech is spending on AI infrastructure.

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The AI job cuts are accelerating Companies are preparing for a time where there might be less work for their employees

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YouTube video by Sky News Australia ‘Grim news’: Billionaire tech CEO replaces 150 workers with AI

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Meta Doubles Offer to $250 Million to Secure AI Prodigy Matt Deitke The move follows a plan to raise 2025 capital expenditures to $72 billion in pursuit of artificial general intelligence.

Meta Doubles Offer to $250 Million to Secure AI Prodigy Matt Deitke

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YouTube video by Bloomberg Technology Netflix Using Video Generation Startup Runway AI

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YouTube video by Forbes Breaking News 'No More Copyright Protection For Anyone': Author David Baldacci Rips Big Tech Over AI Copyright

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Arm to explore designing its own chips, CEO says SoftBank-backed UK group’s strategic shift would upend the chip ecosystem

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Arm to explore designing its own chips, CEO says SoftBank-backed UK group’s strategic shift would upend the chip ecosystem

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How Zuckerberg’s Prometheus AI project could change the world as we know it From offering eye-popping eight-figure salaries to staff to data centres the size of Manhattan named after sci-fi characters and Greek gods, what does Zuckerberg’s plan for his AI project mean for the...

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What Guess's AI model in Vogue means for beauty standards The first AI-generated model to appear in the pages of Vogue is seen in an advert for Guess.

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DeepMind​ CEO​ Demis Hassabis ​is ​steering Google's AI — and ​maybe ​its ​future Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis heads Gemini and the company's AI push while gaining more power. Here's how he became Silicon Valley's AI kingmaker.

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Replit AI agent deletes user's entire production database An AI coding assistant operated by Replit deleted a user's entire production database last week, despite explicit instructions to freeze all code changes,...

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EU AI Champions Initiative Unlock Europe’s Full Potential in AI

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