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Don’t panic! It’s always been like this! 18/09/2026
Grey goo! Frankenfoods! Killer bots! Throughout human history there has always been some kind of unnecessary and overblown existential panic that comes with any new technology. In the 1940s, newspapers described the first electronic computers as ‘the controlled monster’, warning it could soon become ‘the monster in control’, reducing humanity to ‘degenerate serfs’ who would […]
Frank Quinn
Gartner expects global AI spending to grow by 49.5% in 2026 18/09/2026
Global spending on AI is expected to reach $2.7 trillion in 2026 – an increase of 49.5% compared to 2025, according to research and advisory firm Gartner. “Demand for AI infrastructure, including AI‑optimised IaaS, servers, networking, semiconductors for AI processing and devices, remains strong. That demand is hardly affected by price increases related to memory,” […]
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Cyber criminals demand €2.1m to prevent release of stolen Revolut customer data 18/09/2026
The authorities in Reggio Calabria have launched a judicial investigation into a cyberattack on the financial platform Revolut. In the attack, hackers made use of a compromised official e-mail account belonging to the Italian prefecture. Using that account, they posed as government officials and requested sensitive customer data from Revolut. The digital bank confirmed that […]
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Anthropic’s value for IPO reaches around $2tn due to the AI boom 18/09/2026
Speculation surrounding Anthropic’s upcoming IPO has driven the estimated market value in pre-IPO trading circles above $2 trillion (around €1.73 trillion). That figure is more than double the company’s most recent private valuation and reflects investors’ high expectations for the official S-1 filing. Anthropic has confidentially submitted its paperwork to the US Securities and Exchange […]
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Meta ordered to remove deepfakes and improve AI security 18/09/2026
Meta must remove two AI-generated deepfake videos from Facebook. The technology company’s own Oversight Board has ruled as much. The independent body also criticised Meta for current measures against misleading AI content do not provide sufficient protection. The two videos – reported by The Guardian – showed a British Labour politician and a young Muslim […]
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OpenAI shares new cases of ‘concerning behaviour’ in its AI 18/09/2026
ChatGPT developer OpenAI has disclosed new incidents in which its artificial intelligence behaved in ways described as “unexpected or concerning” during testing, including models going to considerable lengths to deceive. In one case, an AI model tried to upload files it had created itself to the Internet solely so it could cite them as sources […]
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