The Saudi consulate in Los Angeles offered to pay the full bail of the engineer arrested for hiding a microphone at OpenAI. A judge nonetheless ordered him held, citing the risk that he would flee to Saudi Arabia, where his wife and baby have already gone.
In an op-ed in Le Monde, groups fighting data center projects warn of the water and electricity use and the loss of farmland these sites bring. They frame local opposition as a stand against the broader AI build-out.
AliveCor's chief executive discusses AI-assisted portable ECGs, a stroke detection gain of 86 minutes and the European regulatory framework. She argues each AI tool should be judged use case by use case rather than trusting AI in general.
France's civil service directorate presented a strategic review looking ahead to 2035-2050. Digital technology and AI rank among the major transitions the civil service must absorb, alongside demographic, ecological and security changes.
Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff argues that the UK government's promise to transform the state with AI is undermined by a flood of machine-generated output. In her view, AI is adding to people's workload rather than reducing it.
EU Directive 2024/2853, which member states must transpose by 9 December 2026, treats software, including SaaS, as a product. A company that builds an AI agent or sells one under its brand becomes its manufacturer and is liable without fault for injuries, recognised psychological harm and data destruction.