Ahead of his first budget, chancellor John Healey said the government will commit hundreds of millions of pounds to a 'distinctively British' approach to AI. The aim is to strengthen the country's security and prosperity amid an accelerating global technology race.
Spain's conservative People's Party released a political ad using AI to make people linked to Pedro Sánchez's Socialists, including his wife, appear to admit wrongdoing. The video has caused outrage and a broader debate about AI ahead of next month's general election.
Brave, which markets itself as a private browser, has also been selling access to its search index to AI assistants. The business sits in a legal grey zone and raises questions about how far its privacy promises hold once queries pass through a third-party chatbot.
The UK chancellor is set to announce AI spending in Wednesday's Budget, including £100m for an AI Biosecurity Lab billed as a world first. The money is intended to strengthen the country's defences.
The AI boom is setting local residents against corporations building energy-hungry data centers. In Newport, South Wales, people living beside a towering new facility are fighting back.
This summer, local festival committees and small shops in France turned to image generators for flea-market flyers and menus with a recognisable look. Some town halls are now pushing back through their notice boards and the funding they give associations, though not always setting an example themselves.