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.
In MIT's Compton Lecture, legal scholar Martha Minow warned of a possible 'loss of the Enlightenment'. She also suggested ways new technology could serve civic and cultural needs.
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.
An update to Google's privacy policy adds an exception to its pledge not to use Drive, Gmail or Google Photos content for personalised ads. People who use its personalised AI features could therefore see ads based on their personal data.
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.