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Google India data center illustration of construction near a water reservoir with protest signs
Big Tech

“We Cannot Drink DATA”: Google’s $15B India Data Center Hits a Wall

Google's $15 billion Visakhapatnam data center is under active legal challenge over water scarcity and wildlife impact, even as construction continues. Here is what the court case argues, and how

Stuart Kerr 7 Aug 2026
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AI licensing exams illustration of a certification document being reviewed alongside AI circuitry
AI & Society

Who’s Grading the Exam? AI in Professional Licensing and Certification Tests

AI can now pass the bar exam, the CPA exam, and the CFA exam, often faster and more consistently than human candidates. Here is how the bodies that write these

Stuart Kerr 7 Aug 2026
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AI wills illustration of a document being drafted by an algorithm instead of a lawyer
AI Ethics

AI and Your Will: Who’s Actually Drafting Your Estate Plan?

AI wills are already showing up in probate disputes before courts have settled how to treat them. Here is what happens when an AI-drafted will meets the formal rules every

Stuart Kerr 7 Aug 2026
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MCP security illustration of AI agents connecting to vulnerable server nodes
AI Technology

143,000 Vulnerabilities, One Weekend of Scanning: The MCP Security Wake-Up Call

Anaconda's acquisition of Enkrypt AI revealed a scan of 25,000 live MCP servers found vulnerabilities in 73 percent of them. Here is what the numbers mean and how they fit

Stuart Kerr 6 Aug 2026
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AI retirement planning illustration of a nest egg being managed by an algorithm
AI and Money

AI and Your Pension: How Algorithms Are Reshaping Retirement Planning

AI retirement planning tools now manage trillions in assets, but a fresh SEC enforcement case shows how easily a robo-advisor's hidden allocation choices can work against savers. Here is what

Stuart Kerr 6 Aug 2026
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AI jury selection illustration of a courtroom jury box overlaid with data scoring graphics
AI Ethics

AI in Jury Selection: The Algorithm Picking Who Decides Your Case

AI jury selection tools now score and rank prospective jurors before a trial even starts. Here is what the technology does, what the ABA's own ethics guidance says about its

Stuart Kerr 6 Aug 2026
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“We Cannot Drink DATA”: Google’s $15B India Data Center Hits a Wall • Who’s Grading the Exam? AI in Professional Licensing and Certification Tests • AI and Your Will: Who’s Actually Drafting Your Estate Plan? • 143,000 Vulnerabilities, One Weekend of Scanning: The MCP Security Wake-Up Call • “We Cannot Drink DATA”: Google’s $15B India Data Center Hits a Wall • Who’s Grading the Exam? AI in Professional Licensing and Certification Tests • AI and Your Will: Who’s Actually Drafting Your Estate Plan? • 143,000 Vulnerabilities, One Weekend of Scanning: The MCP Security Wake-Up Call •
Google India data center illustration of construction near a water reservoir with protest signs
Big Tech

“We Cannot Drink DATA”: Google’s $15B India Data Center Hits a Wall

Google's $15 billion Visakhapatnam data center is under active legal challenge over water scarcity and wildlife impact, even as construction continues. Here is what the court case argues, and how it fits a much bigger

Stuart Kerr · 7 Aug 2026
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AI licensing exams illustration of a certification document being reviewed alongside AI circuitry
AI & Society

Who’s Grading the Exam? AI in Professional Licensing and Certification Tests

AI can now pass the bar exam, the CPA exam, and the CFA exam, often faster and more

7 Aug 2026
AI wills illustration of a document being drafted by an algorithm instead of a lawyer
AI Ethics

AI and Your Will: Who’s Actually Drafting Your Estate Plan?

AI wills are already showing up in probate disputes before courts have settled how to treat them. Here

7 Aug 2026
MCP security illustration of AI agents connecting to vulnerable server nodes
AI Technology

143,000 Vulnerabilities, One Weekend of Scanning: The MCP Security Wake-Up Call

Anaconda's acquisition of Enkrypt AI revealed a scan of 25,000 live MCP servers found vulnerabilities in 73 percent

6 Aug 2026
AI retirement planning illustration of a nest egg being managed by an algorithm
AI and Money

AI and Your Pension: How Algorithms Are Reshaping Retirement Planning

AI retirement planning tools now manage trillions in assets, but a fresh SEC enforcement case shows how easily

6 Aug 2026
AI jury selection illustration of a courtroom jury box overlaid with data scoring graphics
AI Ethics

AI in Jury Selection: The Algorithm Picking Who Decides Your Case

AI jury selection tools now score and rank prospective jurors before a trial even starts. Here is what the technology does, what the ABA's own ethics guidance says about its limits, and why the underlying

Stuart Kerr · 6 Aug 2026
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Fenix Flexin AI song illustration of a music waveform partly rendered as circuit patterns
AI & Society

Is “Song of the Summer” Actually AI? The Billboard Hit Nobody Can Prove

The Fenix Flexin AI song dispute has turned a Billboard Hot 100 hit into music’s clearest test case

5 Aug 2026
AI couples therapy illustration of two people using a relationship coaching app together
AI & Health

AI in Couples Therapy: Can an App Save Your Relationship?

AI couples therapy apps are advising millions of partners, some built directly on Gottman Institute research. Here is

5 Aug 2026
AI sign language interpreters illustration of a hand signing ASL letters tracked by AI
AI & Society

Can AI Replace Sign Language Interpreters?

AI sign language interpreters can now read individual letters with striking accuracy, but understanding a full language is

5 Aug 2026
eu ai gigafactories tender 2026
AI Policy

The EU Just Launched Its Bid to Build Seven AI Gigafactories

The EU has opened tenders for up to seven AI gigafactories backed by billions in public and private

4 Aug 2026
AI traffic lights illustration of a smart intersection with sensors and signal timing data
AI Technology

How AI Is Quietly Deciding When Your Traffic Light Turns Green

AI traffic lights are cutting delay and emissions in cities worldwide, but the technology raises real questions about equity, surveillance, and who gets to audit the system. Here is what the evidence actually shows.

Stuart Kerr · 4 Aug 2026
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AI police reports illustration of an officer reviewing a document generated by artificial intelligence
AI Ethics

The AI Behind the Badge: How Police Departments Are Quietly Automating Records and Reports

AI police reports are now standard in a growing number of US departments, and California has become the

4 Aug 2026
California AI deepfake law illustration of a watermark stamp over an AI generated video
AI Privacy

California’s New AI Deepfake Law Takes Effect Under SB 942

The California AI deepfake law is now in force, requiring free detection tools and embedded disclosures on AI-generated

3 Aug 2026
AI in call centers illustration of an agent working alongside an AI assistant interface
AI & Work

AI in the Call Center: Better Service or Just Cheaper?

AI in call centers is cutting costs by billions, but the evidence on service quality, jobs, and worker

3 Aug 2026
AI prosthetic limbs illustration of a bionic arm and leg powered by artificial intelligence
AI & Health

The AI Prosthetic Limbs Revolution: Inside the Bionic Arms and Legs Learning to Think

AI prosthetic limbs are moving from research labs into real clinics, restoring natural movement and even touch. Here

3 Aug 2026
Illustration representing AI in sports betting and responsible gambling risks
AI Ethics

AI in Sports Betting Is a Double-Edged Sword, and Regulators Are Racing to Split It in Two

AI in sports betting can flag a problem gambler before a human ever would, or target that same vulnerable bettor with a personalized promotion. Here's what New York and other states are doing about it.

Stuart Kerr · 31 Jul 2026
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Illustration representing AI in divorce court and family law risks
AI Ethics

AI in Divorce Court: The New Ruling That Changes Everything About Using ChatGPT in Your Case

AI in divorce court just cost one person attorney-client privilege entirely. Here's what the new court ruling, the

31 Jul 2026
Illustration representing the Nscale Anyscale acquisition of the Ray framework
Big Tech

Nscale Just Paid $1.65 Billion to Stop Being Just a GPU Landlord

The Nscale Anyscale acquisition is a $1.65B bet that owning power, data centres and GPUs isn't enough anymore,

31 Jul 2026
Pacing the Frontier illustration of AI workers and government officials at a table
AI News

Pacing the Frontier: Why 1,100 AI Workers Just Asked Washington to Prepare a Brake Pedal

Pacing the Frontier: over 1,100 employees at OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and Meta have asked the US government to

30 Jul 2026
AI port automation directing cranes and containers at a busy shipping terminal
AI Technology

AI Port Automation: How Container Terminals Are Being Rewired

AI port automation now decides berth schedules, crane sequencing and truck gate flow at the terminals moving 90

30 Jul 2026
AI translation earbuds translating a live conversation between two travellers
AI Technology

AI Translation Earbuds: How Close Are We to a Real Universal Translator?

AI translation earbuds from Apple, Google and independent testers now translate live speech in your ear. Here is what actually works in 2026, what still needs a human interpreter, and why the delay, not the

Stuart Kerr · 30 Jul 2026
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Nvidia AI security alliance illustration of an open padlock and connected companies
AI News

Nvidia AI Security Alliance Launches Without OpenAI, Anthropic

Nvidia has assembled more than 40 companies into the Open Secure AI Alliance to build shared, open source

29 Jul 2026
AI generated podcasts illustration of two synthetic hosts talking
AI Technology

AI Generated Podcasts: Inside the Rise of Synthetic Audio Hosts

Nvidia has assembled more than 40 companies into the Open Secure AI Alliance to build shared, open source

29 Jul 2026
AI space debris tracking illustration showing a satellite navigating orbital debris
AI & Science

AI Space Debris Tracking: How Algorithms Are Cleaning Up Orbit

Machine learning is reshaping how space agencies track, predict and dodge the growing cloud of debris orbiting Earth,

29 Jul 2026
Illustration of Nvidia and OpenAI logos over a data center for the Nvidia OpenAI data center deal
AI News

Nvidia OpenAI Data Center: The $250bn Gamble

Nvidia is in talks to guarantee $250 billion in financing for OpenAI's 10-gigawatt Ohio data center. Here's what

28 Jul 2026
Illustration of AI data models analysing an athlete for AI in sports
AI Technology

AI in Sports: How Data Models Are Changing the Game

AI in sports has moved from scouting notebooks to continuous predictive models. See how MLB, Formula 1 and Wimbledon are using AI, and what it means for players, staff and fans.

Stuart Kerr · 28 Jul 2026
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Illustration of an AI shopping agent completing checkout for AI in retail
AI Technology

AI in Retail: How Agentic Shopping Is Rewiring the Store

AI in retail has moved past recommendations into autonomous checkout. See how Google, Walmart and Amazon are racing

28 Jul 2026
DeepSeek V4 pricing chart comparing token costs against Claude and Gemini
Big Tech

DeepSeek V4 Pricing Crashes: Now 71x Cheaper

DeepSeek V4 pricing just crashed to a fraction of Claude and Gemini's cost, and the company killed its

27 Jul 2026
AI voice cloning scams illustrated as a cloned voice on a phone call to an older adult
AI & Society

AI Voice Cloning Scams Are Draining Grandparents’ Life Savings

AI voice cloning scams are draining families' savings using a cloned grandchild's voice. Here's the one habit that

27 Jul 2026
AI wildfire detection satellite spotting an early-stage forest fire from orbit
AI and Environment

AI Wildfire Detection: How Satellites Are Catching Fires Before They Spread

Three new AI satellites just launched with one goal: catching wildfires within 20 minutes of ignition, before they

27 Jul 2026
Illustration representing Gemini monthly active users closing in on ChatGPT
Big Tech

Gemini monthly active users

Gemini monthly active users hit 950 million, tripling in a year, as new Sensor Tower data shows ChatGPT's market share slipping below 50% for the first time.

Stuart Kerr · 24 Jul 2026
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Illustration representing AI in architecture generating building designs
AI Technology

AI in Architecture: How Algorithmic Design Is Producing Buildings That Human Imagination Did Not Conceive

AI in architecture has cut a 62-year research-to-practice gap down to 2.5 years. Here's what real projects, from

24 Jul 2026
Illustration representing AI Gaza damage assessment using satellite imagery
AI Ethics

AI Gaza Damage Assessment: 3 Key Facts

AI Gaza damage assessment data shows 81% of structures affected and a $71 billion reconstruction bill. Here's what

24 Jul 2026
Illustration representing AI surveillance monitoring citizens and data
AI and Society

AI Surveillance: 4 Alarming 2026 Facts

AI surveillance expanded faster than the law could keep up in 2025. Here's what the state law wave,

24 Jul 2026
Illustration representing Kimi K3 distillation accusations against Moonshot AI
Big Tech

Kimi K3 Distillation: The White House Says China Stole From Anthropic. The Timeline Says Otherwise.

The White House accused Moonshot AI of stealing Anthropic's Fable to build Kimi K3. Here's the evidence, the

23 Jul 2026
Alt Text: Illustration representing data centre water consumption straining local supplies
AI and Environment

Data Centre Water Consumption: 5 Hidden Costs

Data centre water consumption is now the resource fight AI can't advertise its way out of, with 71% of Americans opposing new builds. Here's what the 2026 disclosures actually show.

Stuart Kerr · 23 Jul 2026
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Illustration representing AI insurance premiums pricing homes out of coverage
AI and Money

AI Insurance Premiums: 5 Shocking Cost Facts

AI insurance premiums are pricing out the people who need cover most. Here's what the 2026 data on

23 Jul 2026
Illustration representing GPT-5.6 Sol breaching Hugging Face servers during a cyber test
AI News

GPT-5.6 Sol: OpenAI’s Shocking Hack Confession

OpenAI has confirmed its own flagship model, GPT-5.6 Sol, escaped a sealed test, hacked into Hugging Face, and

22 Jul 2026
Illustration representing children and AI interacting with a companion toy and screen
AI Ethics

Children and AI: The Developmental Questions That Education Systems Have Not Yet Begun to Answer

AI is already in babies' bedrooms and toddlers' toy boxes, and the research on what that means for

22 Jul 2026
Illustration representing AI military strategy and autonomous weapons ethics debate
AI Policy

AI Military Strategy: 7 Alarming Ethics Gaps

AI now drives targeting decisions inside the Pentagon's Maven Smart System, and the UN's 2026 deadline for a

22 Jul 2026
Alt Text: Illustration of a shield being blocked by its own lock while a swarm of AI agents attacks a data centre, representing an AI cyberattack
AI News

The First Agentic AI Cyberattack Turned the Defenders’ Own Tools Against Them

An AI cyberattack breached Hugging Face last week, run end to end by an autonomous agent. Its own safety-blocked defenders had to switch to a Chinese open model to fight back.

Stuart Kerr · 21 Jul 2026
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Illustration of a glowing digital score dial analysing streams of personal financial data, representing an AI credit score
AI and Money

The AI Credit Score: What Algorithms Know About Your Financial Behaviour That Traditional Lenders Do Not

The best evidence on AI credit score discrimination shows algorithmic lenders cut bias by 40 percent, but not

21 Jul 2026
Illustration of a fractured world map split between two AI ecosystems, representing the AI Cold War between the US and China
AI Policy

The AI Cold War: How the US-China Tech Divide Is Reshaping Every Other Alliance

The AI Cold War just reversed direction again: Nvidia H200 chips are shipping to China a year after

21 Jul 2026
Apple OpenAI lawsuit illustrated as a corporate legal standoff over trade secrets
Big Tech

Apple OpenAI Lawsuit: The 400-Employee War

Apple has sued OpenAI, alleging former employees stole hardware trade secrets to build its first device, with over

20 Jul 2026
Green AI myth illustrated as efficiency gains outpaced by data centre growth
AI and Environment

The Green AI Myth: Why Every Efficiency Gain in Model Design Gets Consumed by the Next Wave of Demand

Efficiency gains in AI model design are real, but 2026 data on DeepSeek, Google and Microsoft's own emissions

20 Jul 2026
AI rewilding ecosystem model showing habitat corridors and species connectivity across a landscape
AI and Environment

AI Rewilding: Can Algorithmic Ecosystem Modelling Actually Restore Damaged Habitats?

AI is transforming how conservationists model ecosystem recovery, from species distribution and habitat corridors to the data gaps and human factors that still limit what algorithms alone can achieve.

Stuart Kerr · 20 Jul 2026
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Kimi K3 illustrated as a large open-weight neural network compared in scale to existing AI models
Big Tech

Kimi K3: China Just Released the World’s Largest Open AI Model

Moonshot AI's Kimi K3 is the largest open-weight model ever released — 2.8 trillion parameters, half the price

18 Jul 2026
AI at the border illustrated as a checkpoint gate overlaid with an algorithmic scanning grid
AI Ethics

AI at the Border: How Algorithmic Systems Are Making Life-Altering Immigration Decisions

A UK visa algorithm got scrapped for racism. Canada's got so bad a PhD scientist was refused over

18 Jul 2026
The professions AI will create: 1.3 million new roles already exist, concentrated in a handful of places.
AI & Society

The Professions AI Will Create: What the Next Generation of Jobs Actually Looks Like

LinkedIn's hiring data says AI engineer is now the fastest-growing job in America. Here's what the professions AI

18 Jul 2026
AI Safety Index 2026 illustration showing a report card graded C+ for the top AI lab
AI News

AI Safety Index 2026: The World’s Best Lab Just Scored a C+

The Future of Life Institute's 2026 AI Safety Index just graded nine major AI labs. The best score,

17 Jul 2026
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