AI-generated news should carry ‘nutrition’ labels, thinktank says

30 janvier 2026 à 07:00

The Institute for Public Policy Research also argues that tech companies must pay publishers for content they use

AI-generated news should carry “nutrition” labels and tech companies must pay publishers for the content they use, according to a left-of-centre thinktank, amid rising use of the technology as a source for current affairs.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said AI firms were rapidly emerging as the new “gatekeepers” of the internet and intervention was needed to create a healthy AI news environment.

‘Chilling’ hacking network is targeting vulnerable children, charity warns

The Guardian

Par :Dan Milmo Global technology editor

30 janvier 2026 à 01:01

Ecosystem known as the Com is carrying out extreme exploitation, violence and sexual abuse, says report

A leading UK online safety charity has issued a “public warning” about a hacking community that is targeting vulnerable children for sexual abuse, self-harm and suicide.

The Molly Rose Foundation (MRF) said online networks linked to a global ecosystem labelled the Com were carrying out extreme exploitation, cyberbullying, violence and abuse – and called for a coordinated global response from governments, regulators, law enforcement and tech companies.

SpaceX mulls $1.5tn IPO timed to ‘align with Musk’s birthday and the planets’

The Guardian

Par :Dan Milmo Global technology editor

28 janvier 2026 à 11:18

World’s richest person targeting symbolic date in June for flotation of rocket company

Elon Musk’s SpaceX is considering a flotation valuing the rocket company at $1.5tn (£1.1tn) that will reportedly be timed for early summer to coincide with a planetary alignment and the multibillionaire’s birthday.

The world’s richest person is targeting a symbolic date of mid-June for the initial public offering, according to the Financial Times. This would be around the same time as Jupiter and Venus appear in close proximity to each other and shortly before Musk turns 55 on 28 June.

‘Wake up to the risks of AI, they are almost here,’ Anthropic boss warns

The Guardian

Par :Dan Milmo Global technology editor

27 janvier 2026 à 13:53

Dario Amodei questions if human systems are ready to handle the ‘almost unimaginable power’ that is ‘potentially imminent’

Quarter of Britons fear losing jobs to AI in next five years

Humanity is entering a phase of artificial intelligence development that will “test who we are as a species”, the boss of the AI startup Anthropic has said, arguing that the world needs to “wake up” to the risks.

Dario Amodei, a co-founder and the chief executive of the company behind the hit chatbot Claude, voiced his fears in a 19,000-word essay titled “The adolescence of technology”.

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