AI for good, AI for bad: the log
Every AI news story we've sorted, newest first. 16 good, 41 bad so far.
- The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle
The Guardian · 24 Oct 2026 · harming local residents - John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security
The Guardian · 24 Oct 2026 · bolster Britain's security - Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom
The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · prevents AI-generated footage - Opposition deepfake video sparks outrage in Spain ahead of election
The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI deepfake sparks outrage - ‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking
The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI-enabled hacking - Experts cast doubt on Anthropic report detailing how AI has altered work at the company
The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI job elimination - Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?
The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI unemployment - Can AI really predict cancer survival better than a doctor? I have my doubts | Devi Sridhar
The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · predict cancer survival - The internet has broken – again. Shouldn’t the tech firms that make billions from it pay to fix it? | Chris Stokel-Walker
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · vulnerabilities - PHP: Pretty Huge Problem with the internet – The Latest
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · hackers could exploit - The race to fix huge PHP code flaw at the heart of the internet - The Latest
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · hackers could exploit - The Guardian view on AI safety: the push for global regulation must advance | Editorial
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · regulation needed - Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank’s bosses hail AI productivity advances
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · job cuts due to AI - ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · illegally fells trees - How tech became the villain of the US midterms
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · soured Americans on big tech - Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · alleged AI novel writing - ‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun
The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · robot friend helps adolescent - As fans reject AI-generated music, even boosters are drawing the line
The Guardian · 21 Oct 2026 · fans reject AI music - Could this be a Deep Blue moment for the cryptic crossword?
The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · outdone humans - ‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons - video
The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · AI bioweapons threat - US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies
The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · data security risk - The dangers of letting tech billionaires shape our world
The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · AI controls lives - Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · AI harms workers - ‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons – podcast
The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · bioweapons - Don’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite | Gaby Hinsliff
The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · wasting time - Upcoming News24 doco to probe chilling question at the heart of the AI revolution - News24
Google News · 19 Oct 2026 · chilling question - Albo assembles AI strike team after cyber breach - The Nightly
Google News · 19 Oct 2026 · cyber breach - Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff
The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · tracking staff - We need to stop disinformation in UK political adverts. Here’s a chance to do so | Letter
The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · disinformation - New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests
The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · predicts cancer survival - Why Artificial Intelligence Could Threaten The Future Of Science - Forbes
Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · threatens science - Explainable Artificial Intelligence as the Missing Link in Dementia Pa | JMDH - Dove Medical Press
Google News · 19 Oct 2026 · dementia research - Fleet Space Technologies leads threat detection project - Australian Defence Magazine
Google News · 19 Oct 2026 · threat detection - AI firm Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to fund for ‘public good’
The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · fund for public good - US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds
The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · nonconsensual nude imagery - Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns
The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · strong-arm - World leaders must wise up to threat of cyber-attacks or rogue fridges will be least of their worries | Heather Stewart
The Guardian · 18 Oct 2026 · AI increases fraud risk - What are self-replicating ‘AI worms’, and why is Anthropic worried about them?
The Guardian · 18 Oct 2026 · AI worms warning - World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries
The Guardian · 18 Oct 2026 · speeds economic development - The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’ - The Guardian
Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · AI safety concerns - AI fears are being weaponised - Al Jazeera
Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · AI fears weaponised - Croatia sets out €932 million plan for artificial intelligence development - Croatia Week
Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · AI development plan - Fake Linda and me: the Agatha Christie-worthy mystery of the fraudster who stole my byline
The Guardian · 17 Oct 2026 · AI-enabled fraud - Why Britain should reject the lure of cheap – and scary – Chinese AI
The Guardian · 17 Oct 2026 · fears from Chinese AI - The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’
The Guardian · 17 Oct 2026 · AI safety concerns - Mini brain organoids ‘reading’ Braille marks key step towards biohybrid computing - Frontiers
Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · biohybrid computing - Artificial intelligence for life-cycle-aware sustainable materials discovery - Nature
Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · sustainable materials - Mercedes-Benz digitalises global product development with PLM.AI and accelerates processes by up to 30% - Mercedes-Benz Group
Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · accelerates processes - Artificial intelligence cracks centuries-old ciphers - Taipei Times
Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · cracks ciphers - How my son showed me AI is now the world’s biggest lose-lose bet - AFR
Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · lose-lose bet - AI fears are being weaponised - Al Jazeera
Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · fears weaponised - Decluttering your online life: how to get your digital house in order and protect your data from AI
The Guardian · 16 Oct 2026 · boosts productivity - Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit
The Guardian · 14 Oct 2026 · harming children - Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – podcast
The Guardian · 15 Oct 2026 · AI surveillance - Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work - video
The Guardian · 15 Oct 2026 · AI surveillance - Tell us: have you used AI to help with online dating?
The Guardian · 15 Oct 2026 · helps online dating - AI threatens democracy. But we are not powerless: here’s how to fight back | Carine Fouteau
The Guardian · 16 Oct 2026 · threatens democracy
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