A UK government evaluation of Microsoft’s M365 Copilot (trialled Oct–Dec 2024 by the Department for Business and Trade) found mixed results and no clear overall productivity uplift. The department issued…
Uber India Starts Offering Drivers Gigs Collecting and Classifying Info For AI Models Summary Uber’s India division has begun offering its rideshare and delivery drivers short ‘digital’ gigs via the…
Google Deletes Net-Zero Pledge From Sustainability Website Summary Canada’s National Observer investigation finds Google quietly removed its headline net-zero-by-2030 pledge from its Sustainability website in mid-2025. The commitment, announced with…
Slashdot Asks: Can Panasonic Reinvent Itself? Summary Panasonic’s market value has been essentially flat at about $25bn over the past decade, even as rivals such as Hitachi, Sony and NEC…
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices Summary Alphabet’s Google has been fined $3.45 billion by the European Commission for allegedly favouring its own online display…
Geoffrey Hinton: ‘AI Will Make a Few People Much Richer and Most People Poorer’ Summary Nobel laureate and deep-learning pioneer Geoffrey Hinton warns that AI will concentrate wealth among a…
Anthropic Clamps Down on AI Services for Chinese-Owned Firms Summary Anthropic has tightened access to its AI services, blocking companies majority-owned by entities in countries it deems adversarial — explicitly…
Columbia Tries Using AI To Cool Off Student Tensions Summary Columbia University is testing Sway, an AI-powered debate programme developed by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, to see whether matching…
Anthropic Agrees to Pay Authors at Least $1.5 Billion in AI Copyright Settlement Summary Anthropic has agreed to pay at least $1.5 billion to settle a US class-action lawsuit brought…
Proof-of-Concept in 15 Minutes? AI Turbocharges Exploitation Summary An AI-driven offensive research pipeline, dubbed Auto Exploit and developed by two independent Israeli security researchers, uses LLM prompts, CVE advisories and…
