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This Luddite Puppet Hopes You’re Not Reading This on Your Smartphone

On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, WIRED’s senior culture editor Manisha Krishnan talks to Gowanus about eschewing Big Tech, going outside, and rejection in the age of dating apps.

Pure DC launches €7.5bn Finland AI datacentre campus

Computing

550MW AI datacentre project – with Microsoft reportedly signed up – reflects shift as European market moves north to bypass power constraints in traditional Flap-D hubs

The Chatbot That Foretold Why People Share Secrets With ChatGPT

Business

In the 1960s an MIT professor named Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called ELIZA. The conversations people had with it set precedents for the chatbots to come.

Sotheby’s Big T. Rex Auction Raises Concerns Hype and Wealth Are Upending Science

Science

Private buyers are increasingly outbidding museums for fossils. That’s making it difficult—or even impossible—for researchers to improve our understanding of the past.

DOGE Used AI for Housing Policy. The Government Won’t Say How

Business

In response to a public records request, HUD has withheld documents about DOGE’s use of AI—in part by citing a privilege that doesn’t exist.

The US Approves Launch of Mirror Satellite That Can Reflect Sunlight and Illuminate the Earth at Night

Science

The FCC authorized Reflect Orbital to launch the mirror satellite Eärendil-1. “For optical astronomy, this poses an existential threat,” the European Southern Observatory said.

DMCC launches cyber security hub as UAE accelerates development of digital resilience ecosystem

Computing

DMCC Cyber vertical brings together more than 200 cyber security firms under the DMCC Tech platform, reinforcing Dubai’s ambition to become a global technology and cyber innovation hub

Interview: Lucie Audibert, solicitor in MP Jess Asato’s Grok case

Computing

AWO solicitor Lucie Audibert speaks with Computer Weekly about representing Labour MP Jess Asato’s legal claim against xAI’s chatbot Grok, its nudification capabilities and how this case may define what liability for developers of AI tools look like

Siri AI Is Becoming Apple’s Everything Tool

Technology

Apple’s revamped Siri is more than a voice assistant; it’s now the backbone of the iPhone user experience. You can try it now through the iOS 27 public beta.

Cyber body Crest launches AI security charter

Computing

Crest’s industry-backed AI charter commits signatories to supporting responsible AI adoption and aims to foster trust in AI-enabled security services.

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