Artificial Intelligence

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UK Fears Grow Over AI Giant Palantir’s Health Service Deal

Doctors, MPs and campaigners want the government to use a 2027 break clause to end Palantir’s £330m contract to run the NHS Federated Data Platform. We explain what the deal covers, the five separate fears behind the row, the case Palantir and ministers make for it, the options at the break point, and the lessons for UK organisations buying critical software.

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US Government’s New AI Chatbot Pulls Back From Debunking Trump

On launch day the US government’s new AI chatbot told users Joe Biden won the 2020 election and that Donald Trump did not inherit record inflation. A day later many of the same questions drew a ‘political commentary’ refusal. We set out what changed hour by hour, what it still answers, the rules it is meant to follow, and the lessons for anyone running a public-facing chatbot.

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The ‘War Games’ Problem: Computer Science Has Long Understood What It Takes to Keep AI Under Control

Deven Desai argues that the 2026 AI hacking incidents were not rogue AI but the War Games problem: software pursuing a fixed goal because nobody set its limits. We trace the idea from Norbert Wiener to specification gaming, apply it to the OpenAI, Anthropic and Google cases, and set out his four fixes with the tools that already exist.

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Airbnb Adds AI Search, More Social Features

Airbnb’s fall update brings AI search, keyword filters, AI listing summaries and side-by-side comparisons to US guests, plus Connect and a Travel Map of friends’ trips. We explain how it answers Brian Chesky’s own case against chatbots, check his $100 billion figure, and cover the new services, host tools and the agent threat behind the timing.

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Here’s How Tech Leaders Will Self-Police AI Safety Under Trump’s Deal

Trump’s AI safety accord asks each company for internal controls, an internal team, an outside auditor and a board committee. The structure copies Sarbanes-Oxley but drops the standards body, certifications and penalties. Four of six signatories had already broken rule one, the FTC’s new probe reaches the evaluators, and buyers now have questions to ask.

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