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I visualise a time when we will be to robots what dogs are to humans, and I’m rooting for the machines."

—Claude Shannon

As AI Reaches Courts: UNESCO Issues Global Guidance for Judiciary

UNESCO's new toolkit examines how artificial intelligence is being used across judicial systems, highlighting its applications alongside legal, ethical and human rights challenges.

UNESCO’s toolkit brings together global case studies on AI in the justice sector, examining how courts are using the technology while highlighting legal, ethical and human rights concerns raised by its deployment.

Trained to Chase KPIs, AI Agents Can Abandon Their Safety Guardrails: Study

Researchers found AI agents become fixated on a performance dashboard only when they must read it to know which action pays. Representative image.

A new study from NVIDIA Research and Rutgers University warns that training AI agents to chase visible metrics such as KPIs and profit-and-loss can override their built-in safety alignment , but only when the agent must read the dashboard to know what pays off.

UNICRI, OpenAI Fund AI Literacy Drive to Train Teachers Across EMEA

UNICRI's Centre for AI and Robotics is one of 12 recipients of OpenAI's €500,000 EMEA Youth & Wellbeing Grant. Image: OpenAI / UNICRI

The programme will support institutions across the EMEA region,which are developing practical tools, research, and initiatives aimed at ensuring AI is safe, responsible, and beneficial for young people

UK PM Keir Starmer Pushes AI Expansion While Warning Tech Firms Over AI-Generated Child Abuse Content

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer outlines Britain's AI strategy at London Tech Week, combining major AI investments with tougher expectations on child safety protections.

Starmer stressed that the pace of change cannot be an excuse for harm and that technology should adapt to the needs of society, not the other way round.

Amnesty Calls Leading AI Models ‘Unlawful by Design’

Illustration of AI-driven data collection and human influence.

Amnesty International said leading AI models rely on unlawful web scraping and pose risks to privacy, human rights and the environment. The group urged governments to prohibit systems built using such practices.

Pope Leo XIV to Release AI Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas, To be Joined by Anthropic Co-founder

Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah (left) will join Pope Leo XIV (right) at the Vatican presentation of the encyclical Magnifica humanitas on May 25.

The release follows the Vatican’s approval of a new AI commission tasked with studying the technology’s impact on humanity and shaping its use within the Holy See.

“What will AI do to American Workers”, asks Sanders as Meta Lays Off 10% Workforce

Senator Bernie Sanders questioned whether AI will harm American workers after Meta laid off 10% staff.

Following Meta’s layoff, Senator Sanders said he wishes to speak to workers impacted by automation.

Why Taiwan Still Sits at the Center of the US-China AI Race

Taiwan sits at the center of US-CHINA AI dominance race

Despite billions in US investment and China’s domestic chip push, Taiwan remains the chokepoint in the US-China AI race, with advanced chips, compute infrastructure, and semiconductor power still running through the island.

OpenAI Launches New Tool to Verify AI Images Generated by ChatGPT

OpenAI has launched a new tool to verify ai generated images made from openai tools.

OpenAI has claimed that users can check for images generated by other AI tools as well but a confirmed assessment will only come for images generated by OpenAI tools.

Claude Mythos Won’t Stay Rare or in Safe Hands Forever, Warns Anthropic Frontier Red Team Head

Logan Graham, head of Anthropic's Frontier Red Team, has cautioned that capabilities like those shown by Claude Mythos Preview "won't stay rare, or stay in careful hands."

Logan Graham, head of Anthropic’s Frontier Red Team, has warned that the cybersecurity capabilities demonstrated by Claude Mythos Preview “won’t stay rare, or stay in careful hands.” His post on X follows independent evaluations by the UK AI Security Institute and XBOW confirming the model’s step-change in autonomous offensive security capabilities.