The use of AI is never a purely technical matter: when it enters processes that affect people’s lives, it touches on rights, opportunities, status and freedom"
—Pope Leo XIV
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Your AI chatbot may be polite, helpful — and terrible at keeping your secrets. A new study accepted at ICML 2026 pressure-tested 24 of the world’s leading AI models through 904 adversarial conversations and found that 17 of them fail to protect user privacy when pushed.
The AI triage tool in NHS app is part of £10 billion funding received by NHS to digitalize healthcare system.
According to the survey by UNICEF, which is based on data from 10 countries, at least 20 million children have used AI and many are outpacing adults by adopting it at rates more than three times faster.
HCLTech has signed an AI-led contract worth an estimated $1.14 billion with a Europe-headquartered Fortune Global 50 company, one of the Indian IT major’s biggest deals in recent years.
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.
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.
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
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 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.
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.
