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AI (artificial intelligence)

29 June 2026

• The big interview ‘We’re up against forces that have all the money in the world’: Erin Brockovich on her battle against AI datacentres 05.00 BST
• Shares in chipmakers underpinning AI boom rocket in first half of 2026 04.00 BST

28 June 2026

• Australian with retirement savings? You probably own SpaceX Tech and AI stocks now make up as much as 12% of most balanced superannuation funds, experts say 28 Jun 2026 16.00 BST
• Making sense of it double quotation mark AI claims to have the answers to life’s big questions. But sometimes not knowing brings us closer to the truth Amy Galliford ChatGPT relieves me of my discomfort, but in doing so it robs me of contemplation, of the holy ground between question and answer 28 Jun 2026 16.00 BST
• David Sedaris on his Duolingo obsession: ‘“Today is the last day,” I told myself – but I was powerless to stop’ I decided to combine my need to top the leader table with my daily step count – which is how I found myself walking 10 miles a day while reading out sentences in Japanese, German, Spanish and French 28 Jun 2026 06.00 BST

27 June 2026

• Economics viewpoint double quotation mark The AI bubble has further to run despite the looming crash Phillip Inman As tech firms make huge profits and investors fear losing out, both are doing their best to hold off the day of reckoning 27 Jun 2026 16.00 BST … … comments
• Australian rescue team uses AI-powered drone to find lost hikers – video Two hikers veered off a walking track in Kosciuszko national park, New South Wales, on Tuesday, and were found about half a kilometre off the track Video 0:49
• Dave Eggers: ‘Once you have a machine think and write for you, you’re cooked as a species’ 27 Jun 2026 09.00 BST
• The Saturday read Social media bans go global: big tech faces a reckoning after Australia’s crackdown 27 Jun 2026 06.00 BST
• Hikers lost in Kosciuszko national park rescued within five hours by AI drone 27 Jun 2026 04.05 BST

26 June 2026

• OpenAI staggers AI model release after Trump administration request Sam Altman announces limited preview of GPT 5.6 in move that echoes launch of Anthropic’s Mythos 26 Jun 2026 15.06 BST
• A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong Julie Elie worked out how zebra finches announce who they are, what they are doing and use individual signatures 26 Jun 2026 07.53 BST
• Australian musicians sound warning note after Nick Cave, Kylie and many more slurped into AI training tool ‘It’s all just rendered useless’, Something For Kate’s Paul Dempsey says as AI scrapes millions of songs to learn how to make music 26 Jun 2026 02.09 BST

25 June 2026

• Datacentres are growing target of global climate-related legal cases, report finds 25 Jun 2026 11.03 BST
• ‘More relevant than making fires’: Explorer Scouts launch badges for AI and digital age 25 Jun 2026 08.40 BST

24 June 2026

• Met gets extension to AI project after Sadiq Khan blocked deal Mayor’s office grants extra 12 months to run pilot while London force procures long-term supplier 24 Jun 2026 23.14 BST
• ‘We should be worried’: report sheds light on ICE’s booming arsenal of hi-tech surveillance tools Spending on government contracts with tech firms that use AI-powered tools to track immigrants has soared to record levels under Trump 2.0, report says 24 Jun 2026 21.07 BST
• Big tech spent millions on a single US congressional race. It won’t be the last time 24 Jun 2026 18.55 BST
• AI helps read papyrus scroll burnt to crisp during Vesuvius eruption 24 Jun 2026 16.48 BST
• Critic of Labor’s tax changes deletes anti-immigration AI video reposted from rightwing nationalist account 24 Jun 2026 16.00 BST