The student “AI revolt” is mostly a myth. Business students just want to be taught how to use it.

The boos at last spring’s graduations suggested a student revolt against AI. The data points the other way. Among business students at one Washington school, regular AI use has quietly become the no [...]

France’s tax agency lost data on 678,000 people to a stolen login

The French tax agency says an attacker took data belonging to 678,000 individuals and businesses. The intrusions happened in June and July. The agency did not establish that anything had left its syst [...]

A retina chip that restores sight is going on sale in Europe

Geographic atrophy is the worst form of age-related macular degeneration. For most people who have it, the centre of the world slowly greys out. Faces blur. Words vanish. There is no cure, only treatm [...]

Coinbase launches an AI agent that can trade crypto and pay for research on your behalf

Coinbase has launched an AI agent that can execute crypto trades and pay for premium research data on behalf of users. The agent integrates with a user’s main Coinbase account or can operate in a se [...]

Substack adds AI detection to fight ‘Claudefishing’

Substack has a name for the moment you realise a post you admired for its human voice actually came from a bot: Claudefishing. Now it is handing readers a button to catch it, powered by the AI detecto [...]

CCTV-Affiliated Account Attacks Anthropic, Sets Terms for US-China AI Talks

A social media account affiliated with Chinese state broadcaster CCTV published a lengthy attack on Anthropic on August 31, 2026, accusing the US artificial intelligence company of overstepping user d [...]

Deel acquires deepfake-detection startup Clarity as fake hire problem grows

Deel, the global HR and payroll platform, has acquired Clarity, a Tel Aviv-based AI cybersecurity startup that detects deepfakes and verifies identities in real time. The deal, reportedly worth betwee [...]

X said Chinese bots fuelled the data centre backlash. A researcher checked

X said it had found a Chinese bot farm pushing Americans to turn against AI data centres. A researcher who went looking for those accounts found that almost nobody had seen them. Darren Linvill, a res [...]

Swiss startup GR3N raises €15.5M to build the world’s first microwave-powered PET recycling plant

Swiss cleantech startup GR3N has raised €15.5 million in a Series B round to build the world’s first commercial-scale microwave-assisted PET recycling plant. The round was led by 360 Capital, with [...]