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“At least $156bn in projects were blocked or delayed in 2025 across the United States, according to Data Center Watch, a project by the AI safety firm, 10a Labs, that tracks opposition nationwide to datacenters.”

“Labor is mulling copyright changes in a suite of reforms around AI, including datacentres, online safety, workforce, energy and the economy.”

“But in a slate of other issues including immigration, housing costs, abortion, crime and safety and AI, corruption was the next top issue.”

“…n drivers went on strike to urge more investment in railway safety. - US news | The Trump administration has opened a criminal investigation in California over claims that thousands of noncitizens are registered to vote in the state, and has begun subpoenaing…”

“A spokesperson for BenBau said the company “takes all concerns regarding the welfare, health and safety of our people extremely seriously” and has “stringent procedures for reporting, investigating and addressing workplace concerns”.”

“The federal government wants to ban AI chatbots which seek to create “emotional intimacy” after prime minister Anthony Albanese raised the alarm in a heartfelt speech about children treating these agents as their “best friend”.”

“…o datacentre construction is being fuelled by widening public concern about the safety of AI systems, after a summer in which some of the largest companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic and Google appeared to lose control of some of their most cutting-edge…”

“Recent news stories, following former Anthropic safety employee Jacob Coxon’s statements about AI’s near-term apocalyptic risks, were further reminders of the absolute amorality of Altman and Anthropic’s Dario Amodei.”

“… is understood to have been questioned under caution by Humberside police. - Energy | The development of a huge AI datacentre hailed by the UK government has received a fresh setback after Microsoft pulled out of the project over concerns about power…”

“A man who was killed by a tiger at a South Yorkshire zoo had suffered bouts of psychosis, his family told an inquest opening, as they expressed concerns about his contact with mental health services before his death.”

“People getting voting info from AI an ‘emerging concern’, AEC says Josh Taylor The Australian Electoral Commissioner, Jeff Pope, has said people getting their information about voting in Australia from AI chatbots such as ChatGPT or Claude is an “emerging…”

“The company declined to comment on the figures, which come after a series of AI safety crises involving its models.”

“… stepped in to block it from awarding Palantir a two-year £50m deal for Scotland Yard to use AI to process intelligence in criminal investigations in a system called unified operational analytics (UOA), citing a “clear and serious breach” of procurement…”

“Safety concerns about AI agents – highly capable computer programs that are able to design and perform sequences of tasks autonomously – have risen since the summer, when OpenAI confirmed that a “swarm” of agents had attacked Hugging Face, a tech startup.”

“Huang, whose company makes the chips that AI firms require, dismissed Hinton’s vocal concerns that the pace and breadth of AI development at the “frontier” could soon outpace the human ability to control it, and particularly his warning that there is a 10-20%…”

“In fact, the conversation now reaches beyond classical safety concerns, getting into AI’s impact on economic life and the environment, as well as possible responses, from alignment research to government regulation.”

“AI firm OpenAI, thrust into the public consciousness much more recently than Meta, has had to defend against dozens of lawsuits alleging chatbot ChatGPT lacks safety guardrails.”

“Here is the agenda for the day. 11am: Kanishka Narayan, the AI minister, gives a speech. 11am: Nigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, and Zia Yusuf, its home affairs spokesperson, hold a press conference. 11.30am: Downing Street holds a lobby briefing. 2.30pm:…”

“Flock Safety plans to let go of about 18% of its employees, people with direct knowledge of the plans said on Thursday, as the maker of AI-powered surveillance cameras and license-plate readers faces mounting opposition to its products from communities and…”

“Last month, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, said that the company would not float on the stock market this year as had been expected, citing safety concerns over AI.”

“Charlton raised concerns that “frontier labs are putting capability ahead of safety”, positing that Australia can have the most impact on the development of AI by hosting and influencing frontier labs.”

“Joseph Miller, an AI safety researcher who has suspended his doctoral studies at Oxford University to run Pause AI’s UK branch, noticed the shift while campaigning outside Brixton tube station in London.”

“She said she would also raise concerns about online safety, scams, and how any benefits would be spread among all Australians.”

“According to reporting by US media, the withdrawal appears to be in response to fresh or renewed security concerns about safety on the base.”

“This has become a significant problem in schools, particularly with the introduction of AI and deepfakes, but headteachers are hoping phone bans and social media restrictions will help to turn the tide.”

“The president has largely brushed aside concerns about AI development and the construction of datacenters, which power the technology.”

“Meanwhile, safety concerns, including fears that AI could destroy humanity, have been garnering more attention from lawmakers across the country and prompted OpenAI and Anthropic to call for slowing the pace of development.”

“In other news … - Google has rolled out a new Gemini AI model – but has restricted access over safety concerns.”

“…ifornia’s attorney general has issued an investigative subpoena to OpenAI, starting an investigation into the startup as part of a broader inquiry into potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities and incidents related to its AI models, his office said on…”

“AI giant Anthropic has urged the Albanese government to consider giving “conditional approval” for big tech to train its models on Australian copyrighted works under an opt-out model, after conceding it won’t secure a blanket copyright exemption.”