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AI for good, AI for bad: the log

Every AI news story we've sorted, newest first. 18 good, 47 bad so far.

• The datacentre next door: on the frontline of tech’s latest David v Goliath battle
  The Guardian · 24 Oct 2026 · harming local residents
• John Healey pledges to use budget to harness power of AI to bolster Britain’s security
  The Guardian · 24 Oct 2026 · bolster Britain's security
• Blue Planet III features cloudier footage to prove authenticity amid AI boom
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI-generated animals
• Opposition deepfake video sparks outrage in Spain ahead of election
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI deepfake sparks outrage
• ‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI-enabled hacking
• Experts cast doubt on Anthropic report detailing how AI has altered work at the company
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI job shift skepticism
• Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI unemployment
• Can AI really predict cancer survival better than a doctor? I have my doubts | Devi Sridhar
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · predict cancer survival
• Experts: How are climate scientists using artificial intelligence? - Carbon Brief
  Google News · 22 Oct 2026 · climate help
• Australian families turn to artificial intelligence in fight against soaring supermarket prices - 7NEWS
  Google News · 22 Oct 2026 · saves money
• Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs and employ more artificial intelligence - Computer Weekly
  Google News · 22 Oct 2026 · job losses
• Artificial intelligence in stroke rehabilitation: A structured clinical review - News-Medical
  Google News · 22 Oct 2026 · stroke rehab
• University locked in union dispute over AI-powered admissions - AFR
  Google News · 22 Oct 2026 · union dispute
• Sharp drops for AI stocks overwhelm markets worldwide as oil prices jump
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · stocks drop
• The internet has broken – again. Shouldn’t the tech firms that make billions from it pay to fix it? | Chris Stokel-Walker
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · internet broken
• PHP: Pretty Huge Problem with the internet – The Latest
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · vulnerability to steal
• The race to fix huge PHP code flaw at the heart of the internet - The Latest
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · hackers could exploit
• The Guardian view on AI safety: the push for global regulation must advance | Editorial
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · lacks regulation
• Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank’s bosses hail AI productivity advances
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · job losses
• ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · illegally fells trees
• How tech became the villain of the US midterms
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · soured Americans
• Finsure declines 13 brokers after AI tool flags hidden risks - Australian Broker
  Google News · 22 Oct 2026 · Risk flagging
• As fans reject AI-generated music, even boosters are drawing the line - The Guardian
  Google News · 21 Oct 2026 · AI music rejection
• AI could lead to $136,000 productivity gain each year for SMEs - SmartCompany
  Google News · 21 Oct 2026 · Productivity gain
• How the environmental impact of AI will affect human health. - Medical Journal of Australia
  Google News · 22 Oct 2026 · Environmental harm
• Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · Alleged AI misuse
• As fans reject AI-generated music, even boosters are drawing the line
  The Guardian · 21 Oct 2026 · fans reject AI music
• Artificial Intelligence Versus Logistic Regression for Postoperative Mortality Prediction: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis - Cureus
  Google News · 20 Oct 2026 · medical prediction
• Police 'deeply concerned' about AI use in radical posts - Yahoo News Australia
  Google News · 21 Oct 2026 · radical posts
• AI on track to ‘crowd out’ human decision-making in warfare - UN News
  Google News · 20 Oct 2026 · replacing humans
• Artificial Intelligence-Enabled Triage Tools May Reflect Human Biases | Newswise - Newswise
  Google News · 20 Oct 2026 · human biases
• ‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons - video
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · AI bioweapons threat
• I’m a CTO. AI still needs your human expertise | Madhu Shashanka
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · human expertise valued
• US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · data transfer risk
• The dangers of letting tech billionaires shape our world
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · tech control over lives
• Labor and the Coalition are poised to take a reckless gamble on AI. Haven’t they realised community support has collapsed? | Edward Santow and Sarah Sacher
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · AI harms workers
• ‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons – podcast
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · bioweapons threat
• Don’t be fooled. The AI that was supposed to save us time is doing just the opposite | Gaby Hinsliff
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · wasting time
• Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff
  The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · tracking staff
• We need to stop disinformation in UK political adverts. Here’s a chance to do so | Letter
  The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · disinformation
• New AI tool can predict cancer survival by a single patient selfie, study suggests
  The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · predicts cancer survival
• AI firm Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to fund for ‘public good’
  The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · funds public good
• US teens can access ‘nudify’ apps despite Apple and Google’s parental controls, report finds
  The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · nudify apps
• Kylie Minogue songs already used to train AI as tech firms ‘strong-arm’ Australian government, music body warns
  The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · strong-arm
• What are self-replicating ‘AI worms’, and why is Anthropic worried about them?
  The Guardian · 18 Oct 2026 · AI worms pose risk
• AI agents promise to shop for you, but Amazon, eBay and banks are shutting them out - Ynetnews
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · shut out by companies
• Google brings AI to real-time weather tracking - Pickr
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · improves weather tracking
• The Language of Extermination: NAZA, Artificial Intelligence and Gaza - Countercurrents
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · associated with extermination
• World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries - The Guardian
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · transforms developing countries
• World leaders must wise up to threat of cyber-attacks or rogue fridges will be least of their worries | Heather Stewart
  The Guardian · 18 Oct 2026 · increases digital fraud risk
• World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries
  The Guardian · 18 Oct 2026 · speeds economic development
• Artificial intelligence for life-cycle-aware sustainable materials discovery - Nature
  Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · sustainable materials
• Investors lose confidence in AI boom as Wall Street suffers fresh losses - News24
  Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · investor losses
• AI fears are being weaponised - Al Jazeera
  Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · fears weaponised
• AI helps to track lobsters when 'no two shells are the same' - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · tracks lobsters
• How my son showed me AI is now the world’s biggest lose-lose bet - AFR
  Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · lose-lose bet
• Fake Linda and me: the Agatha Christie-worthy mystery of the fraudster who stole my byline
  The Guardian · 17 Oct 2026 · AI-powered fraud
• Why Britain should reject the lure of cheap – and scary – Chinese AI
  The Guardian · 17 Oct 2026 · fear from Chinese AI
• The power of AI is worrying senior Labour figures – as is the fear of ‘falling behind the public’
  The Guardian · 17 Oct 2026 · AI safety concerns
• Decluttering your online life: how to get your digital house in order and protect your data from AI
  The Guardian · 16 Oct 2026 · boosts productivity
• Eight states accuse OpenAI of coaching children to harm themselves in lawsuit
  The Guardian · 14 Oct 2026 · harming children
• Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – podcast
  The Guardian · 15 Oct 2026 · AI surveillance
• Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work - video
  The Guardian · 15 Oct 2026 · AI surveillance
• Tell us: have you used AI to help with online dating?
  The Guardian · 15 Oct 2026 · helps online dating
• AI threatens democracy. But we are not powerless: here’s how to fight back | Carine Fouteau
  The Guardian · 16 Oct 2026 · threatens democracy

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