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Daily Reports on Artificial Intelligence · Data Centers · Regulation

Lead Story · The Guardian Technology

AI less regulated than milk, Microsoft president says in warning over safety

Brad Smith adds to calls for tougher rules for AI, including ‘kill switches’ and legal obligation to victims of rogue agents Business live – latest updates Artificial intelligence is less regulated than milk and washing machines, the president of Microsoft has said, as the tech industry warns over the safety of AI. Brad Smith said there should be more safety rules to govern the technology including a legal obligation to a “victim” if their system was breached by rogue AI agents. Continue reading

Oct 12, 2026

Politico Technology

Democrats lay groundwork for massive AI offensive

Sen. Maria Cantwell, Rep. Lori Trahan and others are staking out their artificial intelligence policy positions as Democrats eye control of one or both chambers of Congress in November.

Oct 9, 2026

Semafor Technology

AI's uncertain opportunity for Africa

The absence of African languages from large language models has become a major concern for the continent’s policymakers and tech leaders.

Oct 9, 2026

MIT Technology Review

We’re putting too much faith in AI’s ability to say no

Ever since people first seriously contemplated giving machines an intelligence modeled on our own, there has never been any question that they would, like us, be able to say no. The sci-fi canon is fu…

Oct 9, 2026

TechCrunch AI

TechCrunch AI

Google brings agentic AI to Gemini, starting with businesses

Google is turning Gemini into an AI agent that can plan, execute tasks, and work across business apps and systems. The agent can delegate work to subagents, use multiple AI models, and even gets its o…

Oct 8, 2026

IEEE Spectrum AI

The U.S. Nuclear Plant Fleet Is Leaning Into AI

If there is any place that would be off-limits to AI, the control room of a nuclear power plant certainly sounds like one. The nuclear industry is historically cautious and risk averse—understandable …

Oct 8, 2026

MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review

Building a safer path to autonomous industrial AI

Industrial AI is entering a new phase. After decades of predictive analytics and other specialized applications, advances in foundation models, physical AI, and agentic AI are making it possible to au…

Oct 8, 2026