AI & Robotics — Latest News

OpenAI employee accused of spying had ‘one-way ticket to Saudi Arabia’

AI, green energy and economic transitions risk leaving vulnerable communities behind, UN warns

Rapid transformations – from artificial intelligence and digital technologies to renewable energy and demographic shifts – are reshaping economies worldwide, creating new opportunities but also threatening to deepen socio-economic inequalities, a new UN report warned on Thursday.

Amazon’s Bee launches two new personal AI devices, starting at $75

Amazon-owned Bee has launched its first new AI devices since its acquisition, including an updated wearable and a credit-card-sized recorder that attaches to smartphones. The devices can summarize conversations, create to-do lists, and integrate with Alexa and Amazon shopping, with prices starting at $74.99.

Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work - video

Workers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then via computer software labelled ‘bossware’. But AI is transforming the capabilities of these systems, processing huge volumes of data to provide minute-by-minute accounts of activity, and productivity. To find out more, Ian Sample hears from UK technology editor Robert Booth. He explains which sectors are ado

Scoop: The FTC demanded documents from AI giants over recent safety incidents

Meta has an AI advantage OpenAI and Anthropic can't replicate

AI Agents to Soon Trade Bonds, HSBC’s Investment Bank Head Says

The Engineer Accused of Bugging OpenAI’s Top-Secret Conference Room

The irony of OpenAI crying foul over spying

A company that owes its existence and enormous valuation to stealing others' work is now up in arms about theft.

Tech market sell-off deepens amid fears over US inflation and AI debt

Chip makers and tech investors such as Samsung and SoftBank plunge as global investors fret over potential interest rate hikesBusiness news – live updatesLarry Elliott: the global economy is muddling through. But a storm is comingAn accelerating sell-off of AI-linked shares has hit global markets, as fears over rising inflation and future interest rate hikes spooked traders already wary of the hea

OpenAI in UK sees huge jump in salaries

OpenAI’s British staff handed £800,000 each

Poland looks to economic heights in a country transformed since Soviet days

In the final part of our series on the country, Poles tell how wages have soared – along with the cost of livingAbove the rain-soaked streets of Warsaw, the observation deck of the Varso tower overlooks Joseph Stalin’s gift to Poland that has divided opinion for decades.For some, the Soviet-era Palace of Culture and Science is a drunk confectioner’s nightmare; standing as a relic of oppression tha

The global economy is muddling through against the odds. But a storm is coming | Larry Elliott

Finance ministers gathering for the IMF annual meeting know the need for multilateral cooperation to deal with many crises. There is little chance of thatNot much has gone right for the global economy this year, and plenty has gone wrong. Two big regional wars are destabilising prices and supply chains everywhere. Businesses and consumers are feeling the effects of a serious energy shock. Rising i

Figma announces new features to define how agents work on its platform

Figma is also releasing its code layers feature in open beta.

Is your boss watching you? The rise of AI surveillance at work – podcast

Workers have always been monitored by their bosses, first through output targets, and then via computer software labelled ‘bossware’. But AI is transforming the capabilities of these systems, processing huge volumes of data to provide minute-by-minute accounts of activity, and productivity. To find out more, Ian Sample hears from UK technology editor Robert Booth. He explains which sectors are ado

Sound Practices for Responsible Adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI): Overview of consultation responses

FSB finalises sound practices for the responsible adoption of artificial intelligence (AI)

Q&A: The “collision” between AI, your brain, and society

In a new book, Professor Eric So explores how the technology affects our thinking skills.

OpenAI bugging suspect allegedly booked one-way trip to Saudi Arabia

Saudi national Abdulrahman Alfozan was due to fly to Saudi Arabia on October 12, US prosecutors say in court filing.