Microsoft's data center subcontractor in New Jersey illegally runs a bunch of gas "backup" generators on site, figuring they won't get caught or will just eat the wrist-slap fines if they do. Regulatory enforcement is so bad that a third party had to take drone images to get the state to act.

New Jersey datacenter fined $1.1m after visual investigation showed dozens of unpermitted generators

State regulator’s record fine for DataOne facility in Vineland follows Floodlight investigation with the Guardian

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“My nightmare is that we have bots on Emory Healthcare’s side, bots on Cigna’s side that keep talking to each other,” said Dr. Joon S. Lee, the chief executive of Emory Healthcare. “A whole data center could be occupied just doing that.”

Battle of Hospital A.I. vs. Insurer A.I. Is Pushing Medical Costs Higher

The use of artificial intelligence by hospitals and health insurers is escalating their longstanding feud over paying for medical care.

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OpenAI hacks US Government www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

OpenAI bots meddled with US government agencies, including SEC and Census

OpenAI said its bots accessed public data from a range of institutions during test exercises.

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“The MP said Network Rail was undertaking a range of measures including reinforcing sections of track, removing excess vegetation and carrying out essential repair works until mid-October.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Derailment disruptions unacceptable, Eastbourne MP says

Some train passengers in Eastbourne have been facing delays following the derailment near Lewes.

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“The Bodleian material digitised by OpenAI has been used to “populate the OpenAI training set”, according to internal documents.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Oxford lets OpenAI train its AI models on Bodleian Library

University staff voice concerns over reputational risk of partnering with company behind ChatGPT

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OpenAI hacks more companies… www.economist.com/the-world-in... from The Economist

World in Brief: Dozens more OpenAI hacks; Trump reportedly rejects Iran ceasefire offer

Catch up quickly on the global stories that matter

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“The assumptions of the British state changed. In a globalising, post-cold war world, Britain was fed and heated by increasingly baroque supply chains. “Just in time” replaced “just in case” as the management philosophy of UK plc. “ www.ft.com/content/ba80...

How resilient is Britain?

As climate and geopolitical risks cast doubt on the UK’s ability to cope in a crisis, leaders are turning from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ as a governing philosophy

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Another excellent piece by @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social (English) Devolution, like so much else is turning into a binary issue where you either think it a waste of time and money, or a silver bullet to solve all our problems. www.ft.com/content/067a... The dangers of devolution dogma

The dangers of devolution dogma

Viewing decentralisation as a silver bullet could lead to an unthinking rush to pass down power as fast as possible

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“The assumptions of the British state changed. In a globalising, post-cold war world, Britain was fed and heated by increasingly baroque supply chains. “Just in time” replaced “just in case” as the management philosophy of UK plc. “ www.ft.com/content/ba80...

How resilient is Britain?

As climate and geopolitical risks cast doubt on the UK’s ability to cope in a crisis, leaders are turning from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’ as a governing philosophy

ft.com

“…the advent of ecommerce, now supercharged by AI, has given retailers the ability to track customer purchases and online behaviour, giving rise to concerns about so-called personalised pricing.” www.ft.com/content/632e...

Walmart chief rules out personalised pricing as AI transforms retail

Largest US retailer issues open letter saying it will not use electronic shelf labels to change costs based on shopper identity

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OpenAI hacks more companies… www.economist.com/the-world-in... from The Economist

World in Brief: Dozens more OpenAI hacks; Trump reportedly rejects Iran ceasefire offer

Catch up quickly on the global stories that matter

economist.com

“…the advent of ecommerce, now supercharged by AI, has given retailers the ability to track customer purchases and online behaviour, giving rise to concerns about so-called personalised pricing.” www.ft.com/content/632e...

Walmart chief rules out personalised pricing as AI transforms retail

Largest US retailer issues open letter saying it will not use electronic shelf labels to change costs based on shopper identity

ft.com

'A second process using different models was conducted “to guard against any one model’s idiosyncrasies”, with the scores then being combined to produce an overall ranking. Only the proposals in the top half of the table proceeded to human review.'

'An email sent to reject applicants said that “AI-based review” had been used to conduct an “initial triage” of the 179 proposals, using several different AI models to judge against seven criteria, including relevance, quality and novelty, feasibility and value for money.'

Really interesting study from @nestauk.bsky.social and @acjsissons.bsky.social shows how energy bills are rising, but gas bills are rising much faster than electricity bill, suggesting the clean power drive is starting to deliver the long-sought decoupling. www.businessgreen.com/news/4536329...

Study: Electricity bills rising 'much more slowly' than gas due to UK's clean power drive

Household energy bills are set to rise this winter, but Nesta claims there are signs gas and electricity bills are beginning to 'decouple' in a boost for households with heat pumps and EVs

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“Academics have expressed dismay after artificial intelligence was used to reject half of the grant proposals in a UK Research and Innovation-funded call.” www.timeshighereducation.com/news/ai-only...

AI-only research grant rejection in UKRI-funded call sparks alarm

Artificial intelligence used to cull half of applications submitted by cybersecurity scholars, before they got to human eyes

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26 years ago, she published a wildly prophetic book about Silicon Valley. Then she disappeared. What happened to tech writer Paulina Borsook?

Who Killed Paulina Borsook’s Career?

A quarter-century ago, Borsook published a wildly prophetic, penetrating book about Silicon Valley called Cyberselfish. Then she disappeared.

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Brexit and Trump have combined to be an absolute disaster for UK food and drink exports. Deficit worst in a quarter of a century and sales have plummeted ever since we left the single market

Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn

In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record

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“The concern today is no longer a hyper-competitive, globalised Britain on Europe’s doorstep, but a Britain that could become a backdoor into the European market for Chinese goods,” the official added.” www.ft.com/content/5453...

EU urges UK to raise tariffs on Chinese cars to avoid ‘made in Europe’ barriers

London has lobbied intensely to secure equal treatment for British products but continues to rule out a customs union

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Had a UKRI funded grant proposal rejected at the "AI triage stage". "This AI-based triage was used only to identify approximately 50% of the strongest proposals to take forward to full human review." 🧪 #academicsky

BBC almost got there. I know it’s hard to do critical thinking but was ‘OpenAI hacks Australian Government’ just too difficult to write? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cv...

Australia launches urgent review after OpenAI program hacks government health portal

Experts believe it's the world's first known AI breach of a government system.

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The purpose of a system is what it does (POSIWID) www.ft.com/content/5613...

OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website

AI lab took months to spot the problem, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called ‘obviously unacceptable’

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This is not AI agents going rogue, but OpenAI. This hack took the company months to notice and then they notified a public email address rather than the appropriate government agency. www.ft.com/content/5613... OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website

OpenAI ‘agent’ hacked an Australian health service website

AI lab took months to spot the problem, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called ‘obviously unacceptable’

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We organised blood tests for people living near a chemical factory in Thornton-Cleveleys where we uncovered high emissions of PFAS forever chemicals, including internationally-banned, cancer-causing PFOA. Last night, BBC News spoke to people as they received their test results:

Briefing note dated 2nd September 2026 about contents and history of the report here researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CB...

Prof Ian Hall@ianhall.bsky.social · 3d ago

Climate change isn’t just about heatwaves and emissions targets. When climate and nature loss affect food, migration, economies and geopolitical stability, they become national security issues too. That conversation is long overdue. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate change isn’t just about heatwaves and emissions targets. When climate and nature loss affect food, migration, economies and geopolitical stability, they become national security issues too. That conversation is long overdue. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer

El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers

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Some commonalities here with the sewage in the rivers and the lead contamination investigated by the FT recently. Not least of which was it seems to have required private individuals and journalist to do what the public health system should have done. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Blood tests find high levels of cancer-causing forever chemical in residents near factory

People living near a major chemical factory in Lancashire are told they could be at risk of serious health conditions.

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Emailing a public email address to notify a government of an AI hack does not inspire confidence that OpenAI has the processes in place to deal with these issues - or that it treated it seriously www.ft.com/content/5613...

Well said by @theguardian.com Rather a problem when you’re increasingly dependent on those American big tech companies to generate growth and also when the US President is assiduous in spreading falsehoods about the U.K.

Oh, we're still on the "significantly reformed EU" nonsense are we? Like the UK has the power to dictate terms as a returning hero or some such? Same EU as per the last 40 years at least. Be part of it or not. Full stop. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...