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AI for good, AI for bad: the log

Every AI news story we've sorted, newest first. 21 good, 43 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
• A Third of Young Adults Turn to Artificial Intelligence for Substance-Use Information - Rutgers University
  Google News · 23 Oct 2026 · substance help
• When Artificial Intelligence Becomes Irreplaceable: A Proposed Framework for AI Attachment Dysregulation - Cureus
  Google News · 23 Oct 2026 · attachment issue
• Artificial Intelligence Advances Precision Cardiovascular Care - European Medical Journal
  Google News · 23 Oct 2026 · medical breakthrough
• Arundhati Roy: Artificial Intelligence Is Capitalism’s Final Destination - Democracy Now!
  Google News · 23 Oct 2026 · capitalism criticism
• Bill Gates warns of 20 years of turmoil from artificial intelligence - Anadolu Ajansı
  Google News · 24 Oct 2026 · turmoil warning
• State artificial intelligence laws create a complicated picture for psychologists - American Psychological Association (APA)
  Google News · 23 Oct 2026 · complicated laws
• Opposition deepfake video sparks outrage in Spain ahead of election
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · deepfake video
• ‘Black October’: cybersecurity experts sound the alarm over new era of AI-enabled hacking
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI-enabled hacking
• Is a job guarantee the solution to mass AI unemployment?
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · AI unemployment
• OpenAI and Poland’s NASK partner to advance AI safety and security - OpenAI
  Google News · 23 Oct 2026 · advance safety
• Westpac cuts around 140 jobs in fresh round of redundancies - Human Resources Director
  Google News · 23 Oct 2026 · job losses
• Can AI really predict cancer survival better than a doctor? I have my doubts | Devi Sridhar
  The Guardian · 23 Oct 2026 · predict cancer survival
• How tech became the villain of the US midterms
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · soured Americans
• 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 · vulnerabilities
• PHP: Pretty Huge Problem with the internet – The Latest
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · hackers could exploit
• 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 · AI causes job losses
• ‘Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · Google fells trees
• Canadian publisher Boréal ends relationship with novelist Thélyson Orélien over alleged use of AI
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · alleged AI misuse
• ‘I’d consider replacing one of my children’: Taika Waititi on robot kids, his cheese-o-meter and Klara and the Sun
  The Guardian · 22 Oct 2026 · helping ailing adolescent
• As fans reject AI-generated music, even boosters are drawing the line
  The Guardian · 21 Oct 2026 · fans reject AI music
• The dangers of letting tech billionaires shape our world
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · control over lives
• Could this be a Deep Blue moment for the cryptic crossword?
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · outdoing humans
• ‘These risks are real’: the threat of AI bioweapons - video
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · AI bioweapons threat
• US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies
  The Guardian · 20 Oct 2026 · data security risk
• 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
• 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
• Upcoming News24 doco to probe chilling question at the heart of the AI revolution - News24
  Google News · 19 Oct 2026 · chilling question
• Albo assembles AI strike team after cyber breach - The Nightly
  Google News · 19 Oct 2026 · cyber breach
• 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
• Calls to strengthen workplace privacy in Australia as employers turn to AI to track staff
  The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · tracking staff
• AI firm Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to fund for ‘public good’
  The Guardian · 19 Oct 2026 · fund for 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
• Companies Are Realizing They're Spending a Fortune on AI Just So Their Employees Can Generate Error-Riddled Slop, and Suddenly Cutting Back Budgets - Futurism
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · Error-riddled output
• Use of Artificial Intelligence by Bangladeshi Doctors and Its Impact on Medical Learning, Research, and Clinical Practice: An Internet-Based Pilot Survey - Cureus
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · Medical learning aid
• 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 · Cyber-attacks risk
• What are self-replicating ‘AI worms’, and why is Anthropic worried about them?
  The Guardian · 18 Oct 2026 · AI worms threat
• Anthropic sees AI lifting U.S. GDP to $44 trillion by 2030 in Bangkok - سانا
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · lifts US GDP
• Google brings AI to real-time weather tracking - Pickr
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · improves weather tracking
• AI agents promise to shop for you, but Amazon, eBay and banks are shutting them out - Ynetnews
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · shutting out AI agents
• How artificial intelligence is helping the lobster industry - ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
  Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · helps lobster industry
• World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries - The Guardian
  Google News · 18 Oct 2026 · same as item 1
• World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries
  The Guardian · 18 Oct 2026 · speeds economic development
• Fake Linda and me: the Agatha Christie-worthy mystery of the fraudster who stole my byline
  The Guardian · 17 Oct 2026 · AI-powered impersonation
• 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
• Mini brain organoids ‘reading’ Braille marks key step towards biohybrid computing - Frontiers
  Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · biohybrid computing
• Artificial intelligence for life-cycle-aware sustainable materials discovery - Nature
  Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · sustainable materials
• Mercedes-Benz digitalises global product development with PLM.AI and accelerates processes by up to 30% - Mercedes-Benz Group
  Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · accelerates processes
• Artificial intelligence cracks centuries-old ciphers - Taipei Times
  Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · cracks old ciphers
• How my son showed me AI is now the world’s biggest lose-lose bet - AFR
  Google News · 16 Oct 2026 · lose-lose bet
• AI fears are being weaponised - Al Jazeera
  Google News · 17 Oct 2026 · fears weaponised
• Decluttering your online life: how to get your digital house in order and protect your data from AI
  The Guardian · 16 Oct 2026 · protect data
• 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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