#aishadown — Public Fediverse posts

What could Meta’s US settlement mean around the world – and what now for other claims against firm?
By Aisha Down

Other governments could seek similar concessions, while separate legal action is pending in places ranging from Kenya to the Netherlands

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/28/meta-facebook-us-lawsuit-settlement-world-impact

#Meta #Facebook #Socialmedia #Technology #Ethiopia #Africa #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown

UK to use Ukraine battlefield data to train AI to protect sensitive sites
By Jessica Elgot and Aisha Down

London and Kyiv in deal to help stop protesters and hostile states targeting military bases and critical infrastructure

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/aug/24/uk-to-use-ukraine-battlefield-data-to-train-ai-to-protect-sensitive-sites

#Defencepolicy #UKsecurityandcounterterrorism #AIartificialintelligence #Ukraine #Computing #Europe #Politics #UKnews #Technology #TheGuardian #JessicaElgot #AishaDown

Social media on trial as $200bn case against Facebook and Instagram begins
By Aisha Down

Twenty-nine US states are seeking huge damages, claiming Meta’s platforms were addictive by design

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/18/meta-facebook-instagram-trial

#Meta #Facebook #Technology #Worldnews #Socialmedia #Media #Digitalmedia #USnews #Google #Alphabet #TheGuardian #AishaDown

Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer
By Aisha Down

Staff members said Free Speech Union would “need to explain” how it spent money donated by its supporters

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/18/toby-young-free-speech-union-60000-gbp

#TobyYoung #Police #UKnews #Socialmedia #Digitalmedia #TheGuardian #AishaDown

Claude to start watermarking AI-generated text – but will it make quality worse?
By Aisha Down

Anthropic says it will change way chatbot makes small, random choices, to comply with EU regulation

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/17/claude-watermark-ai-text-quality-worse

#Anthropic #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #Computing #TheGuardian #AishaDown

Are Microsoft’s AI plans being held back by a shortage of chips?
By Aisha Down and Ed Zitron

Guardian investigation finds apparent discrepancy between what tech company has said about its AI capacity – and the number of advanced chips it has in operation

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/17/are-microsofts-ai-plans-being-held-back-by-a-shortage-of-chips

#Microsoft #AIartificialintelligence #Nvidia #Datacentres #Computing #Technology #Business #TheGuardian #AishaDown #EdZitron

Police Scotland warns ‘robust security’ needed to stop attacks on AI datacentres
By Aisha Down

‘A great deal of public opposition is likely’ to a proposed datacentre near Edinburgh, the force says

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/14/scottish-police-expect-public-opposition-larbert-datacentre

#Scotland #DatacentresUK #Police #Protest #Edinburgh #Planningpolicy #Scottishpolitics #UKnews #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #TheGuardian #AishaDown

Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
By Dan Milmo and Aisha Down

Observers express concern that the division has lost its independence and commercial reality has taken over

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/08/google-demis-hassabis-deepmind-shifts-role

#DeepMind #Google #AIartificialintelligence #Alphabet #Technology #USnews #Computing #UKnews #TheGuardian #DanMilmo #AishaDown

US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant scheme promoting ‘shared values’
By Ben Quinn and Aisha Down

Documents published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/08/us-accused-of-meddling-in-british-politics-with-500000-grant-scheme-promoting-shared-values

#USnews #UKnews #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #Politics #TheGuardian #BenQuinn #AishaDown

Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds
By Aisha Down

Counter-disinformation group says social media channels connected to Pravda network helped amplify message

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2026/aug/07/far-right-narrative-russia-online-accounts-ceuta-migration-crisis-analysis

#Socialmedia #Migration #Worldnews #Thefarright #Spain #Morocco #Russia #Europe #Digitalmedia #TheGuardian #AishaDown

‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
By Aisha Down

Inside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/04/fortnite-on-steroids-the-virtual-gaming-worlds-transformed-to-train-british-soldiers

#Military #Virtualreality #Virtualworlds #Technology #Games #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown

Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy
By Aisha Down, Dan Milmo and Graeme Wearden

Investors scramble to make sense of a shock Chinese challenge to the dominance of western chipmakers

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/02/stock-market-turmoil-nvidia-china-light-ai-economy

#AIartificialintelligence #Business #China #Nvidia #Technology #Stockmarkets #UKnews #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown #DanMilmo #GraemeWearden

Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
By Aisha Down

Exclusive: Grants are part of controversial package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/17/trump-administration-to-grant-12m-to-groups-founded-by-uk-conservatives-jacob-rees-mogg-and-toby-young

#USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #TobyYoung #JacobReesMogg #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown

Germany warns US against election interference after it announces grants scheme
By Ben Quinn and Aisha Down

State department says initiative will provide funding to ‘address sovereignty, migration, censorship and lawfare’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/germany-warns-against-election-interference-as-us-offers-funding-to-maga-aligned-causes-in-europe

#USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #FriedrichMerz #USpolitics #Europe #Germany #Worldnews #USnews #TheGuardian #BenQuinn #AishaDown

"Rachael Maskell, a Labour MP, former NHS worker and critic of Palantir’s £330m contract to help run NHS England’s federated data platform, told the Guardian ..."

#AishaDown, #RobertBooth, 2026

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps

I'm struggling to find words strong enough to describe what a phenomenally bad decision this was. To give access to health data for all the citizens of an entire country, to a US company co-founded by Peter Thief. A major investor in FB (remember Cambridge Analytica?).

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"It led to criticism from several MPs, who said that it raised yet more questions about the UK’s portfolio of contracts with the company. Palantir has built up more than £500m in contracts in Britain, including a £330m contract with the NHS, as well as deals with the police and Ministry of Defence."

#AishaDown, #RobertBooth, 2026

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/21/palantir-manifesto-uk-contract-fears-mps

So now that Palantir has publicly announced its obvious textbook evil, MPs rush to performatively denounce it.

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#Palentir #GovtIT