#aishadown — Public Fediverse posts
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UK to use Ukraine battlefield data to train AI to protect sensitive sites
By Jessica Elgot and Aisha DownLondon and Kyiv in deal to help stop protesters and hostile states targeting military bases and critical infrastructure
#Defencepolicy #UKsecurityandcounterterrorism #AIartificialintelligence #Ukraine #Computing #Europe #Politics #UKnews #Technology #TheGuardian #JessicaElgot #AishaDown
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Social media on trial as $200bn case against Facebook and Instagram begins
By Aisha DownTwenty-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
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Revealed: Toby Young free speech group crowdfunded over £60,000 for legal case fought by pro-bono lawyer
By Aisha DownStaff 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
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Claude to start watermarking AI-generated text – but will it make quality worse?
By Aisha DownAnthropic 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
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Are Microsoft’s AI plans being held back by a shortage of chips?
By Aisha Down and Ed ZitronGuardian investigation finds apparent discrepancy between what tech company has said about its AI capacity – and the number of advanced chips it has in operation
#Microsoft #AIartificialintelligence #Nvidia #Datacentres #Computing #Technology #Business #TheGuardian #AishaDown #EdZitron
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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
#Scotland #DatacentresUK #Police #Protest #Edinburgh #Planningpolicy #Scottishpolitics #UKnews #AIartificialintelligence #Technology #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Google DeepMind enters a new era as co-founder Demis Hassabis shifts AI role
By Dan Milmo and Aisha DownObservers 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
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US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant scheme promoting ‘shared values’
By Ben Quinn and Aisha DownDocuments published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK
#USnews #UKnews #DonaldTrump #Worldnews #Politics #TheGuardian #BenQuinn #AishaDown
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Russia-linked accounts spread far-right narrative online during Ceuta migration crisis, analysis finds
By Aisha DownCounter-disinformation group says social media channels connected to Pravda network helped amplify message
#Socialmedia #Migration #Worldnews #Thefarright #Spain #Morocco #Russia #Europe #Digitalmedia #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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‘Fortnite on steroids’: the virtual gaming worlds transformed to train British soldiers
By Aisha DownInside Skyral, part of a consortium that won a £2bn MoD contract to help forces game out complex decisions
#Military #Virtualreality #Virtualworlds #Technology #Games #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Stock market turmoil sheds stark light on the opaque AI economy
By Aisha Down, Dan Milmo and Graeme WeardenInvestors scramble to make sense of a shock Chinese challenge to the dominance of western chipmakers
#AIartificialintelligence #Business #China #Nvidia #Technology #Stockmarkets #UKnews #USnews #Worldnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown #DanMilmo #GraemeWearden
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Trump administration to grant $12m to groups founded by UK conservatives Jacob Rees-Mogg and Toby Young
By Aisha DownExclusive: Grants are part of controversial package criticised as misuse of public money to influence European politics
#USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #TobyYoung #JacobReesMogg #Politics #UKnews #TheGuardian #AishaDown
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Germany warns US against election interference after it announces grants scheme
By Ben Quinn and Aisha DownState department says initiative will provide funding to ‘address sovereignty, migration, censorship and lawfare’
#USforeignpolicy #Trumpadministration #FriedrichMerz #USpolitics #Europe #Germany #Worldnews #USnews #TheGuardian #BenQuinn #AishaDown
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"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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