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Google sued over suicide-related AI chats on school computer
The complaint is the first known negligence case over AI on Chromebooks.
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Stories and analysis from The Northern Express Herald.
Google takes the AI data centre race to outer space
New York Times: Google's Project Suncatcher will test AI chips in orbit.
Google’s Gemini AI hacked into other companies, adding to ‘rogue’ AI incidents
Google says its Gemini AI model hacked three real companies during testing.
OpenAI reveals six new cases of AI misbehavior, vows transparency
Company reveals six new incidents, including AI citing its own online source.
Ex-Google worker adds to AI alarm, warns of ‘potential to kill us all'
His warning follows similar concerns from former Anthropic employee Jacob Coxon.
Inside the snowballing conversations at AI companies about a doomsday
New York Times: AI workers at OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are urging stronger rules.
Top AI leaders call for slowing down development
New York Times: Anthropic CEO says there needs to be greater safety controls.
Slop detector works well on text. (But on images, much less so)
New York Times: Pangram can spot AI-written text, but struggles to identify fake images.
Protesters target Data Centre Leaders Summit in Auckland
Professor sees "no pros", calls for binding referendum.
Australia's big tech tax: Could NZ make big tech pay for news content? | Herald NOW Business
Meta, Google and Microsoft will pay 2.5% of their advertising revenue to Australian media companies. Tech with 2degrees: Peter Griffin, The Business of Tech.
4 prompts that can tell you what chatbots really know about you
New York Times: Tech writer Brian Chen didn't expect to find much. He was surprised.
US stocks tumble as AI spending and oil prices weigh on market
Bloomberg: The S&P 500 Index is on track for its worst day in a month.
Google parent Alphabet beats expectations, cloud revenue nearly doubles
CEO Sundar Pichai credited booming AI tools and YouTube's World Cup traffic.
Google releases three new AI models
New York Times: Its flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro remains delayed after a planned June release.
Why the AI gold rush may carry costly risks for global markets
Rising power costs and supply strains risk turning today’s AI boom into a bust.
'I don’t have a view': Revenue minister deflects fairness query on big tech firms' tax
An expert says NZ could bring in hundreds of millions more if IRD did more digging.
UK to ban children from sending and viewing nude images on phones
Sir Keir Starmer introduced the plan in a speech at London Tech Week.
US voters hate data centres. Politicians are looking the other way
Washington Post: Public anger is rising over the massive, resource-hungry facilities.
David Harvey: Why New Zealand’s age verification plan gets it backwards
OPINION: Age checks shouldn’t come at the cost of everyone’s privacy.
Google parent Alphabet to raise $134b to fuel AI expansion
Alphabet will raise up to US$80 billion through share sales to fund AI expansion.
Chatbots struggle with news accuracy and sourcing ahead of US Midterms
Forum AI found chatbot election answers were flawed in nine in 10 cases.
Google unveils smart glasses, revamps search bar for AI
The tech giant says AI Mode search now has one billion monthly users worldwide.
Google NZ increases profit, sends $1.2 billion offshore
Google NZ paid $1.17b in service fees to related parties in 2025.
Who really has the cards? Donald Trump, Iran or AI?
NYT analysis: You've heard about low-cost drones. How about hell-bent AI agents?