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Accenture dubs 800,000 staff ‘reinventors’ amid shift to AI

Accenture has reportedly begun calling its near 800,000 employees “reinventors”, as the consultancy tries to position itself as a leader in artificial intelligence. The consultancy’s chief executive, Julie Sweet, has already started referring to staff by the new label and the business is now pushing for the term to be used more widely. The “reinventor” label came from a reorganisation across Accenture in June, which merged its strategy, consulting, creative, technology and operations divisions into a single unit…

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US workers overwhelmingly support union-backed policies on AI, poll says

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US leads record global surge in gas-fired power driven by AI demands, with big costs for the climate

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Teacher v chatbot: my journey into the classroom in the age of AI

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AI in the classroom prompts tide of concern from US parents and experts

In October, Kelly Clancy’s son received an assignment in sixth grade at a middle school in Brooklyn, New York, to create a science experiment and then ask Google Gemini, an artificial intelligence chatbot, for feedback, she said. Clancy, who has three children in New York City public schools, told the teacher that the bot “is something that just teaches kids that they can have machines do the thinking for them”, instead of suggesting: “Let’s talk to your partners. What about the science experiment could you impr…

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Investment fraud in UK soared to more than £220m lost last year, trade body says

Increasingly elaborate investment scams involving gold, cryptocurrencies and wine have soared in the past year with more than £220m lost to the fraud, according to a report. UK banks reported almost 15,000 investment scams in 2025 as criminals use artificial intelligence to dupe people out of their money. About £221.5m was lost to scams in which people were persuaded to move their money to a fake investment or a fictitious fund, a rise of 40% from the year before, according to the report from UK Finance. This parti

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Rage against the machines: ignore the fury at Wimbledon, AI in sport works | Sean Ingle

We are all suckers for a good story. And there was certainly a cracking two‑parter at Wimbledon this year. First came the news that 300 line judges had been replaced by artificial intelligence robots. Then, a few days later, it turned out there were some embarrassing gremlins in the machine. Not since Roger Federer hung up his Wilson racket has there been a sweeter spot hit during the Wimbledon fortnight. First the new electronic line-judging system failed to spot that Sonay Kartal had whacked a ball long during he

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Jean-Michel Jarre urges music and film industries to embrace AI

Jean-Michel Jarre has attacked the conservatism of the music and film industries over AI and urged them to embrace the technology instead of being fearful and “very anti-AI”. Jarre, one of the pioneers of electronic music in the 1970s, said while the existing creative industries were “freaking out” over the technology, artists would use AI “to create the cinema of tomorrow, the hip-hop of tomorrow, the techno of tomorrow, the rock’n’roll of tomorrow”. AI’s power to generate images and sounds would not kill talent,

Crime

AI scams drove UK reports of fraud to record 444,000 last year

Criminals are increasingly exploiting AI technology to take over people’s mobile, banking and online shopping accounts, the UK’s leading anti-fraud body has warned. Last year, a record number of scams were reported to the national fraud database, fuelled by AI, which allows for large-scale deception on “industrialised” levels, according to Cifas, the fraud prevention organisation. Its report showed 444,000 cases of fraud were reported by its members last year – a 6% increase on 2024. The tactics of criminals are sh

Media & Arts

UK actors vote to refuse to be digitally scanned in pushback against AI

Actors have voted to refuse digital scanning to prevent their likeness being used by artificial intelligence in a pushback against AI in the arts. Members of the performing arts union Equity were asked if they would refuse to be scanned while on set, a common practice in which actors’ likeness is captured for future use – with 99% voting in favour of the move. The general secretary, Paul Fleming, said: “Artificial intelligence is a generation-defining challenge. And for the first time in a generation, Equity’s film

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As AI floods our culture, here’s why we must protect human storytelling in games

A few days ago, I clicked a button on my phone to send funds to a company in Singapore and so took ownership of the video game I co-created and am lead writer for: Zombies, Run! I am a novelist, I wrote the bestselling, award-winning The Power, which was turned into an Amazon Prime TV series starring Toni Collette. What on earth am I doing buying a games company? Well. First of all. Zombies, Run! is special. It’s special to me – the game started as a Kickstarter and the community that grew up around it has always b

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AI job layoffs are here: it’s time to revive the push for shorter working hours | John Quiggin

The announcement that Australian software giant Atlassian will lay off 10% of staff has brought the debate over artificial intelligence (AI) and jobs closer to home. While a broader question about the usefulness of AI remains unresolved, there can be no remaining doubt that it has transformed the software industry, with developers reporting massive increases in productivity from the use of Anthropic’s AI-powered coding tool Claude. The spectre of AI-driven job losses has been the subject of much debate. But missing

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AI chatbot fraud: the ‘gift card’ subcription that may cost you dear

David Duggan* was so impressed with the ability of the Claude chatbot to answer medical questions and organise family life, that a $20-a-month (£15) subscription seemed like money well spent. But then his wife spotted two $200 payments on his credit card bill for gift cards to use the artificial intelligence tool. Duggan, who lives on the east coast of the US, had not bought them, and immediately realised something was wrong. “My wife asked me: ‘Hey, did you make these $200 purchases?’ It was $400 in total. And the

Labor

Third of university students in Great Britain think AI job losses will cause social unrest, poll finds

One in three university students think AI will wipe out jobs so rapidly it will trigger civil unrest, according to a survey by King’s College London (KCL). Students are among the heaviest users of AI, the poll found, with 77% using it at least a few times a month – compared with 46% of workers – and 27% using it daily or almost daily. They are also among the most pessimistic about AI’s economic impact. More than half said they were convinced job losses would be worse than in a normal recession. The findings are the

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US companies accused of ‘AI washing’ in citing artificial intelligence for job losses

Over the last year, US corporate leaders have often explained layoffs by saying the positions were no longer needed because artificial intelligence had made their companies more efficient, replacing humans with computers. But some economists and technology analysts have expressed skepticism about such justifications and instead think that such workforce cuts are driven by factors like the impact of tariffs, overhiring during the Covid-19 pandemic and perhaps simple maximising of profits. In short, the CEOs are alle