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Wave of Grok AI fake images of women and girls appalling, says UK minister

Liz Kendall calls on X to ‘deal with this urgently’ while expert criticises ‘worryingly slow’ government response

The Guardian - UK

Liz Kendall calls on Musk’s X to take urgent action over ‘appalling’ deepfakes

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall said: ‘What we have been seeing online in recent days has been absolutely appalling.’

Evening Standard

From Nvidia to OpenAI, Silicon Valley woos Westminster as ex-politicians take tech firm roles

Commons committee monitoring revolving door that gave jobs to George Osborne, Nick Clegg and Tony Blair

The Guardian - UK

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Boost for artists in AI copyright battle as only 3% back UK active opt-out plan

Liz Kendall faces pressure from campaigners as she tells parliament there is no clear consensus on issue

The Guardian - UK

Google DeepMind partners with the UK government for 'science breakthroughs, cleaner energy'

Google continues to invest in the UK, this time with a new DeepMind research facility.

TechRadar

Wednesday briefing: Why is AI becoming the go-to support for our children’s mental health?

In today’s newsletter: Chatbots are becoming confidants for young people in distress – raising urgent questions about safeguarding, regulation and the limits of synthetic empathy

The Guardian - UK

Labour has a groundbreaking plan for child poverty. Finally, this government has found its mission

The new strategy lays out Britain’s social disgrace in painful detail. But it also offers hope and a clear way forward that is worthy of a leftwing party, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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The Guardian view on regulating pornography: a £1m fine does not prove the Online Safety Act is working

Editorial: As technology advances, so does the problems it causes. Ministers as well as regulators need to be tough and proactive

The Guardian - UK

UK government tells telecoms to do more to protect customers

Telecoms customers must have access to all the pricing details, presented in a clearer way.

TechRadar

Chancellor summons telecoms bosses to demand action on mid-contract price hikes

The move follows increasing anger from customers and consumer groups over rising mobile and broadband tariffs.

The Independent UK

Ofcom boss: I limit my use of social media amid fears of online abuse

The internet regulator has published guidance urging providers to take more responsibility for protecting users online.

Evening Standard

Minister indicates sympathy for artists in debate over AI and copyright

People rightly want to get get paid for their work, says Liz Kendall, in apparent change of tack to predecessor

The Guardian - UK

Starmer says he will ‘robustly protect our interests’ amid China trip rumours

The Prime Minister faced questions about his approach to Beijing amid rumours he will travel to China, and approve the country’s new London embassy.

Evening Standard

UK politics: Reeves ‘not even sure what the popular path is’ on the budget – as it happened

Chancellor says ‘We can’t just carry on like this and muddle through. We have to make some decisions to get on a different path’

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Ofcom at risk of losing public trust over online harms, says Liz Kendall

Technology secretary fears digital frontier may be outpacing regulator, with AI chatbots a particular concern

Evening Standard

Investment in AI to create thousands of new jobs – Government

Ministers said areas to benefit will include Wales, Bristol and London.

The Guardian - UK

Ministers call on Nigel Farage to address ‘repulsive’ teenage racism allegations

Liz Kendall and Jo Stevens intervene after about 20 people claim they witnessed or were victims of Farage’s behaviour

The Guardian - UK

Paul McCartney joins music industry protest against AI with silent track

Former Beatle and artists including Sam Fender, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer record silent LP Is This What We Want

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The Guardian - UK

Father of teen whose death was linked to social media has ‘lost faith’ in Ofcom

Ian Russell says watchdog lacks ‘urgency’ and is not willing to use its powers ‘to the extent required’

The Independent UK

What compensation could Waspi women be entitled to and why is it controversial?

New evidence has come to light, the work and pensions secretary says

Woman & Home

'The government knows it got it wrong' – will payouts finally come to Waspi women hit by pension age hikes?

Around 3.6 million women born in the 1950s were not made aware of the rise in state pension age

The Independent UK

New laws to bolster UK’s defences against cyber attacks on NHS, transport and energy

The National Cyber Security Centre warned last month that Chinese and Russian hackers posed a ‘significant threat’ as serious online attacks reached a record high

The Independent UK

New crackdown on AI images of child sexual abuse as reports double in a year

The Internet Watch Foundation said there has been a surge in AI-generated abuse content depicting infants

Evening Standard

Law change set to allow AI testing to prevent creation of child sex abuse images

Reports of AI-generated child sexual abuse material have more than doubled in the past year.

Evening Standard

Calls for ‘outright ban on absurd’ mid-contract telecoms price rises

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall has written an open letter to Ofcom bosses asking them to review the practice again.

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