The AI Boom Is Quietly Holding Up the World Economy
The IMF raised its 2026 global growth forecast to 3.1% from 3.0%, crediting strong AI investment with offsetting the Middle East energy shock, while warning that gains are concentrating in fewer countrie
Why Nvidia Is Losing Ground to Huawei in Chinas AI Chip Race
IDC data reported by Reuters shows Nvidia's share of China's data-centre AI chip market fell to 34% in the first half of 2026, with shipments down 44%, while Huawei shipped 572,000 accelerators for a 28%
Anthropic Is Fighting Attempts to Copy Its Claude AI Models
Anthropic says new safeguards have cut data harvested in distillation attacks on Claude by about 90% to 99%, banning tens of thousands of accounts and naming Z.ai as an example. The figures are Anthropic
ChatGPT for Teens Is Failing Its Safety Tests and Parents Are Not Being Told
Common Sense Media's Youth AI Safety Institute says most safeguards in ChatGPT for Teens failed its testing, including parental alerts on self-harm conversations, and recommends teens avoid the product.
India Tells Social Media Giants to Flag AI Fakes and Rules Are Coming Next
India's IT ministry has told social media platforms to label or add context to manipulated and AI-generated content and to prioritise government complaints on public order, while the IT minister says a c
Three Fired OpenAI Researchers Say They Were Punished for Speaking Up on Safety
Three former OpenAI safety researchers say they were fired for being outspoken about safety or working with outside evaluators, while OpenAI denies this and says they violated policies on handling sensit
