World news | The Guardian11h ago
US embassy in Mexico prompts outrage with AI video promoting ‘self-deportation’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/28/us-embassy-mexico-outrage-ai-video-self-deportation #UsmexicoBorder #UsImmigration #Mexico #UsNews #AiArtificialIntelligence #WorldNews #Americas
US embassy in Mexico prompts outrage with AI video promoting ‘self-deportation’

AI-generated footage depicts group of men performing a corrido, singing phrases including ‘return to your roots’

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World news | The Guardian11h ago
‘Our assumptions are broken’: how fraudulent church data revealed AI’s threat to polling https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/28/how-fraudulent-church-data-revealed-ais-threat-to-polling #AiArtificialIntelligence #SocialTrends #Computing #Technology #Religion #UkNews
‘Our assumptions are broken’: how fraudulent church data revealed AI’s threat to polling

Experts say paid participants are using automated tools to generate unreliable survey responses at scale

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Technology | The Guardian US11h ago
‘They feel true’: political deepfakes are growing in influence – even if people know they aren’t real https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/28/military-deepfakes-ai-propaganda-money #AiArtificialIntelligence #UsMilitary #Technology #UsNews #Psychology #Women
‘They feel true’: political deepfakes are growing in influence – even if people know they aren’t real

AI images of people – such as women in military contexts – are making money and serving as propaganda, researchers say

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Opinion | The Guardian US15h ago
These CEOs want a starring role in our lives – and there’s not much we can do about it | Larry Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/28/ceo-mcdonalds-gianni-infantino-trump-boss-class #Business #Mcdonalds #GianniInfantino #Business #Technology #SiliconValley #AiArtificialIntelligence #WorldNews
These CEOs want a starring role in our lives – and there’s not much we can do about it

Do we really need a McDonald’s CEO fronting ads or a Gianni Infantino Panini sticker? No. But in the age of Trump, the boss class feels emboldened, says freelance writer Larry Ryan

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Wikipedia bans AI-generated content in its online encyclopedia https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/wikipedia-bans-ai #Wikipedia #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #UsNews #Internet
Wikipedia bans AI-generated content in its online encyclopedia

Ban includes two exceptions: AI can still be used for translations, and to make minor copy edits

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/number-of-ai-chatbots-ignoring-human-instructions-increasing-study-says #AiArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Technology #UkNews #Google #Openai #X #Internet
Number of AI chatbots ignoring human instructions increasing, study says

Exclusive: Research finds sharp rise in models evading safeguards and destroying emails without permission

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Technology | The Guardian US1d ago
I was paid to write fake Google reviews – then my ‘bosses’ tried to scam me https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/27/paid-write-fake-google-reviews-scammer-cryptocurrency #Google #Cryptocurrencies #Scams #Money #Ecommerce #ConsumerAffairs #UkNews #AiArtificialIntelligence #Telegram
I was paid to write fake Google reviews – then my ‘bosses’ tried to scam me

Undercover reporter gets a taste of the sprawling fraud industry in which cryptocurrencies play a crucial role

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World news | The Guardian1d ago
Federal judge sides with Anthropic in first round of standoff with Pentagon https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/26/anthropic-ai-pentagon #UsMilitary #TrumpAdministration #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #UsNews #UsPolitics
Federal judge sides with Anthropic in first round of standoff with Pentagon

Face-off is over company’s refusal to let defense department use its AI model in autonomous weapons systems

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/26/new-york-hospitals-palantir-ai #Technology #Nhs #Palantir #AiArtificialIntelligence #NewYork #UsNews #UkNews
New York City hospitals drop Palantir as controversial AI firm expands in UK

The decision follows activist pressure as Palantir faces growing scrutiny over NHS and UK government deals

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Technology | The Guardian US2d ago
Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/mar/26/ai-chatbot-users-lives-wrecked-by-delusion #HealthWellbeing #AiArtificialIntelligence #Chatbots #Computing #Technology #MentalHealth #Psychiatry #Psychology #Health #Science #Society #Business #Divorce #Family #MiddleAge
Marriage over, €100,000 down the drain: the AI users whose lives were wrecked by delusion

One minute, Dennis Biesma was playing with a chatbot; the next, he was convinced his sentient friend would make him a fortune. He’s just one of many people who lost control after an AI encounter

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