Technology | The Guardian US4h ago
Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/21/brands-using-ai-generated-influencers-to-promote-products-on-social-media #AiArtificialIntelligence #Instagram #Technology #Meta #Computing #Advertising #AdvertisingStandardsAuthority #Media #ConsumerAffairs #Money
Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media

Investigation finds AI content that purports to show genuine customers, prompting calls for greater transparency

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Business | The Guardian US21h ago
How do people in the US describe customer service in 2026? ‘Debilitating, depressing, enraging. Ugh’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/20/guardian-readers-consumer-battles #ConsumerAffairs #ConsumerRights #ConsumerSpending #AiArtificialIntelligence #Business #UsNews
How do people in the US describe customer service in 2026? ‘Debilitating, depressing, enraging. Ugh’

We asked people in the US about their customer service battles and hundreds responded on the financial and emotional costs

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World news | The Guardian23h ago
Lloyds Banking Group to hire 300 tech experts to work on AI https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jun/20/lloyds-banking-group-ai-recruitment-drive-300-tech-experts #LloydsBankingGroup #AiArtificialIntelligence #Banking #TechnologySector #Business #FinancialSector #UkNews
Lloyds Banking Group to hire 300 tech experts to work on AI

Exclusive: While recruits will increase headcount for now, broader adoption of AI could lead to jobs cuts in future

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Technology | The Guardian US1d ago
As the US and China surge ahead, is Europe sleepwalking into AI disaster? https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/20/europe-sleepwalking-ai-disaster-us-china #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #TrumpAdministration #UsPolitics #SiliconValley #Anthropic #Openai #Nvidia #Datacenters
A viral doomsday scenario aims to shake Europe out of its AI complacency

Does a thought-experiment about US ascendancy in the technology say as much about AI jitters as it does about the reality?

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Technology | The Guardian US1d ago
Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/jun/20/granta-magazine-commonwealth-short-story-prize-ai #Granta #Magazines #ShortStories #Books #Culture #AwardsAndPrizes #Fiction #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology
Granta stops publishing short story award winners over AI controversy

Literary magazine will no longer engage in ‘external publishing partnerships’ after Commonwealth prize furore

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Climate crisis | The Guardian1d ago
Say what?! New insults to use in 2026 | Fiona Katauskas https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/picture/2026/jun/20/say-what-new-insults-to-use-in-2026 #DonaldTrump #AiArtificialIntelligence #ClimateCrisis
Say what?! New insults to use in 2026

The news is providing a lot of material to work with

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Technology | The Guardian US1d ago
‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/19/spacex-retirement-savings-elon-musk #Spacex #ElonMusk #UsRetirement #UsMarkets #StockMarkets #Technology #Business #Money #AiArtificialIntelligence
‘It’s a scam’: Americans express unease over SpaceX’s influence on retirement savings

Guardian readers in the US share concerns about how the SpaceX IPO and AI boom affect their retirement accounts

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World news | The Guardian2d ago
Over-reliance on chatbots can diminish critical-thinking skills, study finds https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/19/chatbots-critical-thinking-skills #UsNews #AiArtificialIntelligence #Chatgpt
Over-reliance on chatbots can diminish critical-thinking skills, study finds

Depending on AI can also potentially decrease the ability to discern misinformation, research says

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US news | The Guardian3d ago
Office workers of the world unite: it’s time to revive the three-martini lunch | Andrea Javor https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jun/18/three-martini-lunch #UsWorkCareers #LifeAndStyle #WorkExperience #Business #AiArtificialIntelligence
Office workers of the world unite: it’s time to revive the three-martini lunch

The three-martini lunch allowed us to mix business and pleasure, a phenomenon that is missing during the AI boom

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Technology | The Guardian US3d ago
Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jun/18/ai-threatens-gig-work-rise #AiArtificialIntelligence #Technology #UsWorkCareers #Computing
Gig workers are endlessly exploited. AI could make more of us share their fate

As companies integrate AI and hire fewer employees, a shift toward a ‘gig economy’ will commence

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