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AI adds more emissions through oil and gas than it saves
A peer-reviewed Nature study finds AI productivity gains in fossil extraction could add up to 1.8bn tonnes of CO2 a year, dwarfing what it saves in renewables.
AI security patches work one time in four, research finds
1Password researchers generated 6,080 patches with frontier models and found half failed to close an exploit path, with some introducing new ones.
AI models close in on autonomous drone control, Anthropic finds
Anthropic and Andon Labs tested 15 models on flying a drone to locate and follow a person, with the best clearing the human baseline on most sub-tasks.
Frequent AI chatbot users likelier to believe vaccine myths
A KFF poll finds US adults who often seek health advice from AI chatbots are more likely to believe vaccine falsehoods, even after controlling for other factors.
Only 7% of euro-zone firms use AI intensively, ECB finds
An ECB survey of 5,000 firms finds over 70% use AI but just 7% use it intensively, with the keenest adopters small, young and services-focused.
UK research funders to allow AI in grant assessment
UKRI, Wellcome and six other major funders will update their joint policy to permit generative AI in processing grant bids, with final decisions kept human.
Cambridge trials 'world-first' AI-designed vaccine
Cambridge researchers have trialled in humans a vaccine whose key component was designed entirely by AI, aiming to protect against whole families of coronaviruses.
Stanford-led study finds AI hiring tools produce systemic racial disparities
Analysis of 4 million Pymetrics applications across 156 employers found one in 10 roles showed adverse impact against Black applicants — with shared models causing rejection to follow candidates between employers.
Which jobs are most threatened by AI? New research maps the risks
GovAI and Brookings study finds 6.1 million clerical workers are both highly exposed to AI and least able to adapt. Women hold 86% of the most vulnerable roles.
GPT-5 Follows the Law Better Than Human Judges, Study Finds
University of Chicago researchers found GPT-5 applied the legally correct outcome in 100% of test cases, compared to 52% for human federal judges.
Could AI Create Jobs Rather Than Destroy Them? Research Suggests Both
FT analysis shows AI-using coding jobs pay more while AI copywriting roles pay less, revealing uneven impact across occupations.
Researchers Warn Open-Source AI Models Vulnerable to Criminal Misuse
Joint SentinelOne and Censys research reveals thousands of open-source LLM deployments operating without guardrails, creating security risks for spam, phishing and disinformation.
GPT-5 Helps Mathematician Solve 40-Year-Old Optimisation Problem
UCLA professor Ernest Ryu used GPT-5 to crack a fundamental question about algorithm stability that had puzzled researchers for decades.
AI Tools Undermining Hiring Meritocracy Through Commitment Signal Collapse
Research reveals AI-generated applications and job postings destroying signalling mechanisms in recruitment, making hiring less meritocratic whilst increasing time waste for all parties.
Five-Minute Training Improves AI-Generated Face Detection by 20 Percentage Points
University of Reading research shows brief training on rendering errors boosts fake face identification from 31% to 51% accuracy for typical observers.
Research Reveals Reliability Tradeoffs Between AI and Traditional Search
Ruhr University and Max Planck Institute study finds AI search draws from more diverse sources but delivers less stable, consistent results than traditional search engines.
AI revolutionises earthquake detection with 10x improvement in sensitivity
Machine learning models now detect earthquakes too small for human analysts, transforming fundamental seismology tasks over seven years.
OpenAI reveals comprehensive ChatGPT usage patterns in largest study to date
New research shows gender gaps shrinking whilst economic value grows through both personal and professional AI usage across global demographics.