Articles by Craig Hale

With several years’ experience freelancing in tech and automotive circles, Craig’s specific interests lie in technology that is designed to better our lives, including AI and ML, productivity aids, and smart fitness. He is also passionate about cars and the decarbonisation of personal transportation. As an avid bargain-hunter, you can be sure that any deal Craig finds is top value!

Articles by: Craig Hale

Fable enterprise user data won't be retained by Anthropic, but some will be analyzed due to 'substantial evidence' of AI misuse

By Craig Hale Published 2 September 26

Anthropic reveals how it plans to monitor for suspicious behavior using customer cloud storage and maximum privacy.

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Chinese AI models threaten US industry by being up to 90% cheaper — and they're driving Google, OpenAI, and Anthropic out of the open market

By Craig Hale Published 2 September 26

In the space of a year, US AI model share has dropped considerably as cheaper Chinese alternatives take their places.

US and AI bosses ask G20 not to regulate AI because it could hurt America's bottom line

By Craig Hale Published 2 September 26

The Carolina Principles call for existing laws to be applied to AI wherever possible, and China has reportedly signed up.

The AI layoffs may have finally ended, and businesses might be hiring more workers just to be able to use AI effectively

By Craig Hale Published 2 September 26

New data reveals that AI-induced mass layoffs are slowing down – but companies are still thinking about their recruitment carefully.

Meta is testing robot arms inside data centers that could replace up to 80% of human workload

By Craig Hale Published 1 September 26

Meta envisions a future where robots look after incident response, monitoring and maintenance at its data centers.

Amazon hit by lawsuit from FTC and 22 states claiming ad price rigging to the tune of $20 billion over seven years

By Craig Hale Published 1 September 26

The FTC and 22 US states have accused Amazon of inflating its ad revenue with shady practices, but Amazon denies.

ChatGPT, Reddit and Roblox moved into EU regulatory section for 'very large platforms' — must defend rights, electoral processes and public security

By Craig Hale Published 1 September 26

ChatGPT just qualified as a Very Large Online Search Engine, giving the European Commission greater oversight over it.

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Bank of England head warns AI threatens financial stability — cites investment concentration and AI model security risks

By Craig Hale Published 1 September 26

Bank of England Governor is worried about AI's impacts on security and the concentration of investments.

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Teachers are getting more comfortable using AI – but it isn't helping lower their workload

By Craig Hale Published 31 August 26

Although most teachers use artificial intelligence, only one in three say they're able to work fewer hours amid intense workloads.

X says it found and took down a Chinese bot farm posting anti-AI data center content to thousands of followers

By Craig Hale Published 28 August 26

X says 200 bot accounts were publishing anti-American AI posts targeting and amplifying legitimate data center concerns.

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Gen Z workers now see themselves as part of a global workforce — but AI remains a major concern

By Craig Hale Published 28 August 26

Younger workers are focused on career progression so much that they're willing to look outside of their country's borders.

'Illegal and baseless': US judge blocks the Pentagon blacklisting of Anthropic as a supply chain risk

By Craig Hale Published 28 August 26

The Pentagon previously called Anthropic a supply chain risk – this US federal judge just said that was totally "illegal and baseless."

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Microsoft cracks down on employee AI use after one worker spent $28,000 in 28 days

By Craig Hale Published 27 August 26

Microsoft reportedly cracks down on unnecessary "tokenmaxxing" as some employees spend thousands per month on AI compute.

Want to own a .slop domain? You could soon be in luck, along with .therapy, and .hype

By Craig Hale Published 27 August 26

ICANN's 2026 application round brought in around 1,600 new gTLD suggestions, including .slop, .agentic and .agi.

Logitech's new tool will now track if your office is too warm to work in

By Craig Hale Published 27 August 26

Spot gives you all sorts of insights about your office environment, and it now integrated with third party software.

Nvidia wants to buy Hugging Face in $13 billion blockbuster AI deal

By Craig Hale Published 27 August 26

Reports are circulating that Nvidia could be set to acquire Hugging Face in a $12.9 billion takeover.

China’s data centres will reportedly use more power than South Korea by 2030

By Craig Hale Published 26 August 26

In 2025, Chinese data centers were expected to use 479 TWh/year by 2030. Now, they're expected to use 774 TWh/year by 2030.

Anthropic staff told to work from home due to risk of possible security strikes

By Craig Hale Published 26 August 26

Anthropic's security contractors were reportedly preparing to strike, forcing the AI company to prioritize worker safety.

HP and Huawei sign license-sharing agreement on Wi-Fi tech - but won't reveal what they're working on

By Craig Hale Published 26 August 26

Huawei is giving HP access to important Wi-Fi 7 patents – in return, HP is paying Huawei by sharing some of its own patents.

'A computer should not make decisions on its own': Uber fined $1 billion for using automated systems to suspend 171 drivers

By Craig Hale Published 25 August 26

Uber fined €825m ($962m) over using automated systems to ban potentially fraudulent drivers – company plans to appeal.

Microsoft Teams administrators finally get the option to block external bots from meetings

By Craig Hale Published 25 August 26

Teams admins can soon choose to automatically block external bots to prevent any unwanted access, but watch out.

Salesforce AI agent platform hasn't delivered meaningful growth two years after launch, customers report finds

By Craig Hale Published 25 August 26

Salesforce is seeing huge revenue from its Agentforce strategy, but partners and customers are experiencing delays.

Robot run at 2025 Humanoid Half marathon

‘Groundbreaking technology often enters the market at a premium before scaling’: Touch-sensitive e-skin could soon be commonplace in robotics

By Desire Athow Published 16 August 26

Exclusive Ultra-thin, highly sensitive electronic skin could plug this major robotics gap – edge processing could improve latency.

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‘Every other industry running mission critical infrastructure solved this problem years ago’: Why autonomous networking is in dire need of a digital twin

By Desire Athow Published 15 August 26

Exclusive The journey to autonomous networking is already underway, but without digital twins we could still experience major interruptions.

Can Big Tech's 2030 climate goals survive the AI boom?

By Craig Hale Published 30 July 26

Cracks are starting to show in Big Tech 2030 climate goals – is 2030 still a realistic deadline, or is it just a test?

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