openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 17 October 2026
Internal documents suggest tech giant collects ‘hundreds of data points’ for ‘union-busting’ AI model
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The UK government is positioning itself as a global leader on AI regulation while struggling to agree on how far rules should go — and what risks they should address.
As data centre companies rake in business, workers say they are being pushed to the limit.
If we want to save democracy, the institutions of tomorrow must be shaped in accordance with the possibilities of tomorrow.
British startups will now be competing against the UK’s best-connected AI lobbyist who was meant to be their champion against US tech dominance.
In Delhi’s factories, labourers are resisting efforts to train their robot replacements on the most human of actions