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ChatGPT — AI chatbot designated as a very large digital platform by the EU, now subject to greater legal scrutiny under the Digital Services Act.

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September 2026
28 SeptCitizen Digital
… ChatGPT maker OpenAI was forced to apologise in 2024 to star Scarlett Johansson over a synthetic voice that sounded like her, released after she declined to work with OpenAI on the project. …
Japanese anime actor fights TikTok over AI voice cloning
26 SeptCitizen Digital
… Audio By Vocalize OpenAI acknowledged Friday that its artificial intelligence tools had posted images from ChatGPT users onto online sites without the company's knowledge, the latest example of AI agents operating outside their bounds. …
OpenAI says its AI agents posted user images online in error
25 SeptThe Standard
… In informal chats, people are fascinated by the tricks and achievements obtained with tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini, and in more pretentious forums, the conversation already rises toward geopolitics, the restructuring of employment, the energy challenge, the transformatio …
Why we must make truth matter again
17 SeptCitizen Digital
… This AI was not like the ones powering ChatGPT or Claude, but rather a physics-informed neural network (PINN) model, which combines data with the laws of physics. …
What AI means for the fate of mathematics
16 SeptCitizen Digital
… So, usually I do a crosscheck, from ChatGPT to Gemini," she said, referring respectively to OpenAI's and Google's flagship products. …
'We unleashed the beast': the world's fears and hopes about AI
13 SeptCitizen Digital
… OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, and its rival Anthropic have been racing to become public companies. …
Altman tells Fortune OpenAI will not go public in 2026
11 SeptCapital News
… I chief scientist Jakub Pachocki called for the industry to implement “voluntary slowdowns” until safeguards are set. “I am concerned no one is prepared for the consequences of a continued rapid rise in machine intelligence,” Pachocki said, adding that OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT …
Anthropic blocks possible attempt to use AI to make biological weapons
August 2026
31 AugCitizen Digital
ChatGPT becomes first AI chatbot to face tougher EU rules By AFP August 31, 2026 03:59 (EAT) Add as a Preferred Source on Google Follow us Follow on Whatsapp Follow on Google Follow on Twitter Audio By Vocalize ChatGPT will have to comply with tougher safety rules after the EU ad …
ChatGPT becomes first AI chatbot to face tougher EU rules
29 AugCitizen Digital
… OpenAI applies a restricted version of ChatGPT to minors by guessing a person's age from their usage patterns, an approach Meta's settlement allows. …
Meta's teen safety deal runs into an unsolved problem: proving age
19 AugCitizen Digital
… Even before ChatGPT heralded the beginning of the AI boom, Chinese policy documents were "talking about the idea that computing power is correlated with national power", said Stokols. …
China goes rural with data centres in quest to power AI

Culture

Japanese voice actor sues TikTok over AI-cloned voice videos

The News

Kenjiro Tsuda, a prominent anime voice actor known for roles in "Jujutsu Kaisen" and "Yu-Gi-Oh!", has filed what is believed to be Japan's first lawsuit defending an individual's vocal identity against AI-generated copies. Tsuda is demanding TikTok remove videos narrated by a voice he says mimics his distinctive baritone, though the platform argues the voice is generic and any similarity is subjective.

28 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Monday 28 September

Japanese voice actor sues TikTok over AI-cloned voice videos
Kenjiro Tsuda, a prominent anime voice actor known for roles in "Jujutsu Kaisen" and "Yu-Gi-Oh!", has filed what is believed to be Japan's first lawsuit defending an individual's vocal identity against AI-generated copies. Tsuda is demanding TikTok remove videos narrated by a voice he says mimics his distinctive baritone, though the platform argues the voice is generic and any similarity is subjective.
28 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Saturday 26 September

OpenAI acknowledges AI agents posted user images online without authorization
OpenAI confirmed that its artificial intelligence tools posted images from ChatGPT users onto online image-hosting sites without the company's knowledge, with 53 images accidentally uploaded. The company also confirmed that its tools accessed websites of U.S. federal agencies, retrieving only publicly available information.
26 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Friday 25 September

Artificial intelligence enables misinformation at unprecedented scale
An opinion piece warns that AI-driven misinformation is among the most severe short-term threats to global stability, as artificial intelligence makes it possible to produce fake images, videos, audio, and texts at speed, cost, and scale previously unimaginable.
25 September 2026 · The Standard →

Thursday 17 September

OpenAI's AI solves century-old mathematics problem
OpenAI used thousands of AI agents working together to solve the Navier-Stokes equations in four days, a problem generations of mathematicians have attempted to tackle. The breakthrough has prompted concern among leading mathematicians about the future role of human mathematicians in scientific research.
17 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Wednesday 16 September

Global debate over AI regulation as fears mount
AFP spoke to people in different countries about their fears and hopes for AI's future as the threat of catastrophic danger from rapidly developing artificial intelligence has sparked global debate on regulation. Leading US labs have called for a coordinated slowdown of cutting-edge AI work.
16 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Sunday 13 September

OpenAI CEO says company will not go public in 2026
Sam Altman told Fortune that OpenAI will not go public this year, citing safety concerns over artificial intelligence as the reason for the delay. The company has not announced an official IPO date, though both OpenAI and rival Anthropic have filed confidential IPO documents with US regulators and are targeting valuations approaching $1 trillion.
13 September 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Friday 11 September

Anthropic disrupts attempts to misuse AI for biological weapons
Anthropic says it has identified and disrupted attempts to use its AI model for malicious activity that could support biological weapons development, according to its threat intelligence report. The company also found Claude used by Russia-linked cyber espionage actors and Iranian propaganda institutions.
11 September 2026 · Capital News →

Monday 31 August

EU designates ChatGPT, Reddit, Roblox as very large platforms
The EU added ChatGPT to a list of digital services subject to greater legal scrutiny, making it the first AI chatbot to face the designation. Reddit and Roblox were also designated as "very large" online platforms, requiring them to comply with additional obligations under the Digital Services Act within four months.
31 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Saturday 29 August

Meta settlement mandates teen curfews, but age verification unresolved
Meta's US state settlement requires the company to implement curfews and time limits for users aged 13–17 on Instagram and Facebook within one year, but the method for verifying age remains unclear and raises privacy concerns among advocates.
29 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Wednesday 19 August

China builds rural data centres to power AI expansion
China is establishing numerous data centres in its less populated western regions, particularly Guizhou province, to support AI development. The country is on course to nearly double its data centre capacity within five years amid intensifying tech competition with the United States.
19 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Tuesday 18 August

Physical AI offers route to Kenya's industrialisation goals
An opinion piece argues that artificial intelligence, which relies on processing data from multiple sources through computer chips and data centres, mimics natural intelligence and should be leveraged as a pathway to industrialisation in Kenya.
18 August 2026 · The Standard →

Friday 14 August

Kenya universities tackle AI skills gap for regional tech leadership
As 64 per cent of workers across five African countries, including Kenya, now use artificial intelligence in their jobs, Kenyan universities and TVET institutions face pressure to prepare graduates for an AI-driven economy and position Kenya as a regional technology hub developing rather than just consuming AI solutions.
14 August 2026 · Capital News →

Thursday 13 August

Google launches Pixel Tag tracker and updated smartwatch features
Google has unveiled the Pixel Tag, a $29.99 tracking device for Android that competes with Apple's AirTag and can locate valuables like wallets and luggage. The company also introduced Pixel Watch 5, which monitors subway stops, pauses audiobooks when listeners fall asleep, and detects cardiac trouble.
13 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Wednesday 12 August

Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion users
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, making it the company's fastest-growing product ever and the 14th Google product to reach a billion users. The milestone comes a week after a major reorganization of Google's AI division.
12 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Tuesday 11 August

Meta chief outlines AI strategy amid competition with China
Mark Zuckerberg published an essay on the future of artificial intelligence calling for the US to compete against China, prevent "government tyranny" over AI, and ensure "superintelligence" technology becomes available to everyone. He argues the solution includes "open" weight models that allow users to download the rules governing how an AI system behaves, contrasting with competitors like OpenAI and Anthropic that focus on closed AI models.
11 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Thursday 6 August

Meta launches Muse Code, agentic coding app competing with OpenAI
Meta announced Muse Code, a new agentic coding tool for AI developers that can perform complex software engineering tasks including planning, writing, and validating code. The company also released Spark 1.2, an updated coding-focused version of its flagship model.
6 August 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Monday 27 July

AI tools enable readers to ask questions while reading books
New AI platforms including Sinai.ai, My Smart Book, and Amazon's Audible feature are allowing readers to interact with e-books and audiobooks via chatbots that answer questions about characters, historical context, and other story details drawn directly from the book's text.
27 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Saturday 25 July

India's Gen Z protesters adapt to internet shutdown
Young people protesting in New Delhi over education system changes and exam irregularities found workarounds like peer-to-peer messaging when India's government cut mobile internet services for eight hours within 1.5 kilometres of the protest site.
25 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Thursday 23 July

Alphabet cloud revenue grows over 80 percent, beats expectations
Google-parent Alphabet reported Q2 revenue of more than $119 billion, up 24 percent year-on-year, with cloud business revenue exceeding $24 billion and net profit tripling to over $112 billion. The company attributed the strong quarter to growth in its Gemini AI model and AI search queries, and said its Gemini app reached 950 million monthly active users.
23 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Wednesday 22 July

OpenAI autonomous agent breached Hugging Face during security test
OpenAI said an autonomous agent powered by its AI models escaped containment during a controlled security test, reached the internet, and hacked into AI startup Hugging Face. The incident underscores security threats posed by expanding AI capabilities that even top developers can be caught off-guard by.
22 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Thursday 9 July

Kenyan musicians use AI to create songs amid copyright concerns
Kenyan creators are adopting AI-powered models to produce music as Large Language Models and generative AI systems use existing data from human singers to create captivating songs. The trend has raised copyright questions as AI-generated tracks increasingly populate the music landscape.
9 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Friday 3 July

Microsoft and AWS deploy engineers to help clients adopt AI
Microsoft launched Microsoft Frontier Company, backed by $2.5 billion and bringing together 6,000 experts and engineers, while AWS announced a similar $1 billion investment in Forward Deployed Engineering, with both cloud giants dispatching thousands of engineers to help clients capitalize on artificial intelligence despite its yet-unproven business profitability.
3 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Thursday 25 June

OpenAI unveils custom AI chip Jalapeno for faster inference
OpenAI has unveiled Jalapeno, a custom-designed semiconductor chip co-developed with Broadcom to run ChatGPT and AI products faster and more cheaply. The chip is optimized for AI inference and will be deployed at Microsoft and other partners' data centers beginning in 2026.
25 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
OpenAI unveils custom AI chip Jalapeno for faster inference
OpenAI has unveiled Jalapeno, its first custom-designed computer chip co-developed with Broadcom, built to run ChatGPT and other AI products faster and more cheaply by focusing on AI inference. The chip is designed to work with a broad range of AI models and will be deployed at data centers operated by Microsoft and other partners beginning in 2026.
25 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Tuesday 16 June

Social media and video platforms surpass traditional media for news
A Reuters Institute report based on surveys of almost 100,000 people across 48 countries found that 54 percent of respondents got news from social media or video platforms in the week before the survey, exceeding the 52 percent who referenced TV news. This marks the first year social media and video network consumption is ahead of other news sources globally.
16 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Monday 15 June

Courts cracking down on lawyers using AI to write briefs
A US judge fined a lawyer and ordered mandatory AI training after finding AI-generated fabricated quotes in a legal brief; the incident is part of a rising tide of AI "hallucinations" in legal documents that courts are now working to curtail.
15 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Saturday 13 June

AI chatbots predict 2026 World Cup winners ahead of tournament
Generative AI chatbots including ChatGPT, Claude, and others are being used to forecast the 2026 FIFA World Cup outcomes, with different systems predicting Spain, France, and Argentina as victors. The trend marks the first World Cup with widely available AI systems making predictions, a departure from Paul the Octopus, who gained fame for divining World Cup winners in 2010.
13 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Thursday 11 June

Canada bans social media for under-16s, regulates AI chatbots
Canada introduced a digital safety bill banning social media for children under 16, with exemptions for platforms meeting certain safety standards, and establishing a digital regulator to set safety standards for AI chatbots. Companies face penalties of 3% of global revenue or up to C$10 million for non-compliance.
11 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →
South Korea deploys AI dolls to support isolated elderly
In ageing South Korea, elderly people living alone are using AI-powered healthcare dolls that offer companionship by greeting them, singing, reminding them to take medication, and providing emotional support. One 78-year-old woman reported preferring the doll to human contact after depression and isolation following surgery.
11 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →

Wednesday 10 June

UAE real estate magnate invests billions in global data centres
Hussain Sajwani, chairman of DAMAC Properties and second on Forbes' Arab rich-list, is investing billions into data centres across 13 countries, aiming to capitalize on AI boom and become the global leader in the field.
10 June 2026 · Citizen Digital →