Barnsley rebranded UK’s first ‘tech town’ as US giants join AI push

by AI News | Feb 3, 2026 | AI News

In 2002 Barnsley toyed with a redesign as a Tuscan hill village as it sought out a brighter post-industrial future. In 2021 it adopted the airily vague slogan “the place of possibilities”. Now it is trying a different image: Britain’s first “tech town”. The technology...

FACT FOCUS: Images of NYC mayor with Jeffrey Epstein are AI-generated. Here’s how we know

by AI News | Feb 2, 2026 | AI News

Multiple AI-generated photos falsely claiming to show New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani as a child and his mother, filmmaker Mira Nair, with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and his confidant Ghislaine Maxwell, along with other high-profile public figures, were...

Amazon found child sex abuse material in its AI training data, Bloomberg reports

by AI News | Feb 2, 2026 | AI News

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Plans in place to turn former Hawesville aluminum plant into AI Data Center

by AI News | Feb 2, 2026 | AI News

HANCOCK CO., Ky. (WFIE) – New information from Hancock County, the Hawesville Century Aluminum plant has been sold. According to a press release, a company called TeraWulf has plans to redevelop the site into an AI Data Center. The TeraWulf website shows the...

Move Fast, but Obey the Rules: China’s Vision for Dominating A.I.

by AI News | Feb 2, 2026 | AI News

Beijing wants to lead the world in developing cutting-edge artificial intelligence, but it also wants companies to adhere to an increasingly complex set of rules. 

Korean Stocks Slide on Uncertainties Over Rates, AI Spending

by AI News | Feb 2, 2026 | AI News

South Korean stocks slumped as a tech-driven rally took a breather amid uncertainty over the outlook for interest rates and concerns about the sustainability of AI-related spending.