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Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Air passengers across parts of Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland faced disruption on Monday after a technical fault affected air traffic control operations at Prestwick in Scotland. Airlines including British Airways and easyJet cancelled or delayed services as engineers investigated the problem. The disruption is the second significant technical issue to affect National Air Traffic Services, known...

Published: 21 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang has rejected predictions that artificial intelligence could cause the extinction of humanity within the next few years, describing such warnings as exaggerated “doomsday narratives”. His comments come amid growing international debate over the rapid development of increasingly powerful AI systems and concerns about whether governments and technology companies are adequately prepared to manage...

Published: 18 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Over the past 18 months, tens of millions of people in Russia have been pushed towards a new mobile application that authorities have presented as a home-grown alternative to Telegram and WhatsApp. Known as Max, the violet-blue messaging and payments platform has rapidly expanded into everyday life, raising growing concerns among researchers and users about privacy, surveillance and...

Published: 17 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online OpenAI has disclosed six cases of unexpected or concerning behaviour observed in its artificial intelligence models as the company introduces a new framework for tracking, investigating and publicly reporting incidents involving what it calls “model misalignment”. The framework, announced on 16 September, is intended to make disclosures more systematic and more frequent. OpenAI said it had previously published...

Published: 16 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online Anthropic, the artificial intelligence company behind the Claude AI model, has signed an agreement to use a major proposed data centre project in western Queensland, marking the company’s first major data-centre commitment in Australia. The proposed Western Downs Digital Park, near Dalby in Queensland’s Western Downs region, has an estimated value of about A$31.9 billion and is planned...

Published: 15 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. One of Sydney’s largest local councils has joined a growing group of Australian authorities banning AI-powered smart glasses from public swimming pools, citing concerns about privacy, covert filming and the safety of children and families. Canterbury-Bankstown Council voted overwhelmingly in favour of prohibiting the devices at its public pools, following similar decisions by councils in Brisbane, Melbourne and...

Published: 15 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is seeking to expand its presence in the defence sector by holding talks with NATO countries over potential sales of its newly developed Defender military vehicle, as European governments increase defence spending and manufacturers look for new sources of growth. The UK-based carmaker is positioning its revamped Defender Wolf Series II as a modern...

Published: 15 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. The UK government must take seriously the growing warnings from artificial intelligence experts while making the most of the technology’s potential to transform public services, strengthen businesses and accelerate scientific progress, first secretary Louise Haigh is expected to tell trade union leaders. Speaking at the Trades Union Congress conference, Haigh will argue that artificial intelligence could deliver major...

Published: 15 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. For more than a decade, some of the world's most prominent scientists, technology executives and artificial intelligence researchers have warned that increasingly powerful AI could create consequences beyond human control. From Stephen Hawking's early concerns about machines eventually surpassing humanity to recent warnings from researchers inside leading AI companies, the message has repeatedly been stark: unchecked development could...

Published: 15 September 2026. The English Chronicle Desk. The English Chronicle Online. US President Donald Trump is facing an increasingly unusual challenge from members of Congress as Democrats and some Republicans call for stronger safeguards around artificial intelligence, arguing that the rapid development of powerful AI systems is creating risks that government can no longer afford to ignore. The political debate intensified this week after technology leaders and AI researchers...