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A developer watches anxiously as a glowing AI assistant reaches for a plug being pulled from the wall, beside a calendar marked November.

Big Tech

Cursor Developers Face an OpenAI Model Cut-Off This November

OpenAI plans to remove its models from Cursor following SpaceX's takeover, with a proposed cut-off on 12 November 2026. Developers have less than three months to prepare.

Stuart Kerr 2 Sep 2026

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AI recruitment robot places large red “HIRED” stickers on five happy job candidates in a queue.

AI & Work

AI Interviews Were Faster and Led to More Job Offers

In a 70,000-applicant experiment, AI interviews were faster and led to 12% more job offers. Human recruiters still made every hiring decision.

Stuart Kerr 2 Sep 2026

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Cartoon of an excited marketer and AI assistant celebrating rising Google Ads results on a crayon-drawn chart.

AI & Work

Neurotic Humans and AI Achieved Higher Click Rates Together

A 1,258-person experiment found that AI personality pairings changed advert quality, with neurotic humans and neurotic AI achieving higher click-through rates together.

Stuart Kerr 2 Sep 2026

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Andrew Bailey speaks at a finance conference as a looming digital AI devil reaches down with claws behind him.

AI & Money

Andrew Bailey Warns AI Could Shake Global Finance Through Cyber Risk

Andrew Bailey told the G20 that frontier AI could make cyber threats faster, broader and capable of undermining confidence across the financial system.

Stuart Kerr 1 Sep 2026

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Split-screen illustration showing a man working successfully with an AI assistant and manager beside a celebrating collaborative team.

AI & Work

Working With AI Was Better Than Working Alone, but Not Best

A meta-analysis of 106 experiments found that human-AI teams outperformed people alone but often failed to beat whichever partner was already stronger.

Stuart Kerr 1 Sep 2026

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Split-screen illustration of a woman voting Conservative independently before an AI figure influences her to choose a Labour ballot box.

AI & Society

AI Changed Political Actions, Not Just People’s Opinions

Two preregistered experiments found that seven-minute AI conversations increased real petition signing, revealing that changes in political action do not necessarily follow changes in opinion.

Stuart Kerr 1 Sep 2026

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