14+ hour, 55+ min ago   (142+ words) Anthropic’s own risk reports now admit advanced artificial intelligence could trigger “catastrophic risk,” including threats to human survival and global stability. A viral AI resignation warning has now turned into one of X’s latest copy-and-paste meme formats. Watchdog News follows…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1157+ words) Venkat RamanAuckland, September 10, 2026 Labour has promised to establish a Central Office of Artificial Intelligence AI), strengthen online safety oversight and introduce safeguards governing copyright, employment, privacy, education and data centres if it forms the next government. Its AI Action Plan…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (556+ words) Scotland’s firefighters told us they can’t take anymore. In early August the Fire Brigades Union wrote to John Swinney demanding an urgent meeting on “capability, capacity and resilience”. After a summer of wildfires in the Cairngorms, their message was blunt…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (206+ words) A joint Swedish-British study of 17,774 legislative documents found rampant undisclosed AI drafting in both parliaments by 2026 Sweden’s trajectory tells you everything about how fast this is moving. “Regardless of the extent to which AI has been used, there may be…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1191+ words) A HUGE planned £2 billion AI data centre linked to a Scottish aristocrat has been warned that it could affect local water supplies and have a “significant impact” on a protected stretch of the River Tweed, The National can reveal. Sunlaws…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (431+ words) Wednesday September 2nd 2026 Written by Local Democracy Reporter, Paul Kelly A statement defining the environmental requirements of a proposed Berwickshire £2 billion AI data centre has been issued by Scottish Borders Council. Sunlaws Development Company Limited has welcomed SBC’s publication of its…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (404+ words) A statement defining the environmental requirements of a proposed Berwickshire £2 billion AI data centre has been issued by Scottish Borders Council (SBC). Sunlaws Development Company Limited has welcomed SBC’s publication of its Scoping Opinion in response to the project’s environmental…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (386+ words) Scotland is deploying a sophisticated layer of "hidden" intelligent automation across its historic estates to reconcile luxury heritage with strict net-zero carbon mandates. From the Isle of Skye to Edinburgh, the integration of IoT and AI is removing operational friction…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (372+ words) Plans to build one of the world’s largest data centres near a small historic village in Scotland have met strong local opposition, widening tensions over Britain’s push to expand AI infrastructure. The proposed 600-megawatt facility near Auchtertool in Fife would…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (462+ words) A CAMPAIGN group that is objecting to plans for a data centre in Auchtertool have expressed fears that the site could be powered by a pumped storage hydro project in Argyll. The Auchtertool Action Group (AAG) which has been campaigning…...