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UK startup snares $20m to recreate gigs with ‘hyper-realistic’ digital avatars Sept. 20, 2026, 1 p.m.

The Guardian AI

UK music technology startup Unit1 has raised $20 million in funding to recreate classic concerts using hyper-realistic digital avatars of living and deceased musicians. Founded by former Andrew Lloyd Webber entertainment chief Barney Wragg, the company aims to offer lower-cost virtual performances across venues worldwide. The funding round includes participation from Balderton Capital partner Daniel Waterhouse.

Humans, not rogue AI, are still the biggest cybersecurity risk to energy systems Sept. 20, 2026, noon

The Verge AI

Cybersecurity experts warn that human vulnerabilities remain a far greater danger to energy systems than hypothetical rogue AI scenarios. High-profile incidents have highlighted longstanding weaknesses in energy infrastructure that existed well before current AI alarms. Resilience expert Joshua Corman noted that energy systems have continuously been at the mercy of cyber predators.

AI slowdown calls justified but collapse of bubble may be more immediate threat | Heather Stewart Sept. 20, 2026, 10:38 a.m.

The Guardian AI

While public debate has focused on apocalyptic AI risks, the potential collapse of an AI investment bubble may represent a more imminent threat. The vast amount of debt issued to fund rapid data center construction is stoking financial concerns for the industry. A collapse of this bubble could trigger significant economic repercussions extending well beyond the United States.

It’s Donald Trump Versus MAGA on Data Centers Sept. 20, 2026, 10:30 a.m.

Wired AI

Donald Trump has continued to champion the aggressive expansion of data centers and artificial intelligence. However, this agenda has created friction with his political base, which is strongly pushing back against the infrastructure.

Meta's Muse Is Better at Surveilling Than Helping Me Sept. 20, 2026, 10:30 a.m.

Wired AI

Meta's Muse app automatically opts users into data collection to help train its artificial intelligence models. In addition to monitoring user activity, the platform prompts individuals to submit sensitive personal data, including email, bank account, and passport information.

‘People are pissed off’: anger at the elite and the establishment is fueling this year’s midterms Sept. 20, 2026, 10 a.m.

The Guardian AI

Voter frustration in the upcoming midterm elections is increasingly shifting beyond standard left-versus-right divisions into a broader resentment toward political and media establishments. In places like Detroit, voters are pushing back against simplistic binary narratives of progressives versus moderates, describing the electorate's mood as the fed-up opposing the elite.

As White House shields the AI gold rush, Trump family and other allies strike it rich – with few guardrails Sept. 20, 2026, 10 a.m.

The Guardian AI

Donald Trump's sons and close allies have secured lucrative defense and technology contracts, including a $620 million Pentagon loan, even as public support for artificial intelligence declines. At the same time, Trump has aggressively defended the AI sector online, rejecting standard regulatory guardrails and claiming opposition to AI and data centers is a conspiracy.