Artificial intelligence is racing from chatbots to autonomous systems, drawing a surge of capital and escalating concerns about job displacement, surveillance, and the militarization of AI. As markets test whether the boom can endure into 2026, policymakers and labor groups are pressing for tighter guardrails and corporate accountability. The episode spotlights growing resistance to concentrated technological power—even as companies seek to commercialize generative models at scale—signaling that the next phase of AI will be defined as much by regulation and social pushback as by engineering breakthroughs.
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– NIST AI Risk Management Framework
– OECD AI Policy Observatory
