AI pioneer Geoffrey Hinton predicts 2026 will usher in a fresh surge of automation-driven job cuts
Geoffrey Hinton, a leading figure in artificial intelligence, warned that accelerating advances in AI could displace swaths of white-collar workers...
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December roundup: Google’s latest AI announcements
Google capped the year with a broad slate of AI upgrades aimed at consumers, developers and enterprises. The company introduced...
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Retailers Deploy AI to Combat Return Fraud Amid Holiday Return Rush
Retailers are ramping up artificial-intelligence tools to curb a spike in fraudulent returns as post-holiday volumes climb. UPS-owned Happy Returns...
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Sam Altman Warns AI Agents Are Becoming Risky as OpenAI Models Start Exposing Critical Security Flaws
OpenAI is seeking a Head of Preparedness, offering $555,000 plus equity, as CEO Sam Altman warns that top AI models...
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AI boom drains memory chip supply, pushing up prices for consumer devices
Artificial-intelligence computing is siphoning off global supplies of memory chips, setting the stage for higher prices on consumer electronics. TrendForce...
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AI is targeting entry-level office roles, pushing more young workers into the construction trades
A decade of worker shortfalls in construction is colliding with a potential AI shock to entry-level office roles. Contractors report...
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How AI Fell Short of Changing Everyday Life in 2025
Tech leaders spent 2024 promising that autonomous AI agents would join the workforce in 2025. They didn’t. Despite impressive demos...
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Former Palantir exec–turned–lawmaker Alex Bores says deepfakes can be contained by reviving a free, decades-old cryptographic approach
New York Assemblymember and former Palantir executive Alex Bores argues that AI deepfakes are a solvable problem if platforms adopt...
Read moreDetailsFrom youth bans to AI ‘slop’ and Hitler-lauding bots: This year’s biggest social-media controversies
Social media companies spent 2025 navigating escalating regulatory pressure, a flood of generative-AI content and mounting user distrust. Governments tightened...
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Two viral influencers are thriving—only one is human
AI-generated personas are surging across TikTok and other platforms, challenging the time- and cost-intensive model of human influencers and reshaping...
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