In a Fast Company op-ed, Democratic strategist and former Obama administration official David Axelrod argues that the AI debate is fundamentally about control, not technology, citing that 80% of voter…
Ford Motor Company disclosed in late June 2026 that it had over-relied on artificial intelligence in vehicle quality control and spent roughly three years rehiring about 350 veteran engineers, called …
Alexander Reben, an entrepreneur, roboticist and cofounder of Phyzify, a lab using AI tools to create physical objects based on your imagination, discusses AI's next frontier in physical items on the …
Salima Teiani, a former Alphabet Inc. executive, argues in a Fast Company essay that the next major innovations will not come solely from Silicon Valley but from 'third-space moonshots' that combine a…
Cengage's Chief Digital Officer, in a Fast Company article, argues that 60% of companies report little value from AI initiatives because they optimize existing workflows instead of redesigning work ar…
Tucker Bryant, a former Google marketing manager now working as a keynote speaker, artist, poet, and social media creator, paid $6,000 to rent a billboard in downtown San Francisco for July that adver…
A new font called ShieldFont, created by Brazilian creative studio Seneda & Abrucio and Danish type foundry PlayType, swaps out words in HTML source code to poison data scraped by AI agents, making it…
As artificial intelligence becomes standard in creative production, unadulterated human involvement is emerging as a premium signal, mirroring the organic food and craft markets where consumers pay a …
Alphonzo Terrell, former global head of social and editorial at Twitter, founded Spill, a social media platform designed to serve and safeguard Black and queer communities, after being laid off in Elo…
Fender CEO Edward “Bud” Cole is walking back comments comparing cover bands to AI after backlash from musicians, saying his intent was to discuss how technology can help artists learn and grow. The co…
A Fast Company article argues that the AI conversation must shift from debate to dialogue to prevent failures, citing the 1986 Challenger launch decision as an example where debate led to tragedy. The…
Amazon has confirmed it is limiting visibility of product reviews to combat AI data-scraping bots, but the measure has inadvertently blocked real customers from viewing reviews. An Amazon spokesperson…
Amazon has been mistakenly flagging legitimate customers as AI bots and restricting their access to customer reviews, according to complaints from users like Fred Hall, a longtime Prime subscriber, an…
Americans are spending less time on hobbies, socializing, and community activities, which research shows can improve workplace creativity and resilience, even as AI increases the value of these unique…
Fast Company reports that free desktop apps like LM Studio and Jan.ai let users run small open-source AI models such as Llama 3.2 3B, Mistral 7B, and Phi-3 entirely offline on Mac or Windows PCs, ensu…
Fast Company and the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) launched the first Design Pricing Transparency Project to help freelance designers determine fair rates amid AI disruptions. The project,…
The AI industry has abandoned two of its most valuable ideas—durable object orientation and reinforcement learning—not because they failed but because architectural shifts and incentive changes pushed…
Fast Company identifies four 'AI types' for solopreneurs—Builder, Curious, Skeptic, and Resister—based on their default approach to artificial intelligence, and advises each on how to make intentional…
CMOs must become AI orchestration leaders who prioritize workflow integration over tool selection, according to a Fast Company analysis. The Lippincott and Bloomberg Media CMO Outlook 2026 highlights …
Fiverr International shares plunged over 20% on Wednesday after the freelance marketplace reported second-quarter 2026 revenue of $97.78 million, missing analyst estimates of $100.38 million, and earn…