The World Bank's World Development Report 2026 finds that developing economies have more to gain and less to fear from AI than richer ones, with only 4.5% of jobs in low- and middle-income countries a…
A Beijing dumpling shop owner, 41-year-old Li Bo, built an AI skill for Jinguyuan that lets customers check menus, get recommendations, and join the queue via personal AI agents, making the shop a sym…
An Ipsos poll cited in Stanford University's 2025 AI Index Report found that 83% of Chinese respondents believe AI products and services deliver more benefits than drawbacks, compared to only 39% of A…
Artisan, the AI startup that went viral for its 'stop hiring humans' campaign, has pivoted its messaging to position its AI agent Ava as a tool to help employees 'be more human,' according to founder …
A 2025 global Ipsos survey found 53% of respondents say AI has already changed their lives, and two-thirds expect further societal change, as Northeastern University psychology professor David DeSteno…
A Kansas high school physics teacher, Lux Claridge, was arrested and carried out of an Emporia city commission meeting after clapping in support of opponents of the proposed 1,000-acre Flint Hills Dig…
The American Federation of Teachers, representing 1.8 million members, called on May 27, 2026, for a ban on student-facing AI in elementary schools and screen-free learning from pre-K through second g…
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman said the firm is addressing community concerns around AI development, including workforce, environmental and local economic implications, as opposition to data center…
More than half of US residents (53%) oppose building an AI data centre in their neighbourhood, according to a Redfin-commissioned Ipsos survey, yet the tax revenue from such facilities has bankrolled …
More than half (53%) of U.S. residents oppose building an AI data center in their neighborhood, while 34% support it, according to a Redfin survey conducted by Ipsos in May 2026. The survey of 4,000 U…
Opponents of data center expansion plan protests in at least 125 U.S. locations on Saturday, the first coordinated national action by grassroots group HumansFirst, co-founded by former Tea Party leade…
New York State has imposed a one-year moratorium on the construction of large hyperscale data centres, becoming the first US state to do so, amid concerns over rising costs and water supply impacts. G…
A new Athena Insights poll finds 65% of Americans are concerned about AI's growing role in society, with 70% saying AI is already part of their lives whether they want it or not. The poll of 1,814 Ame…
California launched a public dashboard tracking AI-related unemployment claims in near-real time, but the tool only measures job losses, not gains, and relies on outdated occupation codes from 1991. T…
AI-generated UGC ad tools price finished spokesperson clips at roughly $1 to $11, compared to about $185 for a human creator video, but the cost savings come with hidden risks including platform label…
HSBC research finds that 62% of wealthy investors still rely on human advisers for final investment decisions, while only 12% cite AI as the most influential factor. The survey of nearly 10,000 afflue…
Ipsos and Syracuse University's Newhouse School found that AI-generated ads achieve surface-level parity with human-made ads but underperform on emotional engagement. In a test of 20 ads, AI outputs m…
One in seven Canadians (15%) used AI tools like ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini for financial guidance in the past year, according to a Money Mentors survey of 1,501 adults conducted via the Angus Reid For…
Deezer launched a free AI music detector tool that allows users on any major streaming platform to scan their playlists for AI-generated songs. The tool, available in 27 languages across 20 platforms,…
Suno, an AI music platform with over 100 million users, generates roughly 7 million songs per day, raising concerns about music scarcity. Deezer reported that by April 2026, nearly 75,000 fully AI-gen…