A new bipartisan nonprofit, RAISE US, launches with over $500 million to retrain American workers for the AI era, partnering with states and major employers like Amazon and Microsoft to prevent catast…
Amazon is heavily promoting its AI assistants, Alexa and Rufus, during Prime Day to transform the shopping experience, but early evidence shows shoppers are using them more as fact-checkers than compa…
Glassdoor research shows employee confidence in senior leadership has hit its lowest point since 2017, with ratings falling below 3.5. Key drivers include rising layoff anxiety, return-to-office manda…
AI data centers are facing a populist backlash as communities across the U.S. protest their energy demands, rising electricity rates, air pollution, noise, and water scarcity. A proposed 347,000-squar…
LinkedIn data shows a 69% surge in U.S. professionals adopting the founder title in 2025, driven by AI tools that lower barriers to solopreneurship. AI acts as a virtual cofounder, providing coaching,…
Anubhav Rohatgi, senior director of products at Adobe, warns that AI adoption in product development is causing burnout and delivering little measurable value, citing an MIT study that found 95% of en…
Brazil's legislature passed 'Joca's law' after a citizen submitted an online proposal, demonstrating how AI tools could help governments listen to constituents. The article argues that while most onli…
Courts in California and New Mexico ruled that social media companies like Meta and YouTube created harmful products for young people, citing addictive design features such as autoplay and infinite sc…
A new survey from Zety finds that 73% of Gen Z workers use Instagram for career advice and 69% have landed a job or internship through the platform, surpassing LinkedIn as a professional networking to…
Fast Company's Summer Issue explores the theme of 'Autonomy' and features a list of the 20 biggest names in AI. Creative director Mike Schnaidt explains why AI cannot replicate the human design proces…
A Remote employee built a crisis-response tool in three hours using Claude Code, replacing a $60,000 annual vendor. The shift, driven by AI tools, is enabling non-engineers across HR, finance, and oth…
Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre announced a near ban on generative AI for elementary students, citing risks to cognitive development, while Poland and the UAE are expanding AI in schools. The…
Xella Health, an AI-powered precision health platform for women, launched Wednesday with $4.7 million in funding. The startup uses artificial intelligence to analyze biomarkers and detect over 130 con…
Micron Technology Inc is set to report third-quarter earnings on Wednesday, with Wall Street expecting revenue of $35.5 billion, a 281% year-over-year increase, driven by surging demand for memory chi…
Amazon shut down its internal AI leaderboard after it drove more AI-powered tasks but fewer useful results, with the SVP instructing staff not to use AI just for the sake of it. Uber blew past its 202…
AI can help government agencies detect early warning signs of crises by analyzing qualitative data from frontline workers, enabling proactive problem-solving before issues escalate. This approach shif…
Jiangnan Shipyard, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corp., has designed a floating, nuclear-powered offshore facility that functions as a container terminal and ship-recharging station, aiming…
The proliferation of AI-generated science images is eroding public trust in visual evidence, as researchers use AI tools to create, edit, and fabricate scientific visuals. Recent retractions of papers…
Women express higher caution and lower trust in AI than men, yet they hold only 15% of executive AI roles globally, creating a strategic blind spot in AI development. The CEO of Smart Communications a…
UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on artificial intelligence companies to disclose the environmental pollution caused by their operations, emphasizing the need for transparency as AI's ener…