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Chile is reviewing the future of state-owned Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, as an internal audit reveals a 27,000-tonne overstatement of 2025 production, bringing output to its lowest in 27 years. The revi…
Deutsche Bank analyst Jim Reid said artificial intelligence will likely enhance productivity significantly, but any economic impact may be years away. Reid expressed excitement about AI's potential and predicted it will …
The European Commission introduced a Tech Sovereignty Package on 3 June to reduce Europe's dependence on foreign technology, particularly from the U.S., citing concerns over security and liability. The package includes t…
The Bank of England warned that rapid advances in artificial intelligence are increasing financial stability risks, including a potential stock market bubble and heightened cyber attack threats. The central bank's Financ…
AI music startup Suno hired former Atlantic Records executive Grace James as VP and head of artist marketing and editorial, and former YouTube head Christian Bowne as head of music business development, signaling its pus…
CIOs are prioritizing upskilling existing employees over external hiring to address the AI talent shortage, as tools become commoditized but application expertise remains scarce. DeVry University and KPMG are investing i…
Comedian Pete Holmes, star of HBO's Crashing, told WIRED he keeps his iPhone screen time under an hour and 15 minutes daily by using grayscale mode, a screen-time widget, and avoiding social media. Holmes, an AI optimist…
A viral video of soccer star Erling Haaland reacting to his reflection in a restaurant was actually AI-generated footage of Chinese comedian Jin Long, not the real Haaland. The clip, which amassed over 31 million views o…
China's AI boom is fostering a new wave of micro-entrepreneurs who use generative AI tools to run businesses, driven by economic slowdown and the phenomenon of 'involution' (neijuan). Unlike the optimistic entrepreneurs …
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, in a fictional earnings call script written by Stratechery's Ben Thompson, defends the company's massive AI spending by recounting Facebook's history and his own product intuition. He argues tha…
The Bank of England warned that rapid advances in AI are increasing financial stability risks, citing heightened cyber attack threats and stretched stock valuations that could trigger a sharp market correction. The Finan…
A UN preliminary report on AI safety released in July 2026 restates findings from a 2019 presentation on integrity failures in machine learning, including examples of dangerous translation errors in clinical settings. Th…
Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke mandated AI usage as a baseline expectation for employees, requiring teams to justify why work cannot be done with AI before requesting resources. The policy risks creating 'adoption theater' where…
Midjourney founder David Holz said his programmer friends feel extremely productive yet drained by new AI coding tools, sparking a discussion on AI fatigue and strategies to cope. Engineers report struggling with rapid a…
The UK Cabinet Office published terms of reference for a sweeping review of the civil service, focusing on AI's impact, talent retention, and organizational structure. Outgoing PM Keir Starmer announced the review, which…
AI-generated celebrity Tilly Norwood, created by Dutch comedian Eline van der Velden and Particle6 AI studio, is set to star in a feature film titled 'Misaligned' about existential AI chaos. The project has drawn critici…
Generative AI has exposed the credential trap in higher education, where students prioritize degrees over learning due to rising tuition costs and labor-market pressures, leading to increased academic dishonesty. The shi…
AI is accelerating legacy IT modernization in regulated sectors like banking and insurance, but the primary risk has shifted from code conversion to proving that new systems comply with original business rules. Regulator…
A new poll from Athena Insights finds that Americans are nearly three times as likely to be concerned about AI's growing role in society as they are excited, with the majority expressing unease about the technology's imp…
Google's John Mueller responded to a post on Bluesky criticizing the trend of creating separate markdown versions for AI agents, stating that a properly made website works well for both AI agents and humans, and that sep…