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Dr. TJ Jiang, a Forbes Councils member, argues that AI model safety is a myth and that organizations must implement an AI trust layer to manage the risks introduced by agentic AI, which shifts an organization's risk prof…
In Q1 2026, at least 75 US data center projects valued at around $130 billion faced significant local opposition, more than double the $64 billion delayed or canceled in all of 2025, according to a report from Crypto Bri…
A bond market sell-off is being driven by inflation, government deficits, and a wave of new debt from tech companies, including those focused on AI infrastructure. Hyperscaler borrowing for AI is competing with governmen…
Kaito AI's new Kaito Pulse browser extension has drawn privacy scrutiny after a source-code review by analyst Ultra claimed it can fingerprint devices, track detailed X activity, and access account data from ChatGPT, Cla…
Forbes Councils member Jason Considine argues that the next era of AI in healthcare will be defined by trust rather than model sophistication, emphasizing that patient and provider confidence is essential for adoption. T…
An engineer reflects on how AI has shifted their role from writing code to defining and verifying correctness, noting that implementation is increasingly generated by AI while failure detection and evaluation become the …
Yusuf Aytaş argues that the acronym AI;DR (artificial intelligence, did not read) captures a growing resistance to AI-generated content, driven by a desire for craftsmanship, authenticity, and personality. He suggests th…
Liquid Death and Garage Beer launched a 'We Want Your Pee' campaign on August 18, asking people to mail urine to AI data centers to highlight water use for cooling, with a limited-edition 'Data Center Coolant Collector' …
Erin Kistler, a product manager with nearly 20 years of experience, is suing Eightfold AI in a California class action filed in January, alleging that the company's automated hiring software screens job applicants withou…
A Guardian investigation and a Goldman Sachs research note highlight the phenomenon of 'scarring' for workers displaced by AI, such as emergency medicine physician Rebecca Kimble, who now works as an AI trainer. The Gold…
A schism has emerged within OpenAI as its workers have aligned with the politics of rival Anthropic, according to a report. The divide highlights differing political views between employees and leadership at the San Fran…
Scott Zoldi, a Forbes Councils member, argues that blockchain-based governance is the missing layer in agentic AI, as the downsides of AI—lack of interpretability, hallucinations, and sycophancy—could wreak havoc if ampl…
Agentic fitness functions extend evolutionary architecture by adding an AI-driven judgment layer for architectural concerns that are evidence-bound but not mechanically decidable, according to participants of the online …
Studio Ghibli said it is "not feeling negative" about the AI Ghibli filter trend, as long as no one makes "a lot" of money from it, according to GamesRadar+.
Confidential AI, a new approach using hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs) and Confidential VMs (CVMs), enables AI agents to process sensitive data in the cloud while keeping it encrypted and unreadable t…
Google paid $10 million for corporate data from bankrupt Spirit Airlines to train AI models, while AI training startup Mercor bid $7.5 million for the same data, highlighting the growing market for work-related data. Han…
Voice cloning technology has made grandparent scams more convincing, with open-source models like Bark allowing anyone to clone a voice in under two minutes, according to a first-person account. The author, who tested de…
Sam, a 22-year-old medical student from India, created Emily Hart, an AI-generated right-wing influencer, which became his most lucrative side hustle before he was outed as a 'scammer' and faced backlash from fans. In a …
MIT researcher Justin Reich, director of the Teaching Systems Lab, said AI will not transform K-12 education, based on interviews with 120 teachers and students across the U.S. Reich argues that new technologies, from fi…
A new report from McKinsey finds that 88% of organizations use AI in at least one function, but fewer than 40% have scaled beyond pilot, while MIT's Project NANDA reports that despite $30–40 billion invested in enterpris…