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South Korea launches landmark laws to regulate AI, startups warn of compliance burdens

Jan 22, 2026 - South Korea introduced what it says is the world's first comprehensive set of laws regulating artificial intelligence, aiming to strengthen trust and safety in the sector, but startups fretted that compliance could hold them back.

South Korea launches landmark laws to regulate AI, startups warn of compliance burdens

AI company Eightfold sued for helping companies secretly score job seekers

Jan 21, 2026 - Eightfold AI, a venture capital-backed artificial intelligence hiring platform used by Microsoft , PayPal and many other Fortune 500 companies, is being sued in California for allegedly compiling reports used to screen job applicants without their knowledge.

AI company Eightfold sued for helping companies secretly score job seekers

January 2026 US Labor Market Update: Jobs Mentioning AI Are Growing Amid Broader Hiring Weakness

Jan 22, 2026 - Small pockets of growth are emerging as employers concentrate their limited hiring on roles and skills tied to AI.

January 2026 US Labor Market Update: Jobs Mentioning AI Are Growing Amid Broader Hiring Weakness

Claude Code and What Comes Next

Jan 7, 2026 - A big reason Claude Code is so good is that it uses a wide variety of tricks in its agentic harness that allow its very smart AI, Opus 4.5, to overcome many of the problems of LLMs.

Claude Code and What Comes Next

Artificial Intelligence - Professional Learning (CA Dept of Education)

Central Michigan University - Applied Artificial Intelligence Minor, B.A., B.A.A., B.S., B.S. in B.A.

Ph.D.s Can’t Find Work as Boston’s Biotech Engine Sputters

Dec 29, 2025 - A life-sciences job in Boston used to be a sure path to a high-paying career, but empty labs and unemployed grads now herald tougher times in the city.

Ph.D.s Can’t Find Work as Boston’s Biotech Engine Sputters

We Put an AI Vending Machine in Our Office. It Gave Away Everything

Dec 18, 2025 - It lost hundreds of dollars, bought some crazy stuff—and taught us a lot.

We Put an AI Vending Machine in Our Office. It Gave Away Everything

OPM launches Tech Force to recruit technologists to government

Dec 16, 2025 - An initial cohort of 1,000 people will serve in agency roles for two years. Roughly 25 companies — including Microsoft, Palantir and xAI — are partners on the initiative.

OPM launches Tech Force to recruit technologists to government

The most asked questions of Alexa in 2025

Dec 12, 2025 - There is certainly some irony in one of the questions most commonly posed to Alexa this year: “What does AI mean?”

The most asked questions of Alexa in 2025

The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation

Dec 6, 2025 - In this 2025 edition of the annual McKinsey Global Survey on AI, we look at the current trends that are driving real value from artificial intelligence.

The state of AI in 2025: Agents, innovation, and transformation

'Europe has the resources to sustain cutting-edge AI research'

Dec 4, 2025 - Around 30 artificial intelligence leaders – researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs – urge Europe to invest in talent and science.

'Europe has the resources to sustain cutting-edge AI research'

Billboard's Top Country Song Is Currently AI Slop

Nov 12, 2025 - An AI-generated country song has topped Billboard's "Country Digital Song Sales" chart in the United States.

Billboard's Top Country Song Is Currently AI Slop

How Much AI Will Audiences Accept in Music and Movies? Quantifying Where Consumers Draw the Line on AI Art

Nov 12, 2025 - Unpacking public sentiment around AI in filmmaking and music production.

How Much AI Will Audiences Accept in Music and Movies? Quantifying Where Consumers Draw the Line on AI Art

Finding Work With AI

Nov 12, 2025 - An estimated 3.5% of the conversations were about finding work or moving through a job application process between May 2024 and July 2025.

Finding Work With AI

Giving your AI a Job Interview

Nov 11, 2025 - As AI advice becomes more important, we are going to need to get better at assessing it

Giving your AI a Job Interview

San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom

Nov 7, 2025 - Mercor’s 22-year-old CEO Brendan Foody imagines a future in which white-collar contractors earn riches teaching machines to behave like humans.

San Francisco’s youngest billionaires are betting on a new kind of job boom

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled

No 7, 2025 - X and TikTok accounts are dedicated to posting AI-generated videos of women being strangled.

OpenAI’s Sora 2 Floods Social Media With Videos of Women Being Strangled

The Wubi Effect

Nov 7, 2025 - the story of Professor Wang Yongmin, a hard-headed computer programmer who solved this puzzle and laid the foundation for the China we know today.

The Wubi Effect

The worst October for layoffs in over two decades

Nov 7, 2025 - Employers cited cost cutting and automation as reasons to cut jobs.

The worst October for layoffs in over two decades

Initiative Aims to Help State Governments Build AI Capacity

Nov 4, 2025 - The AI Readiness Project is an endeavor intended to help states, territories, and tribal governments build their capacity to use AI responsibly through convenings, knowledge sharing and pilots.

Initiative Aims to Help State Governments Build AI Capacity

Your New ChatGPT Guide 💫

Oct 30, 2025 - 25 AI Tips and Tricks from a guest expert

Your New ChatGPT Guide 💫

AI Novel Tops Japan's Biggest Fiction Website, Sparking Literary Uproar

Oct 29, 2025 - An AI-generated novel shot to No. 1 on Japan’s Kakuyomu platform, igniting a fierce debate over authorship, automation, and storytelling.

AI Novel Tops Japan's Biggest Fiction Website, Sparking Literary Uproar

How the Shutdown Has Cut Off Key Data Guiding the Fed

Oct 28, 2025 - At a crucial moment for the US economy, Federal Reserve officials are preparing to decide whether to keep lowering interest rates or hold them steady — but they will have to do so with limited fresh data.

How the Shutdown Has Cut Off Key Data Guiding the Fed

How Employers Are Talking About AI in Job Postings

Oct 28, 2025 - AI-building jobs dominate, but new applications of AI are emerging.

How Employers Are Talking About AI in Job Postings

Open-source protein structure AI aims to match AlphaFold

Oct 28, 2025 - The developers of OpenFold3 have released an early version of the tool, which they hope will one day perform on par with DeepMind’s protein-structure model.

Open-source protein structure AI aims to match AlphaFold

Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human

Oct 28, 2025 - Grokipedia is not a 'Wikipedia competitor.' It is a fully robotic regurgitation machine designed to protect the ego of the world’s wealthiest man.

Grokipedia Is the Antithesis of Everything That Makes Wikipedia Good, Useful, and Human

Lightning Launches New Suite of Tools for PyTorch Developers and Researchers

Oct 24, 2025 - Lightning, creators of PyTorch Lightning, has announced a suite of new tools built to accelerate distributed training, reinforcement learning, and experimentation for PyTorch developer and researchers.

Lightning Launches New Suite of Tools for PyTorch Developers and Researchers

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

Oct 24, 2025 - This is a comic about AI art.

A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal

Beep. Boop. Busted. Here's how math nerds caught the NBA's Terry Rozier.

Oct 24, 2025 - How sports betting monitors used math to catch Terry Rozier and dozens of others accused of fixing bets on basketball.

Beep. Boop. Busted. Here's how math nerds caught the NBA's Terry Rozier.