Bill Gates is calling for a new national and international framework to manage the economic and social upheaval he expects artificial intelligence to cause. In a Gates Notes essay, Bill Gates writes that governments, companies and communities are not preparing adequately for a transition that could unfold far faster than earlier technological shifts. Gates argues …
AI-focused film startups are opening studios in Hollywood and pitching generative tools as a cheaper route to independent production. Companies such as Promise and Obsidian combine human performers with AI-generated sets, effects and characters, challenging the need for large sound stages and traditional studio financing. Robert Booth reports for The Guardian that Promise has launched …
Public opposition to artificial intelligence is growing fast in Western democracies, and policymakers have yet to find effective ways to respond. The Economist reports that protests against data centres have already blocked nearly $100 billion worth of projects in the United States, while around 40% of American voters say they want AI banned from most …
Artificial intelligence is shrinking job opportunities for young workers at an accelerating rate, according to new data from Stanford economist Erik Brynjolfsson and ADP Research. The findings, published through the newly launched Canaries Dashboard, draw on payroll records covering roughly one in six American workers across more than 730 occupations. The top-line numbers look calm. …
Artificial intelligence is dividing the global labour market into two distinct groups, with companies that use AI to enhance human expertise pulling ahead of those that deploy it mainly to cut costs. That is the central finding of the PwC 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer, which analysed more than one billion job advertisements across 27 …
Brookings Institution researcher Molly Kinder predicts a prolonged and painful period of AI-driven disruption that will hit knowledge workers far harder than blue-collar employees. Casey Newton reports for Platformer in an interview with Kinder, who is leaving Brookings to launch a new organization focused on solving what she calls the problems of the “AI transition.” …
Walmart is rolling out artificial intelligence tools across its operations, promising its 2.1 million employees that the technology will transform how they work rather than reduce how many are employed. Gregory Meyer reports for the Financial Times from the company’s annual Associates Week gathering in Arkansas, where executives made the case for AI as a …
Artificial intelligence is changing what jobs exist, what they require, and what they pay. New roles are emerging at AI companies and across industries, while researchers and economists debate how fast and how deeply automation will affect employment overall. Business Insider has identified several new or resurgent job categories driven by AI adoption. At the …
Gen Z is increasingly frustrated with artificial intelligence. New polling data and a growing number of firsthand accounts suggest that young people are not embracing AI as enthusiastically as tech companies have claimed. Instead, many are angry, anxious, and skeptical about where the technology is headed. A Gallup survey released by the Walton Family Foundation …
The biggest legal battle shaping the future of creative work may not be the one making headlines. While more than 90 lawsuits have been filed against AI companies for using copyrighted material to train their models, Jacob Noti-Victor and Xiyin Tang report for The Atlantic that a different copyright question will prove far more consequential: …