The Wikimedia Foundation is addressing the rise of artificial intelligence with a dual approach, releasing a human rights assessment on AI’s potential impact while a new project makes its data more useful for AI developers. Assessing Potential Risks The foundation published a Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) to analyze how AI could affect projects like …
OpenAI generated $4.3 billion in revenue in the first six months of 2025, surpassing its earnings for the entire previous year. Entrepreneur reports this, citing shareholder documents viewed by The Information. The strong growth is attributed to the increased adoption of ChatGPT, which now has 700 million weekly users, a fourfold increase from the same …
A majority of Americans express more concern than excitement about the growing use of artificial intelligence in daily life and want more control over how it is used. Brian Kennedy reports for the Pew Research Center that people are particularly worried about AI’s potential to weaken human creativity and personal connections. The survey shows that …
AI agents, programs that autonomously perform tasks, are a significant emerging technology, but their broad acceptance hinges on trust and a clear value proposition. A new study by the polling institute YouGov, commissioned by Telekom MMS, reveals a gap between consumer interest and current business implementation. While 39 percent of consumers use or consider using …
OpenAI has released its first detailed study on ChatGPT usage, revealing that most people use the chatbot for personal matters rather than work. The research shows that “practical guidance,” such as asking for how-to advice or help with schoolwork, is the most common reason people turn to the AI. Gerrit De Vynck reports for the …
A new report on the use of the AI model Claude reveals that its adoption is uneven across geographies and industries, with users increasingly entrusting it with automated tasks. According to the third Anthropic Economic Index, these early patterns are beginning to reshape work and the economy. The analysis finds that AI use correlates strongly …
A widely misunderstood statistic from a new MIT report suggests corporate artificial intelligence projects are failing, but the study reveals the opposite. Michael Nuñez reports for VentureBeat that a “shadow AI economy” is thriving as employees successfully use personal AI tools for their work, outpacing official corporate initiatives. The study from MIT’s Project NANDA found …
AI web crawlers are overwhelming websites and disrupting the economic foundation of online publishing, according to Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince. The cybersecurity company executive has launched a “pay-per-crawl” initiative to force AI companies to compensate content creators whose sites they harvest for training data. Prince argues that AI chatbots have fundamentally broken the traditional web …
The generative AI consumer app ecosystem is beginning to stabilize after years of rapid change, according to new data from venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. The firm’s fifth edition of its Top 100 Gen AI Consumer Apps ranking shows only 11 new entries on the web list, down from 17 newcomers in March 2025. Google …
A new report from MIT’s NANDA initiative reveals that 95% of corporate generative AI pilot programs are failing to deliver significant revenue growth. Sheryl Estrada of Fortune reports on the study, “The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025”. The research identifies a “learning gap” and flawed integration into company workflows as the primary …