Ten of the most widely read technology publications on the internet have collectively lost 65 million monthly visitors from Google search. Yuval Halevi reports for Growtika, tracking organic search data from February 2024 to January 2026 across sites including CNET, Wired, The Verge, TechRadar, and six others. At their combined peak, these ten publications attracted …
OpenAI has closed a $110 billion funding round, valuing the company at $730 billion. Amazon contributed $50 billion, Nvidia $30 billion, and SoftBank $30 billion. Additional investors are expected to join. The round is the largest private financing in history, surpassing OpenAI’s own $40 billion round from the previous year. Amazon’s $50 billion commitment begins …
Public skepticism toward artificial intelligence is deepening across the United States, even as tech companies pour billions of dollars into the technology. Protests, lawsuits, political campaigns, and union contracts are emerging as tools for people pushing back against an industry that many Americans feel is moving too fast and ignoring their concerns. A 2025 Pew …
AI adoption raises labour productivity at European firms by an average of 4%, but the gains are concentrated among larger companies. Iñaki Aldasoro and colleagues report for the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) based on data from more than 12,000 European firms. The researchers used a novel method to establish causation rather than mere …
A sweeping new survey of business leaders finds that artificial intelligence has delivered almost no measurable gains in productivity or employment so far. Sasha Rogelberg reports for Fortune. Among roughly 6,000 CEOs, CFOs, and other executives surveyed across the U.S., U.K., Germany, and Australia, nearly 90% said AI had no impact on their operations over …
AI tools promise to lighten workloads, but new research reveals they often have the opposite effect. Workers using generative AI are taking on more tasks, working longer hours, and experiencing increased cognitive strain. Aruna Ranganathan and Xingqi Maggie Ye report for Harvard Business Review on their eight-month study at a U.S. technology company with 200 …
Anthropic has emerged as a formidable competitor in the artificial intelligence industry by focusing on enterprise customers and positioning itself as the most safety-conscious AI company. The approach appears to be paying off both commercially and in investor confidence, even as critics question whether the company can maintain its principles while racing to capture market …
Google’s AI chatbot Gemini has reached 750 million monthly active users, marking significant growth in the competitive AI assistant market. The milestone was announced during Alphabet’s fourth-quarter 2025 earnings report. Lauren Forristal reports for TechCrunch that this represents a jump of 100 million users from the previous quarter, when Gemini had 650 million monthly active …
New research from the Brookings Institution reveals a critical gap in how policymakers assess artificial intelligence’s impact on the workforce. While 37.1 million American workers face high AI exposure, 6.1 million lack the resources to adapt if job loss occurs. Sam Manning and Tomás Aguirre report for the National Bureau of Economic Research. The researchers …
ChatGPT’s commanding lead in the chatbot market is shrinking as competitors gain momentum. OpenAI’s flagship product saw its market share among daily U.S. mobile app users fall from 69.1% to 45.3% between January 2025 and January 2026. Alex Kantrowitz reports for Big Technology, citing data from mobile insights firm Apptopia. During the same period, Google’s …