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 …
High-earning, experienced workers are adopting artificial intelligence tools at work far faster than their lower-paid colleagues, raising concerns that the technology could deepen existing inequalities rather than reduce them. Madhumita Murgia and John Burn-Murdoch report for the Financial Times. A poll of 4,000 workers in the United States and United Kingdom found that more than …
Deezer now receives nearly 75,000 fully AI-generated tracks every day, making up 44% of all new music uploaded to the platform. An official press release states that this figure has grown from 10,000 daily uploads in early 2025 to its current level in roughly one year. Despite the volume, AI-generated music accounts for only 1 …
Stanford University’s Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence institute has released its 2026 AI Index Report, one of the most comprehensive annual assessments of artificial intelligence. The report draws on data across research, economics, policy, and public opinion to provide a detailed picture of where AI stands today. Capability is advancing faster than the tools to measure it …
Anthropic is gaining ground on OpenAI in the competition for paying business customers. New data and revenue figures suggest the gap between the two leading AI companies is narrowing quickly. According to payments company Ramp, which tracks roughly $100 billion in annual card and invoice spending from 50,000 customers, nearly one in three US businesses …
AI use in the American workplace is rising steadily. Half of employed U.S. adults now say they use AI in their job at least a few times a year, up from 46% the previous quarter, according to Gallup. Daily AI use has reached 13%, and 28% of workers report using it at least a few …
Two recent studies paint a concerning picture of how artificial intelligence tools are changing the way people think, reason, and express themselves. Taken together, the research suggests that widespread AI use is not only reducing users’ critical engagement with information, but may also be narrowing the diversity of human thought on a broader scale. Researchers …
Anthropic’s AI assistant Claude is attracting paying subscribers at record rates. Julie Bort reports for TechCrunch that new paid sign-ups surged between January and February, with returning users also hitting record numbers in that period. A spokesperson for Anthropic confirmed that paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year. The findings come from an analysis …
Small online publishers are suffering the steepest decline in search-driven web traffic as artificial intelligence transforms how people find information online. Axios reports that small publishers, defined as those receiving between 1,000 and 10,000 daily page views, have lost 60% of their referral traffic from traditional search engines over the past two years. Medium-sized publishers …