White-collar workers spend an average of 6.4 hours per week managing AI tools rather than benefiting from them. Thibault Spirlet reports for Business Insider on a new study from Glean’s Work AI Institute, conducted with researchers from Notre Dame, Stanford, and UC Berkeley, which surveyed 6,000 full-time workers in the United States, the United Kingdom, …
KPMG has removed a report about artificial intelligence from its websites after multiple organizations named in the document said its claims were false. Anthony Ha reports for TechCrunch that the inaccuracies appear to stem from AI hallucinations, meaning the firm likely used AI to help produce a report about AI adoption. The report, titled “Redefining …
A new survey by device management company Jamf finds that companies using artificial intelligence extensively are significantly more likely to experience security incidents tied to that use. The survey polled 687 IT professionals and highlights a growing gap between how fast organizations adopt AI and how well they can govern it. Nearly three quarters of …
Bot traffic has overtaken human traffic on the internet for the first time in history. Mark Tyson reports for Tom’s Hardware that Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince publicly acknowledged the milestone, admitting he had not expected it to happen until 2027. “Welp, that happened faster than I predicted,” Prince wrote. According to Cloudflare data, bots now …
A model update to ChatGPT reshuffled nearly half of all source citations in German-language answers within 48 hours, behaving like a Google core update for generative AI. Johannes Beus reports for Sistrix that the switch from GPT-5 mini to GPT-5.5 on 23 May 2026 caused a 47 percent shift in which domains ChatGPT cited, based …
A new Gallup survey shows that opposition to data centers in the United States has reached a striking level. Seven out of ten Americans now oppose having a data center built near their home. Nearly half of those respondents say they strongly oppose such projects. Tim Craig reports for The Washington Post that more Americans …
AI data centers consume roughly 0.04 percent of all freshwater used in the United States each year. That figure, including both water used inside data centers and water used by power plants to generate their electricity, comes from Andy Masley, writing for his own publication. He argues that fears about AI draining water supplies are …
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 …