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When the past has hidden depths
If you have ever dug through your phone photo album looking for something, you can appreciate the work the the European Space Agency did recently.
AI in Schools, Good or Bad
The Brookings Institution’s Center for Universal Education embarked on a yearlong global study into AI in schools.
Can AI predict the day you die?
This article by Rebecca George is an emotional read. It charts the journey of her fathers demise, and death due to an incurable brain tumor.
Utah tests AI for autonomous prescription renewals
A first in the medical field, the State of Utah is giving patients with chronic conditions a faster, automated way to renew medications.
Why context graphs might be the next big thing
A 'context graph' explains WHY something happened.
AI in Therapy
Imagine turning the tables on AI and putting it in the therapist chair to see how it is doing - well that is exactly what a team in Luxembourg did.
Teen overdosed after trusting ChatGPT for drug advice
AI is omnipresent in many young peoples lives, in how they study, socialise and seek information. Often shunning their parents and those in authority, it gives them a feeling of agency and control.
Predicting 130 health conditions while you sleep
Imagine an AI model that can predict 130 health conditions like heart attacks, dementia, Parkinsons, kidney disease, even some forms of cancer, from your sleep patterns.
The BCG AI Assembly Line
For the last year, BCG has been building what they are calling their AI Assembly Line. Their consultants have built over 36,000 Custom GPT's in the last year - they claim to be a top creator in the field.
Is AI your new work 'friend'
With over 33% of UK adults using AI for companionship at some point in the last year (reported in the Frontier AI Trends study), are we missing an opportunity to bring some humanity and empathy into our workplaces?
AI Companionship
In China, Xiaozhi A.I. is a gadget that can have long conversations with children, it is are part of a growing multi-billion dollar AI toy industry where many parents are embracing them as companions for their only children.
Who do you trust?
We often talk about Garbage in-Garbage out when it comes to AI. The quality of your outcome depends on the quality of the data it has to work with.
90% of Code will be written by AI
In March 2025, the CEO of Anthropic (Claude) CEO Dario Amodei made a bold prediction that in 3-6 months AI will write about 90% of all code and that in about 12 months AI will write 100% of all code.
What an autonomous firm might look like
Strategy firm BCG recently published a paper on what autonomous firms might look like. It is one of the most practical examples so far.
ChatGPT 5.2
So, OpenAI issued a new version of ChatGPT this week, not long after 5.1, and this is what those that know are saying about it.
Why I don't use AI
When asked why they do not use AI, Gallup found that 44% surveyed did not believe that AI could help them with their job. 16% did not have access to AI and 11% simply didn't want to change.
What people use Copilot for
The 2025 Copilot usage research is in. The team looked at 37.5 million deidentified conversations randomly sampled on a daily basis between January and September 2025.
AI saving babies lives, in Africa
Imagine a world where an AI system analyses ultrasound images to detect complications, providing timely and accurate diagnostics previously inaccessible to many expectant mothers in low-resource settings.
Farmer Chat
This is one of those good news stories from AI, thanks to the UN Behavioural Science team.
AI Adoption is a behavioural problem, not a tech one
A recent article by Harvard Business Review, How Behavioral Science Can Improve the Return on AI Investments, highlights the challenges organisations have with the adoption of AI: