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The cost of Privacy
A startup is offering New Yorkers free house cleaning in exchange for letting camera-equipped cleaners record everything to generate training data for AI and household robots.
Would you let an Agent trade stocks for you?
Robinhood has launched “agentic” AI that can trade stocks and even spend money on your behalf, via a separate account and a virtual credit card, with user-defined limits and approvals.
Scaring Bears in Japan
Japan is piloting an AI-powered system (AIBeS) that detects bears using thermal sensors and computer vision, then automatically deploys repellent spray when a bear is identified.
When your support bot becomes too helpful
Meta’s AI-powered support chatbot was exploited by hackers to hijack Instagram accounts including high-profile targets like the Obama-era White House archive and Sephora by manipulating account recovery flows.
AI Cyber Threats are more sophisticated.
The work of Cyber teams in protecting their organisations has got harder in a world of AI.
The war for talent
AI talent has officially crossed the line from being a source of competitive advantage to acontrolled asset. The real question: is this a short-term defensive move or the start of a long-term 'talent sovereignty' era?
Learning by Doing
Imagine a world where your GenAI learned continuously from your interactions instead of staying static after training. More than the 'memories' that it captures, think evolution.
If it isn't working, stop it
Starbucks has scrapped its AI-powered inventory counting system across North America just nine months after rollout, following persistent accuracy issues and internal pushback.
It is not as bad as I thought, or is it?
Sam Altman, the CEO of Open AI is now saying that AI is not [yet] triggering the 'jobs apocalypse,' he thought it would. Meanwhile, OpenAI’s non-profit arm has been launched to deal with worker displacement while the company quietly preps for a potential $1T IPO.
More doesn't mean better.
Uber has achieved near-total internal AI adoption. About 95% of its engineers use AI monthly and around 70% of committed code is AI-generated. Not only that, they burned through their 2026 token budget in just four months.
Reputational Risk is Real
South Korean police are pursuing an arrest warrant for a YouTuber accused of fabricating AI-generated and manipulated “evidence” to defame actor Kim Soo-hyun. The Authorities allege fake voice recordings and altered message screenshots drove a viral scandal that severely damaged the actor’s career.
McKinsey’s AI Money Machine (Rewired)
McKinsey is overhauling how it makes money as AI reshapes consulting. Roughly a quarter of its global fees now come from outcome or performance based pricing, where payment depends on measurable results rather than hours worked.
When AI is designed to be rational.
A Pizza Hut franchisee called Chaac Pizza Northeast, which runs more than 100 stores, is suing the chain for $100 million over an AI system that they installed.
OpenAI is being sued over a teenagers death.
OpenAI is facing a wrongful death lawsuit over advice ChatGPT allegedly gave a 19-year-old before his fatal overdose.
X-rays and CT Scans offer more insights
Artificial intelligence is enabling radiologists to extract valuable diagnostic information from routine chest imaging, including identifying patients at risk for osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease without additional scans.
Good ethics help?
Anthropics AI solutions, including the Claude family, have overtaken OpenAI (ChatGPT) for the first time since they started in business subscriptions.
Understanding how Claude thinks and reasons.
In an aim to understand how Claude thinks Anthropic is working to give a language to how it thinks.
AI powered drug discovery
Google Deepmind spinoff Isomorphic Labs is close to raising $2bn in new funding to support their aim to accelerate drug discovery.
Claude for Legal
Anthropic have expanded Claudes AI tools for legal firms in a move that deepens their reach into organisations to replace tasks, skills and capabilities with AI solutions.