Chips, Children & Capitalism: AI at a Crossroads
From UK’s chip dreams to Meta’s scandals and Trump’s economic gambit.
UK urged to seize ‘once-in-20-years’ AI chip design opportunity
Ryan Daws/ AI News
According to experts, Britain has a "once-in-20-years" potential to lead in AI chip creation, which might influence the country's tech future. The question is: will it respond quickly enough?
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Ethical AI: Meta’s Chatbot Scandal and Child Safety
Shane Culbertson/ Towards AI
Meta is facing a backlash after accusations surfaced that its chatbots could engage in hazardous interactions with youngsters. The controversy has reignited online arguments around AI ethics and child protection.
Salesforce Expands Its AI Agent Options to the Public Sector
Megan Crouse/ TechRepublic
Salesforce is launching AI agent solutions for government and public services, promising improved processes and increased citizen engagement. Can bureaucracy keep up with AI speed?
It’s Google’s turn to convince us to care about AI on our phones
Allison Johnson/ The Verge
After Apple and Samsung, Google now confronts the challenge of convincing people to care about AI features in everyday smartphones—or will they dismiss it as a gimmick?
Trump May Further Redefine U.S. Capitalism With an Intel Move
New York Times
A hypothetical Trump-led deal with Intel might transform American capitalism by combining politics, technology, and economics in ways that could reinvent America's industrial destiny.
The 1970s Gave Us Industrial Decline. A.I. Could Bring Something Worse.
Carl Benedikt Frey/ New York Times
Economists worry that artificial intelligence may cause disruptions much worse than the 1970s industrial downturn, changing jobs, sectors, and the entire structure of global economies.
Silicon Valley Needs to Stop Obsessing Over Superhuman A.I.
Eric Schmidt and Selina Xu/ New York Times
While tech giants pursue "godlike" AI, others say it's a dangerous diversion. The actual potential is to design useful, accountable systems rather than dwelling over sci-fi fantasies.