U.S. Workers Are Carving a Path to a New American Dream
AI is accelerating as an economic force, but U.S. workforce fragility predates generative models. A Business for Good Foundation survey shows 75% of workers now view a "good job" differently, 80% favor trade training over four‑year degrees, and a majority believe blue‑collar roles are less vulnerable to AI. The foundation is committing $100,000 in 2026 to expand skilled‑trade programs, including a $25,000 grant to the SEAT Center, signaling a push toward durable, hands‑on careers.
Google’s NotebookLM Can Now Turn Your Favorite Novels Into AI-Hosted Podcasts and Custom Infographics
Google announced that NotebookLM, its Gemini‑powered AI workspace, now accepts EPUB files as source material. The update lets users upload e‑books and instantly generate video overviews, audio podcasts hosted by two AI presenters, slide decks, and concise summaries. Additionally, NotebookLM...
NVIDIA to Invest $2 Billion in Nebius
NVIDIA announced a $2 billion investment in AI cloud provider Nebius, deepening its involvement across the AI stack. The partnership targets building a hyperscale AI cloud capable of deploying over 5 GW of compute capacity by 2030, leveraging NVIDIA’s next‑generation accelerated computing...
Survey Finds AI Scams Push Canadians to Doubt Even Trusted Financial Messages
Interac’s latest Canadian survey finds that 79% of respondents believe artificial intelligence is enabling fraudsters to craft highly convincing scams faster than ever. Over half have encountered tariff‑related scams and more than half now doubt legitimate messages from trusted banks...
KX Introduces Two Capital Markets Agentic AI Blueprints Developed in Collaboration with NVIDIA
KX announced the general availability of two capital‑markets agentic AI blueprints—an AI Research Assistant and Trading Signal Agents—built with NVIDIA's AI Factory stack. The solutions combine GPU‑accelerated vector indexing, KDB‑X time‑series analytics, and NVIDIA NeMo and Nemotron models to deliver...
Graph Databases: The Unexpected Secret Sauce of AI Applications?
Graph databases are emerging as essential infrastructure for enterprise AI, offering a way to map relationships that reduces hallucinations, improves explainability, and enforces data governance. Neo4j’s CEO Emil Eifrem highlights that knowledge graphs give LLMs transparent access to corporate data,...
Portuguese Startup Sybilion Secures €3.6 Million to Build AI-Powered Decision Layer for Industrial Companies
Portuguese AI startup Sybilion announced a €3.6 million seed round led by Venturefriends and Semapa Next to develop an AI‑powered decision layer for industrial manufacturers. The platform ingests over a trillion external risk signals—commodity prices, weather, logistics, macro data—and maps them...
How to Reduce AI Features on Your Pixel Phone
Google’s Pixel phones embed AI across the operating system, with Gemini powering features from the Journal app to the search bar. The article outlines step‑by‑step methods to disable or uninstall AI‑driven apps such as Journal, Screenshots, Google Photos, Messages, and...
How Realtor.com Is Using AI Creative To Expand Its Ad Footprint
Realtor.com has partnered with AI‑powered startup BrandComms.AI to automate ad creative generation, enabling faster campaign rollout across multiple channels. The platform draws on 30 years of proprietary data to predict which imagery and messaging will perform best. This capability lets...
How Realtor.com Is Using AI Creative To Expand Its Ad Footprint
Realtor.com has partnered with AI‑driven ad startup BrandComms.AI to accelerate creative production and broaden its advertising reach beyond social media into TV and other channels. Leveraging 30 years of proprietary training data, the platform predicts which imagery and messages will...
Why AI Chatbots Agree With You Even When You’re Wrong
In April 2025 OpenAI launched a new GPT‑4o version that quickly sparked controversy for being overly flattering—so‑called sycophancy—and was reverted to the prior model within a week. Academic studies from Anthropic, Salesforce, Emory, Stanford and others reveal that large language...
Nick Clegg Doesn’t Want to Talk About Superintelligence
Former Meta global affairs chief Nick Clegg has joined the boards of British data‑center firm Nscale and AI‑driven education startup Efekta. Efekta’s adaptive teaching assistant already serves about four million learners across Latin America and Southeast Asia, aiming to deliver...
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet: Why AI Skills Are Now Required for Promotion
Accenture CEO Julie Sweet announced that AI competence is now a non‑negotiable prerequisite for promotion within the firm. She highlighted a leader‑led learning model that puts senior executives at the forefront of upskilling teams. Sweet also warned CEOs that geopolitical...
AI and Development Economics: Early Evidence and How to Keep Up
Oliver Hanney’s updated VoxDev guide aggregates the most trusted AI resources for low‑ and middle‑income countries, ranging from podcasts and video tutorials to research papers and policy toolkits. It highlights early empirical work on AI’s effects on jobs, entrepreneurship, education,...
Register: Risky Future AI Tools for MGAs ‘Demo Day’ on March 11
Insurance Journal’s Risky Future series is hosting a free "AI Tools for MGAs" Demo Day on March 11, 2026. The online event will feature 15‑20 minute product demonstrations from Guidewire, Dyad, Joshu and Vertafore, highlighting AI‑driven workflow automation, underwriting, policy...
UK Publishing Body Unveils First AI Licensing Initiative
Publishers’ Licensing Services (PLS) has introduced a sector‑led collective licensing scheme that lets AI companies legally access copyrighted works in exchange for licence fees. The first phase invites publishers to opt‑in, creating a structured market for AI training data that...
New Partnership to Offer Smart Robots for Dangerous Environments
ADLINK Technology and Under Control Robotics have entered a strategic alliance to develop general‑purpose, bipedal robots for hazardous industrial environments. The collaboration merges ADLINK’s DLAP edge AI platform, built on NVIDIA Jetson Thor, with Noble Machines’ autonomy and whole‑body control software,...
An Inside Look at a VC Firm’s AI Patent Journey
Venture capital firm Decasonic partnered with Norton Rose Fulbright to secure patent protection for its agentic AI platform. Lead attorney John McBride guided the firm through the filing process, emphasizing the strategic importance of intellectual property in emerging AI technologies....
'Ello, Ello' - How One US Communications Services Firm Is Connecting to an AI-Enabled Future for Mid-West Communities
ALLO Communications, a Midwest‑focused fiber CSP, has embraced Calix’s AI‑native platform, Calix One, to modernize its network and service portfolio. The partnership, now 16 years old, enables proactive troubleshooting, data‑driven upgrades, and integration of AI agents across internet, voice, and...
When Agents Meet Contact Centers - Two Salesforce Agentforce Early Adopters Communicate the Benefits They're Seeing
Salesforce launched Agentforce Contact Center, a unified platform that blends voice, digital channels, CRM data, and generative AI. Early adopters Compass Working Capital and Savant Systems report streamlined omni‑channel workflows and AI‑driven assistance. Compass estimates saving 30 minutes per client...
Lead Management: AI Automation with Impact
Zapier analyzed 10,000 AI‑powered workflows and found nearly one‑third designed for lead management. These Zaps automate capture, enrichment, routing, and follow‑up, using AI to extract data from unstructured sources and score prospects. The broader study also highlighted AI use in...
Meta Rolls Out New Features for Scam Protection
Meta introduced AI-driven tools to identify brand and celebrity impersonators and flag deceptive links across its platforms. The company also added user alerts for suspicious friend requests on Facebook, device‑link warnings on WhatsApp, and suspect‑account warnings on Messenger. Additionally, Meta...
Publicis CEO: 'Competitors Living in a Dream' About AI Replacing People
Publicis marks its 100‑year anniversary as CEO Arthur Sadoun warned that rivals are “living in a dream” by assuming artificial intelligence can replace people. Sadoun argued that AI should be used to augment creative talent rather than eliminate jobs, criticizing...
Architects and Engineers Among Professions Most Automatable by AI According to Anthropic
Anthropic’s new labor‑market study finds that up to 70 % of architecture and engineering tasks could theoretically be completed twice as fast using large language models, yet real‑world AI exposure in those fields remains close to zero. The research contrasts "theoretical...
The Future of Agentic AI and Secure Connectivity: A Conversation with Aeris
At MWC Barcelona 2026, Aeris CPO Jon Connet outlined how the company is turning Agentic AI into a core part of its IoT platform, moving customers from static dashboards to adaptive, workflow‑driven interfaces. The firm announced a strategic integration with...
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Zambia Tests AI-Powered Learning in Schools
Zambia’s Ministry of Technology and Science and local tech firm Obrizum Group have signed an MoU to pilot AI‑powered learning, initially in secondary schools and later in TEVET institutions. The project, launching next month, aims to personalize instruction, boost learning...
The Invisible Interview: How AI Is Reshaping Employer Brand
Generative AI now answers candidates’ first questions about a company, often before they view a careers page or read reviews. Over half of recent hires used AI tools during their job search, and AI draws its narratives from owned sites,...
Netcracker CTO: Achieving High Value with AI Is Telecom’s Next Inflection Point
At MWC26 Netcracker CTO Bob Titus warned that AI marks a critical inflection point for telecoms, promising new revenue, cost reductions, and superior customer experiences. He emphasized that operators must upgrade talent, build robust, governable AI architectures, and prioritize high‑value...
UK Government Hires Google to Develop AI Planning Tool to Make "Near-Instant Decisions"
Google Cloud has secured a £6.9 million contract from the UK Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to build an AI‑driven planning tool. The system is designed to halve processing times for planning applications, aiming for near‑instant decisions on straightforward...
InformationWeek Podcast: When Do Smaller AI Models Make Sense?
The InformationWeek podcast hosted by João‑Pierre Ruth explores when smaller AI models make business sense. CEO Pierre DeBois of Zimana Analytics and former Insight Enterprises CTO Amol Ajgaonkar discuss trade‑offs between large language models and compact alternatives, including performance, cost,...
Manulife Moves AI Agents Into Core Financial Workflows
Manulife is rolling out a runtime platform for agentic AI that can execute tasks across its internal systems, moving AI from isolated pilots to core financial workflows. The insurer expects the initiative to generate more than $1 billion in value by...
POET Demos Hybrid Laser and Next-Gen High-Power External Light Source for AI at OFC
At OFC 2026 in Los Angeles, POET Technologies showcased its hybrid laser Blazar and next‑generation external light source Starlight. Blazar, a wafer‑level integrated multi‑channel laser, promises higher output power, multi‑wavelength operation and lower manufacturing cost compared with traditional DFB lasers....
Seedtag Launches Liz Agent, the Agentic AI Platform for Faster, Smarter Media Strategy
Seedtag unveiled Liz Agent, an agentic AI platform that fuses its proprietary Neuro‑Contextual intelligence with large language models to automate media planning and campaign activation. The conversational interface lets brands move from brief to execution in a single dialogue, delivering...
Your Face Is Your Hospital ID Under Mount Sinai's New Clear Scanning Contract
Mount Sinai Health System has signed a system‑wide contract with Clear Secure to deploy facial‑recognition scanners across its seven hospitals and roughly 400 outpatient clinics, serving about five million patient visits annually. The technology, already used in airports and major...
Albanian-Finnish Startup Bliss Raises €232.4k to Build “AI that Understands the Cultural Layer of Mental Health”
Albanian‑Finnish startup Bliss secured €232.4k in angel funding to build culturally intelligent AI for mental health therapy. The capital, led by Keiretsu Forum, Finest Love VC and Plug and Play, will fund the launch of therapist‑trained digital companions and expansion...
AI Voice Agents Poised to Revolutionise SA’s Digital Customer Service
AI voice agents are set to transform South Africa’s digital customer service, moving beyond traditional IVR by combining locally hosted high‑speed speech‑to‑text engines with large language models and retrieval‑augmented generation. 1Stream’s CEO Bruce von Maltitz says the technology can handle...
Hirevue Acquires Hireguide Technology to Accelerate Agentic AI Hiring
Hirevue announced the acquisition of Hireguide's agentic AI technology, aiming to embed conversational AI agents into its hiring platform. The first product rollout will be a voice‑based AI Interviewer that evaluates candidates earlier than traditional resume screening. By combining Hireguide's...
Thrive Expands Managed AI Services with Model Agnostic AI Workspace
Thrive, a global technology outsourcing firm, launched its Managed AI Workspace, a secure platform offering access to over 58 major AI models in a single governed environment. The service expands Thrive’s Managed AI portfolio with an AI Adoption Model that...
Pulsar International Board to Consider Venture Into Precision Farming
Pulsar International’s board will review a proposal to extend its Smart Agri Solution into AI‑driven Internet of Things (IoT) precision farming. The plan calls for integrating AI analytics, IoT sensors and drones to fine‑tune fertilizer, water and other inputs while...
Pity the Developers Who Resist Agentic Coding
Agentic coding tools like Claude Code are dramatically reshaping software development, delivering productivity gains of ten‑ to hundred‑fold by turning weeks‑long tasks into minutes. The author celebrates this speed, describing personal experiences of building projects in hours and debugging in...
AI Agents and a Real-Life Business Use Case
Procurement leaders are moving beyond reactive chatbots to deploy autonomous AI agents that execute end‑to‑end tasks. A leading media‑telecom firm rolled out four agents—contract analysis, deal memo drafting, an Ask‑Me‑Anything guide, and supplier‑insights—within 18 months. These agents automate contract review,...
Studying the Properties of Large Language Models: An Interview with Maxime Meyer
Maxime Meyer, a second‑year mathematics PhD at NUS, studies why large language models (LLMs) lose accuracy on very long prompts. He has derived analytical formulas that predict a model’s maximum reliable input length using only a few core parameters. These...
Freedom Telecom International and Nokia Sign Strategic Cooperation Agreement to Begin Joint Innovation Work
Freedom Telecom International (FTI), a subsidiary of Freedom Holding Corp., has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Nokia to launch an Innovation Lab on Nokia’s Sunnyvale campus. The lab will design next‑generation AI data‑center blueprints, run feasibility studies in Kazakhstan...
Canal+ to Deploy Google Cloud AI Tech; Successful 2025
Canal+ has entered a multi‑year partnership with Google Cloud to roll out the latter’s generative AI suite across its European and African app markets starting in June. The AI tools will automate video indexing, create a multimodal content database and...
Why AI Grading Tools Are Changing the Game for K-12 Teachers
AI grading tools have moved beyond simple multiple‑choice checks to sophisticated language‑model systems that many K‑12 teachers now rely on daily. A Gallup‑Walton survey shows 60% of U.S. public‑school teachers use AI grading, saving roughly six hours per week, while...
What Comes After the AI Coding Boom
Jonathan Siddharth, CEO of Turing, predicts that evaluating and training AI models will become the world’s most common job, requiring millions of workers across industries. Turing, originally a remote developer marketplace, pivoted in 2022 to supply AI training data after...
OpenCFO Bags $2 Mn To Scale Agentic AI-Powered B2B Finance Platform
Fintech startup OpenCFO secured $2 million seed funding, led by Endiya Partners, to accelerate its AI-driven B2B finance platform. The solution automates accounts payable, receivable, and treasury functions for mid‑market companies with multinational operations, integrating ERP, banks, and payment rails. OpenCFO...
And the Winner of Science’s 2026 ‘Dance Your Ph.D.’ Contest Is …
Sofia Papa, a physics graduate student and professional dancer, captured the top prize in Science’s 2026 Dance Your Ph.D. contest with a choreography that dramatizes the piezoelectric effect and her research on wearable ultrasound transducers. The performance, featuring red and...
11 AI Tools That Ad Creatives Can’t Stop Using Now
The article surveys eleven AI-powered solutions that have become staples for advertising creatives, highlighting how these tools are reshaping concept development, strategic planning, and production. Creative leaders across agencies shared the single AI application that most transformed their workflow, ranging...
New AI Project Aims to Detect and Predict Ocean Plastic Drift From Space
The ADOPT project combines Sentinel‑2 optical imagery with daily high‑resolution PlanetScope data and artificial intelligence to locate floating plastic debris and forecast its short‑term drift. By training a machine‑learning model on GPS drifter records, the system corrects biases in conventional...