Why Replacing Workers with AI Could Hurt Companies Too
A new study titled “The AI Layoff Trap” finds that replacing workers with AI can backfire for firms because layoffs shrink consumer demand, creating a feedback loop that reduces revenues. While automation cuts costs for individual companies, the aggregate effect harms the broader economy and ultimately erodes profits. The authors argue that a Pigouvian tax on automation is the only policy that aligns private incentives with social welfare.
Delhi-NCR Leads ChatGPT Adoption in India, Top 10 Cities Account for 50% Users: OpenAI Study
OpenAI’s first‑ever capability‑gap report reveals that Delhi‑NCR leads ChatGPT adoption in India, with the top ten cities accounting for half of all users despite representing only 10% of the population. India’s AI usage is three times more city‑centric than in...
Google Unveils Free NEET UG Practice Tests on Gemini to Support Medical Aspirants
Google has added free, full‑length NEET UG practice tests to its Gemini AI platform, allowing students to simulate the exam with a simple prompt. The tests draw on vetted content from Indian education firms Physics Wallah and Careers360, mirroring the...
Microsoft Eyes OpenClaw-Style Agentic AI Features Within Copilot: Report
Microsoft is preparing to embed OpenClaw‑style agentic AI into its 365 Copilot suite, enabling the assistant to operate autonomously around the clock. The new capabilities will let Copilot scan Outlook inboxes and calendars, then generate daily task suggestions, while role‑specific...
How AI Helped 1 Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8 Billion Company
Matthew Gallagher launched Medvi, a telehealth provider of GLP‑1 weight‑loss drugs, from his Los Angeles home using just $20,000 in AI tools and his brother as the only employee. Within two months the startup attracted 1,300 customers and generated $401 million...
8 Free AI Courses From Anthropic’s Claude Platform with Certificates
Anthropic has launched a free, self‑paced learning portal on its Claude platform, offering eight AI courses that span fundamentals, prompt engineering, API integration, and advanced model context protocol. Each course includes quizzes, hands‑on assessments, and a certificate of completion. The...
DeepSeek’s V4 Model Will Run on Huawei Chips: Report
DeepSeek is set to launch its next‑generation V4 large language model on Huawei Technologies' newest AI chips, marking a rare domestic‑only optimization effort. Leading Chinese internet firms Alibaba, ByteDance and Tencent have placed bulk orders for hundreds of thousands of...
China’s DeepSeek AI Chatbot Suffers Longest Outage Since Viral Rise in Early 2025
China’s DeepSeek chatbot experienced its longest service interruption since the viral rise of its R1 and V3 models in early 2025, lasting 7 hours 13 minutes and ending at 10:33 a.m. local time. The company offered no explanation, adhering to its...
Why AI Systems Don’t Learn on Their Own: New Research Proposes a Human-Like Solution
Artificial intelligence models currently stop learning once deployed, forcing engineers to retrain them manually. Researchers propose a biologically inspired framework that pairs an observation‑driven System A with an action‑driven System B, coordinated by a meta‑control System M that decides when...
What Is Claude Code Channels, Anthropic’s Take on OpenClaw-Style AI Agent Setups?
Anthropic has launched Claude Code Channels, a research‑preview feature that lets developers chat with a local Claude Code session via Telegram, Discord or Fakechat. The integration runs on Claude Code v2.1.80+ and requires a claude.ai login, excluding API‑key‑only access. Channels uses an inverted Model...
Anthropic Study Reveals What Users Expect From AI and What Worries Them
Anthropic surveyed 81,000 participants in 159 countries using its Claude Interviewer model, revealing that users primarily seek AI for professional excellence and personal transformation rather than creative expression. The study shows AI is leveraged to automate routine tasks, freeing time...
‘From Healthcare to Agriculture, India’s AI Leapfrog Moment Is Near’: Snowflake’s Vijayant Rai
Snowflake India MD Vijayant Rai says Indian enterprises are moving past AI pilots, with 9,100 of Snowflake’s 13,300 customers now running AI workloads. He cites the platform’s $4.4 billion FY 26 revenue and growing demand across sectors such as healthcare, finance and agriculture....
Human vs Bots: Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince Says AI Traffic Could Surpass Human Activity by 2027
Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince warned that AI‑generated bot traffic could outpace human activity by 2027. Generative AI agents can crawl thousands of sites in seconds, turning what was once 20% of internet traffic into a dominant share. The surge will...
Can AI Fix Loneliness? Researchers Say Talking to Strangers Beats Chatbots
University of British Columbia researchers found that first‑semester students who texted random peers daily for two weeks experienced a nine‑percent drop in loneliness, far outperforming a Discord chatbot powered by ChatGPT‑4o mini, which yielded only a two‑percent reduction. The study...
LinkedIn Introduces AI-Powered Feed Ranking, Cracks Down on Automated Comments
LinkedIn is rolling out an AI‑powered ranking system, called Generative Recommenders, to personalize users’ Feed based on profile data and engagement behavior. The platform also announced stricter enforcement against automated comment tools and other inauthentic activity. Additionally, LinkedIn will limit...
