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The changing composition of "Big Tech". Recent shifts in market dynamics, business performance, and technological innovation have prompted analysts and media outlets to propose a new acronym: "MANGO."

AI anxiety refers to the apprehension, fear, or unease individuals or groups experience regarding the development, deployment, and societal impact of artificial intelligence technologies. This anxiety can manifest in various forms, including concerns over job displacement, privacy erosion, ethical dilemmas, loss of control, and existential risks. 

SoftBank’s $5.4 billion acquisition of ABB’s entire robotics division marks a watershed moment in the convergence of artificial intelligence and robotics. This move is not merely about adding robots to SoftBank’s portfolio; it is a calculated leap toward building a vertically integrated “Physical AI” powerhouse.

This latest guide teaches how to quickly master the AI-enhanced features of Microsoft 365 Plus Copilot. The guide's nine chapters, along with an introductory prologue, detail each powerful Microsoft 365 and Windows 11 topic and explore the 90+ new or AI-enhanced features within Copilot

AI inbreeding occurs when models are trained on content generated by AI. Instead of learning from human data, they chew on their own outputs.

INSTANT AI UPDATE 31 - DEATH OF SEARCH IMMINENT - The announcement by Google product lead Logan Kilpatrick that  Google.com ’s classic search page, an iconic interface since 1997, will “soon” be replaced by AI Mode marks a watershed moment. As with all things AI, the speed of change is astounding. My thoughts follow:

INSTANT AI UPDATE 30 - WHAT ARE THE IMPLICATIONS OF ANTHROPIC’S $1.5 BILLION COPYRIGHT SETTLEMENT? Anthropic has agreed to pay at LEAST $1.5B to a coalition of authors and publishers. This settlement, reached after months of negotiation and legal pressure, is the largest of its kind in U.S. copyright history and marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing debate over the use of copyrighted material in AI training. As AI systems, particularly large language models (LLMs), have becom

Recent large-scale surveys indicate a marked increase in workplace anxiety directly attributed to AI adoption. A 2024 Gallup poll found 22% of U.S. workers reported being “very” or “somewhat” worried that technology, including AI, would make their jobs obsolete, up from 15% in 2021.

The "Anthropic Education Report: How Educators Use Claude" published last week, examines the transformative impact of AI tools like Claude on university teaching.

This week Jonathan Kao and his UCLA-based team published exciting new findings in Nature Machine Intelligences that were also summarized in a companion article in Nature. 

AI’s integration into "failure-averse" sectors where mistakes can have catastrophic consequences marks a recent and critical frontier. Japan’s exploration of AI for nuclear power facility inspections is emblematic of this shift, as nuclear oversight is synonymous with “zero tolerance for error.”

AI is rapidly transforming facets of higher education. Over 70% of university professors have embraced AI for research, leveraging its power for data analysis, literature reviews, and hypothesis generation, but less than 35% have integrated AI into teaching and learning.

Deepfakes are synthetic media in which a person in an existing image or video is replaced with someone else's likeness using AI algorithms, particularly deep learning techniques such as generative adversarial networks (GANs). Generative AI has ushered in a new era of media manipulation, with deepfake technology at the forefront.

In the past 3 years, we’ve seen the largest tech companies doubling down on AI. Recent articles on AI capital spending illustrate the way this has skewed the 2025 US economy.

In this post, I'm sharing a worry of mine about a potential threat to our constitutional “rule of law”. The rapid advancement of AI and deep learning technologies has ushered in an era where digital forgeries, referred to as "deepfakes", pose a major threat to the integrity of courtroom evidence.

The convergence of genomics, computational mathematics, and artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the landscape of biomedical research and clinical practice.

By enabling robots to utilize cameras for visual training, MIT researchers are effectively granting AI systems a form of visual self-awareness. This development raises profound questions about the trajectory of AI and robotics, particularly regarding the concept of self-awareness, a trait long considered exclusive to biological organisms.

The AI Browser Wars are not a fad; instead, they represent a basic reordering of the internet’s value chain. The "answer first" paradigm is already eroding the traditional web “link first” traffic model, undermining the economics of content creation and forcing a radical rethink of SEO and digital advertising.

AI Sycophancy refers to the tendency of generative AI models to adapt their responses to align with the user’s views, even when those views are factually incorrect or ethically problematic. The term, borrowed from human behavior, describes a pattern where AI chatbots prioritize user approval over truthfulness or objectivity.

A key element of learning is “learning” how to study; learners of all ages struggle with developing good study habits. Knowt, founded in 2018, is a U.S.-based EdTech startup that leverages AI to revolutionize note-taking, study, and assessment. The platform’s core offering is its ability to automatically generate quizzes and study materials from user-uploaded notes, PDFs, and textbooks, using advanced natural language processing (NLP) algorithms.