Tech leaders are all in on AI; the public, not so much
Silicon Valley touts AI as revolutionary, but public skepticism is high. Surveys show limited workplace impact, widespread fear, and strong support for regulation.
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Cybersecurity stocks hit sharply by Anthropic ‘Claude Code Security’
Shares of companies in the cyber security solutions space have nosedived after America-based AI company Anthropic PBC unveiled a tool that is capable of autonomously finding and patching possible software vulnerabilities.
Exclusive eBook: The great Al hype correction of 2025
2025 was a year of reckoning, including how the heads of the top AI companies made promises they couldn’t keep. In this exclusive subscriber-only eBook, you’ll learn more about why we may need to readjust our expectations. This story is…
How to Build and Launch Your First Digital Product (Step-by-Step Guide)
Freelancing is great. If you’re currently offering freelance services, you already have the skills needed to build a small digital product. But it has one major limitation. Your income is directly tied to your time. More hours = more money.Many…
The Download: Microsoft’s online reality check, and the worrying rise in measles cases
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Microsoft has a new plan to prove what’s real and what’s AI online AI-enabled deception now permeates our…
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The bird is a beautiful silver-gray, and as she dies twitching in the lasernet I’m grateful for two things: First, that she didn’t make a sound. Second, that this will be the very last time. They’re called corpse doves—because the…
Job titles of the future: Breast biomechanic
Twenty years ago, Joanna Wakefield-Scurr was having persistent pain in her breasts. Her doctor couldn’t diagnose the cause but said a good, supportive bra could help. A professor of biomechanics, Wakefield-Scurr thought she could do a little research and find…
Measles cases are rising. Other vaccine-preventable infections could be next.
There’s a measles outbreak happening close to where I live. Since the start of this year, 34 cases have been confirmed in Enfield, a northern borough of London. Most of those affected are children under the age of 11. One…
No AI, no raise: Accenture links promotions to tech adoption
Accenture has begun monitoring how employees use its artificial intelligence tools and will factor this into promotion decisions to boost adoption across its workforce. Senior managers have been told leadership roles require “regular adoption” of AI. The move follows 11,000…
Prof.ai to founder.ai
When Covid-19 struck in 2020, Sashikumaar Ganeshan at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore built a model to predict the spread of the contagion, marking his deep immersion into AI technologies. He later founded ZenteiQ.ai to develop scientific foundational model…