MIT report: 95% of generative AI pilots at companies are failing
By FORTUNE Published on August 18, 2025 The GenAI Divide: State of AI in Business 2025, a new report published by MIT’s NANDA initiative, reveals that while generative AI holds promise for enterprises, most initiatives to drive rapid revenue growth are falling flat. Despite the rush to integrate powerful new models, about 5% of AI […]
Google strikes agreements with 2 grid operators to restructure data center demand
By THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Published on August 04, 2025 Google announced Monday that it has struck agreements with two regional grid operators to reduce its data center demand at times when the grid is under more strain. The tech giant unveiled agreements with Indiana Michigan Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority to shift certain workloads […]
Who Pays? AI Boom Sparks Fight Over Soaring Power Costs
By THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Published on July 29, 2025 Technology companies need an extraordinary amount of electricity to power data centers at the core of the artificial-intelligence race. They don’t want to foot the entire bill. Across the U.S., utilities are asking tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Amazon to pay more to connect […]
Why Walmart Is Overhauling Its Approach to AI Agents
By THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Published on July 24, 2025 Walmart is overhauling its AI agent strategy as it aims to simplify the user experience. Agents refer to artificial intelligence tools that can independently take some action on behalf of a user, and Walmart in recent months has built dozens. Maybe too many, since they […]
US divided over AI implications: Gallup
By THE HILL Published on July 10, 2025 The American public is evenly divided over the implications of artificial intelligence (AI). Still, the majority thinks the new technology will reduce the need for people to do creative or important tasks, according to a new survey that was released on Thursday. The new Gallup poll found […]
The Great Content Collapse
By Marketing Against The Grain Published on July 01, 2025 Did you know that for every 18 pages Google scrapes from content publishers today, they now send back just one visit—down from two pages per visit a decade ago? Kieran dives into the “great content collapse” and what the changing landscape of AI-powered search means […]
Watching This Humanoid Robot Sort Packages Is Quite Something
By futurism Published on June 13, 2025 Earlier this year, humanoid robotics company Figure showed off its Figure 02 robot using a sophisticated visual language system called Helix to sort packages at a logistics warehouse. Footage showed a small army of the humanoid robots deftly picking up packages of various sizes, shapes, and hardnesses, and […]
Misogyny in the metaverse: is Mark Zuckerberg’s dream world a no-go area for women?
By The Guardian Published on June 10, 2025 Graphic sexual content, bullying, abuse and threats of violence are rife in the metaverse – and the NSPCC says a huge proportion of online grooming offences take place on Meta-owned products. Is it too late to change course? Everybody knows that young women are not safe. They […]
AI pioneer Bengio launches $30M nonprofit to rethink safety
By AXIOS Published on June 03, 2025 Machine learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio is launching a new nonprofit lab backed by roughly $30 million in funding to make AI systems act less like humans. Why it matters: The move bucks a trend toward AI that acts independently, which Bengio and others fear might create […]