An AI doctor can now conduct a live video consultation while listening to speech, watching the patient and reasoning about what it sees in real
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Turnitin detected AI-written content in over 22 million student submissions in its first year of AI detection. Stuart Kerr examines what the evidence shows about AI and learning outcomes and why the policy response requires
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AI infrastructure zoning lets hyperscale data centres bypass real scrutiny by hiding under generic industrial labels. Here's how
The AI identity crisis isn't happening inside the machines, it's happening to us. An Anthropic AI agent managing
AI parenting tools are now used by 81% of parents, new research finds, saving families nearly an hour
AI moral reasoning cannot escape a proven mathematical limit: sentencing, credit, immigration and healthcare systems all show the
A World Bank model now forecasts refugee inflows into Uganda with over 80 percent accuracy, months before people arrive, while Stanford's GeoMatch tool has raised refugee employment outcomes by up to 75 percent in trials.
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The largest randomized clinical trial of a VR exposure system for PTSD found it matched or beat the
AI gender bias runs deeper than Siri's default female voice. UNESCO documented how it reinforces submissive norms at
An AI shadow ban leaves your posts visible but invisible to everyone else, with no notification and no
Conscious AI is no longer purely science fiction. Neuromorphic chips and brain-computer interfaces are closing the gap between
AI landlord pricing software has now cost RealPage and settling landlords nearly $360 million, and RealPage is suing New York to stop a new ban on the technology entirely.
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AI in the art heist world hasn't cracked the unsolved $500 million Gardner Museum theft, but it's transforming
Surveys show Gen X sits in the middle of the AI adoption curve, not at its trailing edge,
AI and regional accents still don't mix well, with speech AI trained mostly on Southern and standard English.
AI and religious faith are colliding as grief chatbots, AI mindfulness apps, and algorithmic moral advisors fill space
Low-wage clickworkers, up to 500 million of them, earn less than two dollars an hour training the AI systems that power ChatGPT and beyond. Here's what the work actually involves, and why governance hasn't caught
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AI genetic genealogy can identify a relative for 60% of people from just 1% of a population's DNA,
AI language diversity covers fewer than 20 of the world's 7,000 spoken languages. Here's why the gap persists,
AI and serendipity are structurally opposed: recommendation algorithms are built to prevent the unexpected encounters that once fueled
The AI cult of productivity absorbs every efficiency gain into more work rather than more rest. With 12
Decentralised AI governance promises accountability through blockchain, but the same features that make it appealing also make it nearly impossible to regulate. Here's where the combination genuinely works, and where it's mostly hype.
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AI memory tools range from clinically validated cognitive support for dementia patients to contested lifelogging and digital afterlife
AI dream decoding can already read patterns out of brain activity during sleep. Four US states now regulate
USCIS, CBP, and the State Department have all expanded AI-driven screening in 2026, from evidence-classification tools driving up
AI nanomedicine is speeding up how microscopic robots are designed and steered, but the therapies themselves are still
The AI exodus everyone predicted, secondary cities losing to elite tech hubs, has it backwards. Brookings data shows AI exposure is highest in San Francisco, New York, and Seattle, not the towns automation hit last
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AI recruitment tools now screen most job applications before a human ever sees them, cutting review time by
AI flood forecasting now includes 24-hour urban flash flood warnings, built using news reports as training data for
AI is compressing the timeline of synthetic biology from decades to months — designing novel proteins, engineering gene
AI is reshaping every dimension of Olympic sport — from training optimisation to algorithmic judging, doping detection, and
AI digital resurrection now clones a voice from 3 seconds of audio and reconstructs the dead as interactive companions. Here's the grief science, the legal gap, and why the dead have almost no data rights.
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AI valuation tools, document review systems, and risk-scoring algorithms are entering family law proceedings — raising urgent questions
A viral Guess ad featuring two AI-generated models has reignited a fight over pay, consent and diversity in
AI-generated models are displacing commercial fashion photography bookings at scale — raising urgent questions about labour, diversity, likeness
Children are forming real emotional bonds with AI companions — and when companies shut down, those bonds are
Personal robots are entering care homes, nurseries, and living rooms worldwide -- but can they genuinely look after us across the full arc of life, or are they a cost-cutting measure dressed as a care
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AI is entering the operating room as surgical planner, real-time monitor, and autonomous operator -- transforming surgical practice
AI drone surveillance has moved from battlefield to city streets and borders faster than the laws governing it.
AI construction robots can lay 1,000 bricks an hour and are cutting construction's worst-in-industry fatality rate. Here's how
Large language models speak to the world in a voice shaped predominantly by English-language data -- encoding cultural
From AlphaGo to AI-generated game worlds, artificial intelligence is transforming games from every angle -- as designer, opponent, and training partner -- while raising new questions about creativity, fairness, and what human play means.
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AI accessibility is transforming life for people with disabilities, from braille displays for a DeafBlind Harvard Law graduate
Children are growing up inside AI -- with tutoring tools, recommendation algorithms, and AI companions shaping their development
Seventy-two percent of teens have used an AI companion chatbot, and Character.AI and Google have now settled multiple
AI power concentration means five companies control the infrastructure the entire AI economy runs on. Here's how the
A UN scientific panel just confirmed there's no guarantee AI agents follow instructions, days before Geneva convened all 193 nations to govern them. Here's who's actually racing to build these systems, and why the rules
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AI coding assistants have transformed software development productivity -- and introduced security vulnerabilities, comprehensibility gaps, and quality risks
The AI right to be forgotten exists on paper, but machine unlearning that can actually verify a person's
Criminal networks are adopting AI for fraud, dark web operations, and human trafficking faster than regulatory frameworks can
AI mental health tools can deliver structured self-help and symptom monitoring at scale -- but the claim that
