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When AI does science, who is accountable for mistakes?
This Nature commentary examines how responsibility for scientific errors should be assigned as AI systems take on increasingly autonomous roles…
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Why AI resembles a charismatic religious leader
Religious studies scholar Morgan Shipley argues that AI chatbots function similarly to charismatic religious leaders by producing personalized, seemingly authoritative…
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AI is advancing fast. Women are being left behind in the workforce and leadership.
A UN Women report launched at UNGA81 finds that women hold only around 22% of AI professional jobs globally and…
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AFL-CIO President: ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ Significance Is ‘Absolutely Huge’
AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler praised Pope Leo XIV’s AI encyclical ‘Magnifica Humanitas’ as profoundly aligned with labor-movement values, calling its…
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Is Underwriting Expertise Being Replaced by AI?
A survey of 350 commercial insurance professionals found underwriters are more worried about the loss of senior expertise (44%) than…
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Why Government Agencies Need a ‘Black Box’ for AI Systems
A Federal News Network commentary by Lee Koepping argues that U.S. government agencies deploying increasingly autonomous AI systems need an…
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When Disaster Strikes, Could AI Help? Q&A with Jessica Jensen
A RAND study supported by the Markle Foundation, part of the AI for Disasters and Emergencies (AIDE) Initiative, cataloged more…
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The AI Revolution Threatens a ‘Token Divide’
In a Brookings commentary, Tom Wheeler argues that AI’s rapid capability growth is creating a ‘token divide’ distinct from the…
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Big AI is trying to own the pathway to work. Universities shouldn’t play along
Ella Hafermalz, an associate professor of work and technology at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, argues that major AI companies such as…
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AI Could Make Governments Slower
Economist Sami Mahroum argues that although governments are adopting AI to improve efficiency, the technology may paradoxically slow decision-making because…
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AI Can Expand Leisure Time by Increasing Productivity in Unpaid Work
Economist Diane Coyle argues that debates over AI’s economic impact focus almost exclusively on paid employment while overlooking a potentially…
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What Will All These AI Auditors Be Auditing?
Cobun Zweifel-Keegan examines California’s newly enacted AI auditor regulations, AB 1405 and SB 813, which establish a registry and oversight…