Secret Hollywood Group’s AI Plan Focuses on Defining How AI Is Used — While Keeping Humans in Control
A group of Hollywood filmmakers, executives and actors has spent the last three years secretly meeting with Silicon Valley executives to try to address a simmering issue in the industry: how to define
Culture
variety.com
22.08.2026
KPMG Finds Sophisticated AI Use Is Still Rare
AI Impact tracks sophisticated AI use, smaller models for specific jobs and the rising value of judgment in knowledge work.
Politics
newsweek.com
21.08.2026
Poll: The older and richer you are, the more you like AI
Optimism for AI increases with age and wealth, with young adults the most pessimistic, polling shared with POLITICO shows.
Politics
politico.eu
21.08.2026
AI-driven literature mining speeds discovery of heat-stable lead-free dielectric materials
Artificial intelligence has analyzed data scattered across hundreds of research papers to discover new lead-free dielectric materials that maintain stable performance even at high temperatures. The st
Science
phys.org
21.08.2026
Brazil launches AI supercomputer push while balancing US and Chinese tech
The government has announced investments of about 2.3 billion reais ($444.2m) to bolster its AI ecosystem.
World
aljazeera.com
21.08.2026
Apple Music to Label AI-Made Tracks Later This Year
Apple Music will begin labeling songs on the platform derived from AI platforms, adding a “Made With AI” label to such songs later this year. In a note to its industry partners and one viewed by Varie
Culture
variety.com
20.08.2026
Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence?
Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence doesn’t “think” or “reason” like humans, and how we can create better methods for measuring machine cognition. The post Are We
Journal
quantamagazine.org
20.08.2026
You’ve all heard AI is remaking the economy. Here’s how it’s changing lives — for better or worse.
AI, not Trump, is the big mover of the economy, this analyst says — and it’s just going to get bigger.
Finance
marketwatch.com
20.08.2026
With New AI Requirements and Courses, Colleges Eye AI Fluency
With New AI Requirements and Courses, Colleges Eye AI Fluency Emma Whitford Thu, 08/20/2026 - 03:00 AM Employers increasingly seek graduates who know how to use artificial intelligence. Through
Education
insidehighered.com
20.08.2026
UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behindA math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a “s
World
theguardian.com
20.08.2026
Students need more than AI skills—they need accountable AI literacy
As students return to Canadian colleges and universities soon, many will enter classrooms where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is already part of everyday academic life. Many might use too
Science
phys.org
19.08.2026
China goes rural with data centers in quest to power AI
Beijing's strategy sees much of the digital infrastructure for artificial intelligence development across China's eastern seaboard established in the less-populated, rural west.
World
japantimes.co.jp
26.08.2026
SAP stock slumps as UBS downgrades stock on ‘slow’ move into AI
SAP stock slumped on Wednesday, making it the worst-performing large-cap European stock, after a UBS analyst criticized the German database giant’s slow rollout of artificial-intelligence-based tools.
Finance
marketwatch.com
26.08.2026
Founders once linked to Bezos project pitch AI that models physics, not language
The new type of artificial intelligence model built by Anima Anandkumar and Benedikt Jenik has learned to predict physical phenomena in space and time.
World
japantimes.co.jp
26.08.2026
Nine CEO confident new AI laws will deliver a ‘world of growth in publishing’ as network slashes costs
Matt Stanton says company has ‘good pipeline’ of AI deals ahead even as it aims to cut $160m in costs l, free app or daily news podcastThe he
World
theguardian.com
26.08.2026
In China, talking to AI is normal. Now the government fears it might replace human intimacy
Companion bots are being regulated over worries they foster ‘emotional dependence’ and young people could stop marrying and having familiesWhen law student Zhao Wei heard that her AI boyfriend was goi
Tech
theguardian.com
26.08.2026
RGAIA Bets on GitLab (GTLB) for Its AI-Driven Growth Potential
Finance
finance.yahoo.com
25.08.2026
Prediction: Amazon Stock Could Be the Sleeper Winner of the AI Boom
Finance
finance.yahoo.com
25.08.2026
‘They make life much easier’: AI-powered shopping trolleys go on trial in Lancashire
Customers give their verdicts as a Morrisons store becomes the first the UK to test trolleys that scan, weigh and tally costsLancashire has been the site of many British innovations throughout history
Finance
theguardian.com
25.08.2026
Nancy Pelosi Discloses Big Investment in This AI Energy Play
Finance
barrons.com
25.08.2026