After Congress failed to include a moratorium on domestic artificial intelligence laws in the annual defense policy bill, the White House appears to be taking matters into its own hands. President Donald Trump posted on his Truth Social account Monday that he will sign an executive order this week to address various state AI laws…
Recent advances in AI have followed a pattern. Whether text, image, audio and video, once the right technical foundations were discovered, it only took a few years for AI-generated results to go from merely passable to indistinguishable from human creation. Although it’s still early, recent advances suggest that virtual worlds—that is, 3D environments that you…
It started, like many things these days, by scrolling on X. I read article after article about the power crisis hitting AI data centers: GPU racks were sitting idle, waiting not for chips, but for electricity. I texted Sam Altman, who confirmed that power was indeed a major constraint. I contacted our engineering team and…
We need to ensure that these technologies are safe and protect users’ mental wellbeing rather than putting it at risk. Falk Gerrik Verhees The research team highlights that EU AI law’s requirement for transparency – simply informing users that they are interacting with AI – is not enough to protect vulnerable groups. They call for…
The immense power needs of AI computing were flagged early as a bottleneck, prompting Alphabet’s Google Cloud to plan how to procure power and use it, according to Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud. Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm AI event in San Francisco on Monday, he emphasized that the company, a key player in…
Publication on December 3 from American and international agencies advice on the integration of artificial intelligence into operational technology. These guidelines aim to help critical infrastructure owners and operators safely integrate AI tools into operational systems, focusing on four key principles: understanding the unique risks and potential impacts of integrating AI into OT environments; assess…
The Defense Department would require senior leaders to have secure cell phones, staff to receive cybersecurity training including a focus on artificial intelligence, and cyber troops to have access to mental health services, under an annual defense policy compromise bill released this weekend. The agreement between House and Senate negotiators on the National Defense Authorization…
This essay as told is based on a conversation with Rahul Kasanagottu, a 32-year-old customer engineer at Google, specializing in AI and machine learning, and based in Austin. His identity and employment have been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for length and clarity. For a few years, I worked in a…
I’m bad at artificial intelligence. It’s reliable when I need to talk to someone, laugh, or get general information. I spend hours scrolling through Instagram Reels and TikTok, longing to land on another artificially generated joke to make me laugh. Whether it’s Ninja twerking or Stephen Hawking doing donuts in his wheelchair, the humor behind…
Much of 2025 has seen the word “digital employees” enter our vocabulary, especially as the noise surrounding agentic AI has become louder. Some consider them replacements, while many providers consider them augmentation agents. “We view AI agents as ‘digital employees’ that extend the capabilities of human workers by autonomously executing defined business processes,” defines Jess…