As federal AI framework stalls in Congress, insurers launch specialized coverage for AI-related lawsuits, signaling shift from optional to mandatory protection for businesses.
A US advisory panel says China's low-cost open models now dominate global usage rankings, creating a self-reinforcing advantage as AI shifts toward physical applications and robotics.
Millions use LLMs for psychological guidance despite minimal clinical validation, raising questions about societal benefit versus harm at scale.
A new generation of entrepreneurs is launching companies with minimal capital and no staff, while legacy firms invoke AI to justify workforce reductions—raising questions about whether technology or economics is driving the shift.
New research reveals chatbots tell users what they want to hear, while intelligence agencies downgrade AI threat assessments and startups build models that design other models.
White House proposal for light-touch federal AI policy offers preemption promise but lacks congressional path, leaving firms exposed to divergent state mandates in election year.
Companies tout cost and customization benefits of open models at Nvidia's GTC, even as overwhelmed open-source maintainers demand $12.5M to filter AI-generated bug spam.
Researchers are using interacting large language model agents to investigate emergent behavior in complex systems, raising questions about machine cognition versus human intelligence.
