Artificial Intelligence

A collection of 44 posts

Business

JPMorgan: AI tops family office investments; crypto exposure remains minimal

Artificial intelligence has emerged as the dominant investment theme for the world’s largest family offices, while cryptocurrencies attract limited interest, according to JPMorgan Private Bank’s 2026 Global Family Office Report, which polled 333 single-family offices across 30 countries between May and July 2025. The report found 65% of

Culture

Person of Interest predicted today’s A.I. risks — and drew 13M viewers

CBS’s five-season thriller Person of Interest, created by Jonathan Nolan, averaged about 13 million viewers during its 2011–2016 run and quietly anticipated many of today’s debates about artificial intelligence and surveillance. The series follows reclusive software engineer Harold Finch and former CIA operative John Reese as they

Tech

Apple’s Tim Cook gives vague answer on how company will monetize AI

Apple reported quarterly earnings on Thursday, posting $143.8 billion in revenue, a 16% year-over-year increase, and on the earnings call Morgan Stanley’s Erik Woodring asked CEO Tim Cook how the company plans to monetize AI. Woodring prefaced the question by noting added costs and competitors’ AI integration and

Tech

Windows 11 hits 1 billion users, Nadella says — up 45% year‑over‑year

Microsoft reported in its 2026 second-quarter earnings release that CEO Satya Nadella announced in his opening remarks that Windows 11 has reached "One billion Windows 11 users, up over 45% year-over-year," the company said. The earnings report showed Microsoft brought in $81.27 billion in revenue, though the

Business

A.I. boom prompts massive capex at Meta and heavy spending elsewhere, payoff unclear

Meta said last night it would spend up to $135 billion on capital expenditures this year, much of it on artificial intelligence, and its stock rose; Microsoft’s stock fell more than 6 percent after the company reported earnings, DealBook said. Tech giants’ A.I. spending plans are enormous. Microsoft

Culture

New 'Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence' teaser shows smarter, deadlier tomatoes

A new teaser trailer for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: Organic Intelligence arrived online on Jan. 29, 2026, offering a first look at the rebooted entry in the 47-year-old horror-comedy franchise. MovieWeb says the teaser leans into splatstick antics and reveals the titular tomatoes have developed "organic intelligence,"

Tech

Pope Leo XIV warns AI is 'turning people into passive consumers' of art

Pope Leo XIV warned about the risks of artificial intelligence in a message for the 60th World Day of Social Communications on May 17, saying "Faces and voices are sacred" and cautioning that AI can turn people "into passive consumers of unthought thoughts." He said "

Business

Consumer spending, not AI, was largest driver of US GDP in 2025

Businessinsider reports MRB Partners published a January report finding that personal consumption — not AI investment — was the largest contributor to US GDP growth in 2025. The report contradicted the popular view that AI was the main engine of growth and warned against claims that its "narrowly concentrated" and

Culture

Chris Pratt considered using a real robot as Mercy's AI judge

Gamesradar reports that Chris Pratt said he briefly considered using an actual robot to play the AI judge in Mercy, the new film in which he portrays a police officer who is interrogated by an artificial intelligence played on screen by Rebecca Ferguson. Pratt told Entertainment Weekly that early discussions

Culture

A.I. Is Increasingly Framed in Religious Terms, New York Times Says

A growing religious fervor surrounds artificial intelligence in American culture, with public figures and everyday users increasingly casting chatbots and personalization algorithms in godlike terms, The New York Times reported. The article cites examples ranging from Joe Rogan’s suggestion on the "American Alchemy" podcast that "Jesus

Tech

Educators urge social‑emotional learning and judgment training as A.I. enters schools

Letters to The New York Times responding to a recent Business article on A.I. in classrooms argue that schools must pair new technologies with stronger teaching of social and emotional skills and human judgment. Matt Levinson of Seattle, an education leader for more than 30 years, wrote that social

Tech

Office 2024 Home and Business lifetime license reduced to $100

Kotaku reports a lifetime Home and Business license for Microsoft Office 2024 is available on StackSocial at a 60% discount, cutting the price to $100. The Home edition is also discounted, listed at $120 down from $150 after a 20% drop. Both offers are one-time purchases that grant access to

Culture

Neil Newbon: Baldur's Gate 3 is 'too human' to be made by AI

Pcgamer reports Astarion actor Neil Newbon has finished a two‑year, 126‑episode co‑op stream of Baldur's Gate 3 with friend Tom de Ville and occasional guests, and in the final episode he said, 'Just goes to show to you folks, "fuck AI. This game

Tech

Nadella says AI must deliver useful outcomes or risk losing social permission

Pcgamer reported that at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned that AI will lose public support unless it is used to "do something useful that changes the outcomes of people and communities and countries and industries." On the supply side, Nadella said

Business

Tech companies and A.I. dominate Davos as Trump’s visit looms

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, global technology companies and artificial intelligence-focused events dominated the gathering, while attention centered on the expected arrival of President Trump. Lines formed early for the AI House and an Axios forum on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, while a storefront for the Alliance for

Business

Treasury committee warns inadequate AI oversight risks harm to UK consumers and finance

MPs on the Treasury committee warned that consumers and the UK financial system are being exposed to "serious harm" by the failure of government and the Bank of England to get a grip on the risks posed by artificial intelligence, in a new report. The report criticises ministers

Business

Five ways professionals can demonstrate readiness for management roles

ZDNET outlines five ways for professionals to prove they are ready to move into management as AI reshapes organisations: Gartner predicts 20% of companies will flatten structures using AI through 2026, eliminating more than half of current middle management positions. Paul Neville, director of digital, data, and technology at UK

Business

IMF Raises 2026 Global Growth Forecast to 3.3% as AI Investment Offsets Tariff Drag

The International Monetary Fund said on Monday that it has raised its forecast for global growth in 2026, projecting world output will hold at 3.3 percent for a third consecutive year as surging investment in artificial intelligence and other technology helps offset rising protectionism. In its World Economic Outlook

Politics

Government to create school to train senior civil servants in AI and other skills

Ministers will create a new "school of government" to train senior civil servants in AI and other skills, Darren Jones, the chief secretary to the prime minister, will announce in a speech on Tuesday — more than a decade after David Cameron closed the previous college for Whitehall. The

Business

FedEx CEO Raj Subramaniam pushes company toward A.I., robotics and re‑globalization

In an interview at FedEx’s large sorting facility in Memphis, Raj Subramaniam described how he is steering the company into an era of A.I., robotics and drones as global trade shifts. The Memphis hub, which handles hundreds of thousands of packages daily, is set to be renamed after

Culture

Sam Rockwell-led Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die draws strong early praise

Movieweb reports that Gore Verbinski's science-fiction film Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die, led by Sam Rockwell, premiered at Fantastic Fest in 2025 and is generating positive early reactions; more audiences and press have posted new reactions online. Early responders on X praised the film'

Tech

Figma CEO says he favors hiring younger, AI-native workers

Businessinsider reports Figma CEO Dylan Field said he has a "bias" toward hiring junior workers because younger professionals are often more "AI native." Speaking on the "In Good Company" podcast produced by Norges Bank Investment Management, Field said AI skills give young people a

Politics

A.I. attack ad in Texas primary shows John Cornyn dancing with Jasmine Crockett

Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and a Republican candidate in the state’s Senate primary, released an A.I.-generated attack video that depicts Senator John Cornyn dancing with Representative Jasmine Crockett. The video, published on Friday, shows a smiling but digitally faked version of Mr. Cornyn twirling with

Culture

Matthew McConaughey trademarks 'Alright, alright, alright' to curb AI misuse

According to People, Matthew McConaughey has sought to trademark his catchphrase "Alright, alright, alright" to prevent unauthorized artificial intelligence use; a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office document seen by the outlet says an application was filed in December 2023 and approved in December 2025. The filings are

Politics

Trump praises tariffs at Detroit factory visit; economists point to A.I. for growth

President Trump toured a Ford Motor factory in Dearborn, Mich., on Tuesday and used an economic speech to praise tariffs, mentioning them more than two dozen times and saying the levies had generated trillions of dollars of investment. He also credited tariffs on social media for the strong markets, writing,