Tackling AI Bias: Building Trust Through Ethical Automation
As artificial intelligence continues to guide hiring, lending, healthcare, and more, the stakes have never been higher. These automated systems can improve efficiency—but without clear ethical guardrails, they risk amplifying discrimination and undermining public trust. When an AI system makes a harmful or biased decision, it’s often difficult to understand why, and nearly impossible to […]
UK Taps AI for Arctic Defense as Global Tensions Rise
The United Kingdom is deploying artificial intelligence to monitor and secure the Arctic, a region increasingly at the center of geopolitical competition. As melting ice uncovers vital shipping lanes and untapped resources, the UK sees the High North not only as a frontier of opportunity—but also of rising threats. Defending NATO’s Northern FlankForeign Secretary David […]
Congress Wants GPS in Every AI Chip—Is Global Tech Surveillance the New Norm?
A bold new frontier in chip controlIn a dramatic escalation of its tech security strategy, Congress is now pushing for GPS-style tracking in every AI chip exported from the U.S. The proposed Chip Security Act would require companies like Nvidia to embed location verification into semiconductors, turning each chip into a self-reporting surveillance device. Surveillance […]
Can the U.S. Really Police AI Chips Worldwide?
Huawei’s defiance resets the gameWhen Huawei unveiled its Mate 60 Pro with an advanced 7nm chip—despite strict U.S. export controls—it didn’t just raise eyebrows; it set off alarms in Washington. With reports surfacing that Huawei’s Ascend chips may rival Nvidia’s performance, the U.S. response has gone beyond borders, with the Trump administration aiming to enforce […]
AI’s Growing Power Problem: Can the World Keep Up With Its Energy Demands?
As artificial intelligence becomes more deeply embedded in everyday life, its environmental costs are growing just as fast as its capabilities. While the benefits of AI are being loudly celebrated, there’s a quieter, darker side to this technological boom—one that’s becoming impossible to ignore: its insatiable hunger for energy. The data doesn’t lie. Running advanced […]
Samsung Leans on AI Strategy to Soften Semiconductor Setbacks
Samsung Electronics is reaping the rewards of its aggressive push into AI, posting record-breaking revenue despite ongoing turbulence in the global semiconductor market and rising trade tensions. Strong Smartphone Sales Power Performance The company reported a new quarterly high of KRW 79.14 trillion ($55.4 billion) in revenue, up 10% year-over-year. Operating profit came in at […]
Apple Expands In-House Chip Ambitions for Future Devices
Apple is ramping up efforts to design more of its own chips, targeting everything from smart glasses to next-gen Macs and AI servers. This move reinforces its broader strategy to control the full hardware stack and reduce reliance on external suppliers. Smart Glasses with Custom Chips in the Works One of Apple’s most anticipated projects […]
Trump’s AI Chip Strategy Signals Major Reversal on Global Export Controls
The Trump administration is rolling back a signature Biden-era policy that aimed to tightly regulate global access to advanced AI chips. This marks a major shift in U.S. strategy toward international technology trade, with far-reaching consequences for innovation, geopolitics, and the semiconductor industry. Under President Biden’s proposed three-tiered framework, countries were categorized by their level […]
Claude Levels Up: Anthropic Connects Its AI to Your Favorite Work Tools
Claude Becomes a Connected Work Assistant Anthropic has unveiled a powerful new upgrade for Claude: Integrations. This feature allows the AI to connect directly to widely used workplace tools, making it a much smarter collaborator. Alongside it comes an Advanced Research mode designed to help professionals dig deeper and synthesize complex information from both internal […]
Are AI Chatbots Really Changing the World of Work? Not Quite Yet.
The AI Hype vs. Reality Check For the past two years, we’ve heard nonstop predictions about how generative AI—especially chatbots like ChatGPT—would transform the workplace. But a new study suggests that the economic impact has been… underwhelming. Researchers Anders Humlum (University of Chicago) and Emilie Vestergaard (University of Copenhagen) dove into employment data from Denmark, […]