Trump, Xi and the Tech Moguls
The state visit by Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, so far has been long on pomp but short on substance on issues like artificial intelligence.
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The state visit by Xi Jinping, China’s top leader, so far has been long on pomp but short on substance on issues like artificial intelligence.
Tech layoffs in 2026 are outpacing last year’s tempo, but they are coming in sharp bursts rather than a steady stream, according to Crunchbase’s Tech Layoff Tracker, which monitors U.S. tech employers cutting jobs. From January through August U.S. tech layoffs reached at least 94,046, up 16.8% from 80,486 in the same period of 2025.
Tech Layoffs Outpace 2025 As Big Companies Shift Spending To AI Read More »
In January, the Trump administration rolled out a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to authorize or deny certain types of care for patients with Medicare—a federal healthcare program for seniors that previously hasn’t required doctors to get any such pre-approval, called prior authorization. Not long after, media outlets began relaying the disastrous outcomes: technical
Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment Read More »
Ezra Klein interviews the Nvidia chief executive Jensen Huang.
The Ezra Klein Show: Jensen Huang Thinks A.I. Alarmism Has Gone Too Far Read More »
The first known breach of a government website by rogue artificial intelligence agents has prompted global calls for more regulation of the technology.
OpenAI Agents Hacked Into an Australian Government Website. Who’s Responsible? Read More »
Millions of Americans rely on their local weather forecasts, but as peak storm season approaches, have the Trump administration’s budget cuts made it harder to accurately predict the weather? Meteorologists say it isn’t that simple.
How A.I. Is Reshaping the National Weather Service Read More »
Our cozy relationship with A.I. chatbots can lead to “artificial intimacy,” says one expert. Here’s how to keep it in check.
From climate to Covid to A.I., we face a terrifying feeling of exponential growth spinning out of our control. Are we right?
What Can Climate Change and Covid Teach Us About A.I. Doom? Read More »
I’m confident in my mastery over what doctors do — and less confident about my continued mastery of an ever-evolving universe of facts.
A.I. Has Made Me a Better Doctor. It’s Made Med Students Worse. Read More »
Pope Leo XIV on Friday arrives in France for a four-day visit – his fifth Apostolic journey since becoming pontiff last year – during which he hopes to repair the Catholic Church’s standing after sexual abuse scandals while also addressing issues such as the need to regulate AI. FRANCE 24 guides you through his visit.
Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France: What you need to know Read More »