AI & Society

Here are the ways leading companies are already responding to the AI revolution in professional services

Learning through human interaction remains critical as the sector embraces AI

Chinese President Xi Jinping said on Friday artificial intelligence should not be dominated by any single country, calling for greater international cooperation on AI development and governance at a major conference in Shanghai. His remarks come as Chinese AI firms challenge US rivals and concerns grow over AI’s military, cyber and terrorist misuse.

A new body is set to strengthen Beijing’s influence over international standard-setting

Investors pull away from shares in companies that have led markets higher this year

Europe wasted no time using its landmark Digital Markets Act (DMA) to try and rein in Big Tech. Companies like Apple, Meta, and Google have faced steep fines and orders to modify their business practices since the law came into force in 2024. And the hits keep on coming for Big Tech in Europe. After

Facing mounting pressure to acknowledge that Grok can still be used to generate non-consensual sexualized images of adults and minors, xAI filed a lawsuit Tuesday, suing the first user that Elon Musk’s firm has accused of using its chatbot to create illegal content. The complaint targets Terry Wayne Harwood, who was arrested earlier this year

Thousands of unionized Hyundai auto workers began walking off the job early after negotiations with the South Korean automaker broke down over plans to deploy humanoid robots—the most significant pushback from organized labor so far over the latest wave of robotic automation. The partial strike at Hyundai’s automotive production complex in the city of Ulsan

The widespread introduction of AI-powered coding tools has led to some dramatic splits between those integrating those tools into their workflows and anti-AI absolutists who don’t want large language model-generated code anywhere near their projects. When it comes to the Linux kernel, though, creator and top-level maintainer Linus Torvalds said he is “willing to absolutely

In an internal review that later became public, IBM’s Watson for Oncology was shown a patient much like thousands treated every day: a 65-year-old man with lung cancer who was also suffering from severe bleeding. The system recommended bevacizumab — a drug that carries an explicit warning against use in patients with severe hemorrhage, precisely