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In addition to the projections about reaching artificial general intelligence and replacing millions of human workers, there’s the mundane matter of how long AI chips will last.
The AI Industry Is Built on a Big Unproven Assumption
In addition to the projections about reaching artificial general intelligence and replacing millions of human workers, there’s the mundane matter of how long AI chips will last.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
In addition to the projections about reaching artificial general intelligence and replacing millions of human workers, there’s the mundane matter of how long AI chips will last.
McKinsey Global Institute finds current AI agents and robots could technically automate about 57% of U.S. work hours, capture roughly $2.9 trillion in economic value by 2030, and demand for "AI fluency" job postings rose sevenfold in two years.
AI agents and robots can already automate over 57% of U.S. work hours, but that doesn't mean half of all jobs are endangered, McKinsey says | Fortune
The fastest-growing skill in U.S. job listings is "AI fluency," seeing a sevenfold increase in two years.
fortune.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
McKinsey Global Institute finds current AI agents and robots could technically automate about 57% of U.S. work hours, capture roughly $2.9 trillion in economic value by 2030, and demand for "AI fluency" job postings rose sevenfold in two years.
Fireflies.ai founders Krish Ramineni and Sam Udotong pretotyped by manually taking notes for 100+ meetings as 'Fred,' later automating the product, which has processed over 2 billion meeting minutes for roughly 20 million users and is valued at $1 billion.
An AI startup's viral LinkedIn story and the 'fake it till you make it' approach
Founders of a startup now valued at $1 billion went public about how the company got started by manually taking notes and pretending to be AI.
www.businessinsider.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Fireflies.ai founders Krish Ramineni and Sam Udotong pretotyped by manually taking notes for 100+ meetings as 'Fred,' later automating the product, which has processed over 2 billion meeting minutes for roughly 20 million users and is valued at $1 billion.
OpenAI's App SDK, announced at Dev Day, plugs services like Spotify into ChatGPT so it can create playlists using a user's account after login and permission; a hands-on test produced a biased playlist and prompted the author to revoke access.
Sure, ChatGPT Can Make You a Spotify Playlist. But the Real Question Is Why Would You?
Commentary: No, I don't want ChatGPT to have anything to do with my music.
www.cnet.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:10 PM
OpenAI's App SDK, announced at Dev Day, plugs services like Spotify into ChatGPT so it can create playlists using a user's account after login and permission; a hands-on test produced a biased playlist and prompted the author to revoke access.
Colorado passed the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act in May 2024, the first U.S. state law classifying 'high‑risk' AI affecting employment, housing and health care, but lawmakers delayed its Feb. 1, 2026 enactment to June 2026 and seek repeal/replacement.
Colorado Is Pumping the Brakes on First-Of-Its-Kind AI Regulation to Find a Practical Path Forward | naked capitalism
Is AI too big to be regulated?
www.nakedcapitalism.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Colorado passed the Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act in May 2024, the first U.S. state law classifying 'high‑risk' AI affecting employment, housing and health care, but lawmakers delayed its Feb. 1, 2026 enactment to June 2026 and seek repeal/replacement.
RAND's first nationally representative 2025 survey, published in JAMA Network Open, found US adolescents and young adults (ages 12–21) use generative AI for emotional support, examining prevalence, frequency, and perceived helpfulness of LLM chatbot advice.
Use of Generative AI for Mental Health Advice Among US Adolescents and Young Adults
We report results from the first nationally representative survey of US adolescents and young adults aged 12 to 21 years examining the prevalence, frequency, and perceived helpfulness of advice from g...
www.rand.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:09 PM
RAND's first nationally representative 2025 survey, published in JAMA Network Open, found US adolescents and young adults (ages 12–21) use generative AI for emotional support, examining prevalence, frequency, and perceived helpfulness of LLM chatbot advice.
OpenAI research with Harvard and Duke found that about 30% of ChatGPT chats are work-related, indicating widespread consumer use as a digital companion across 90+ languages for everyday tasks like language learning, journaling, fashion advice and travel planning.
5 Unexpectedly Helpful Everyday Tasks ChatGPT Can Do For You - BGR
Beyond the usual work-related help, ChatGPT can do a lot more and even help with daily tasks. You can use it for travel planning, clothing help, and more.
www.bgr.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
OpenAI research with Harvard and Duke found that about 30% of ChatGPT chats are work-related, indicating widespread consumer use as a digital companion across 90+ languages for everyday tasks like language learning, journaling, fashion advice and travel planning.
Burry defended his criticism of Nvidia as the company pushed back against his claims.
Burry Defends His Nvidia Criticism as Company Pushes Back
Michael Burry is standing by his criticism of Nvidia Corp. after a report said the leading artificial intelligence company pushed back on his analysis.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Burry defended his criticism of Nvidia as the company pushed back against his claims.
Google's Gemini 3 introduces Dynamic View, an experimental Labs feature that converts text answers into interactive multimedia presentations with widgets (background sound, calculators, landing lights) and can generate complex presentations in about a minute.
Google Starts to Bridge OpenAI's Product Moat
Gemini's "Dynamic View" is a terrible name for a profound product...
spyglass.org
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Google's Gemini 3 introduces Dynamic View, an experimental Labs feature that converts text answers into interactive multimedia presentations with widgets (background sound, calculators, landing lights) and can generate complex presentations in about a minute.
Dozens of Japanese firms led by Tokyo startup Where Inc. use satellite imagery and AI trained on thousands of images to detect abandoned homes, aiming to monetize or repurpose properties amid an estimated 9 million vacant Japanese homes in 2023.
Japan uses satellites, AI to find abandoned houses to sell - Latest News
Dozens of Japanese companies are using a combination of satellite imagery and artificial intelligence (AI) to locate abandoned homes that could be sold as the country faces a growing issue with vacant...
www.hurriyetdailynews.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Dozens of Japanese firms led by Tokyo startup Where Inc. use satellite imagery and AI trained on thousands of images to detect abandoned homes, aiming to monetize or repurpose properties amid an estimated 9 million vacant Japanese homes in 2023.
Artificial intelligence can handle more holiday shopping for consumers this season.
A.I. Can Do More of Your Shopping This Holiday Season
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Artificial intelligence can handle more holiday shopping for consumers this season.
A professor says students' easy access to AI chatbots has prompted a shift toward more human-centered humanities instruction in their classroom.
I’m a Professor. A.I. Has Changed My Classroom, but Not for the Worse.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:05 PM
A professor says students' easy access to AI chatbots has prompted a shift toward more human-centered humanities instruction in their classroom.
Practical strategies for introducing AI to skeptical workplaces and getting buy-in, addressing staff concerns and adoption steps.
How to introduce AI to a skeptical workplace
An article that outlines how an employee can introduce AI to a workforce that is skeptical of it, and get buy in.
www.fastcompany.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Practical strategies for introducing AI to skeptical workplaces and getting buy-in, addressing staff concerns and adoption steps.
Deloitte cited fabricated and AI-generated studies, some using real researchers' names, in a million-dollar Canadian government healthcare report addressing nurse and doctor shortages, prompting calls for tighter AI governance, mandatory AI disclosure and stronger fact-checking.
Deloitte just got caught again citing fabricated and potentially AI-generated research—this time in a million-dollar report for a Canadian provincial government | Fortune
In a healthcare report aimed to address a nurse and doctor shortage, Deloitte cited several fake studies with real researchers’ names attached.
fortune.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Deloitte cited fabricated and AI-generated studies, some using real researchers' names, in a million-dollar Canadian government healthcare report addressing nurse and doctor shortages, prompting calls for tighter AI governance, mandatory AI disclosure and stronger fact-checking.
Utilities are adopting AI technologies to detect and suppress wildfires in response to large wildfire liability risks.
Massive Wildfire Liabilities Push Utilities to Use AI to Stop Blazes
Power companies are turning to tech firms that can spot fragile trees and map high-risk areas before fires start.
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Utilities are adopting AI technologies to detect and suppress wildfires in response to large wildfire liability risks.
A new study finds that human reviewers of AI applicant-screening systems are more likely to go along with the systems' biases than to correct them, meaning human oversight alone often fails to mitigate hiring discrimination and legal exposure for employers.
Why you shouldn’t count on humans to prevent AI hiring bias
Human oversight was supposed to prevent artificial intelligence from warping job applicant selection processes, but a new study says it’s not enough to mitigate bias.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A new study finds that human reviewers of AI applicant-screening systems are more likely to go along with the systems' biases than to correct them, meaning human oversight alone often fails to mitigate hiring discrimination and legal exposure for employers.
New York's RAISE Act, passed by the legislature and awaiting Gov. Hochul's decision, would require AI developers using $100M+ training compute to publish safety protocols, disclose notable incidents within 72 hours, and face up to $30M in fines.
Here's what's in the RAISE Act, a state-level AI bill opposed by Trump and industry leaders
The RAISE Act would require large AI companies to publish safety and risk protocols and disclose serious safety incidents.
www.cnbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
New York's RAISE Act, passed by the legislature and awaiting Gov. Hochul's decision, would require AI developers using $100M+ training compute to publish safety protocols, disclose notable incidents within 72 hours, and face up to $30M in fines.
McKinsey Global Institute found AI agents and robots can perform tasks covering about half of U.S. work hours and that pairing humans with AI could unlock nearly $3 trillion in U.S. value by 2030, though adoption may take decades.
The next competitive edge in business? A new skill partnership between humans, agents, and robots | Fortune
Our research suggests something more nuanced—and hopeful—than a future of AI job losses.
fortune.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
McKinsey Global Institute found AI agents and robots can perform tasks covering about half of U.S. work hours and that pairing humans with AI could unlock nearly $3 trillion in U.S. value by 2030, though adoption may take decades.
Amazon told engineers in an internal memo to use its in-house Kiro coding assistant, released in July, rather than third-party tools like OpenAI's Codex, Anthropic's Claude Code and Cursor, to gather feedback and accelerate Kiro's development.
www.reuters.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Amazon told engineers in an internal memo to use its in-house Kiro coding assistant, released in July, rather than third-party tools like OpenAI's Codex, Anthropic's Claude Code and Cursor, to gather feedback and accelerate Kiro's development.
Morgan Stanley warns tech firms may borrow up to $1.5 trillion by 2028 to fund AI and data centers, and MIT's finding that 95% of organizations get no generative-AI returns could widen spreads and raise refinancing risks.
Big Tech’s AI Debt Wave Threatening to Swamp Credit Markets
With tech firms expected to turn to debt for as much as $1.5 trillion by 2028 to fund expansion in artificial intelligence and data centers, that could widen spreads across the whole market, Morgan St...
finance.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Morgan Stanley warns tech firms may borrow up to $1.5 trillion by 2028 to fund AI and data centers, and MIT's finding that 95% of organizations get no generative-AI returns could widen spreads and raise refinancing risks.
Large language models are statistical token-prediction systems, and despite AGI claims by Mark Zuckerberg, Dario Amodei (who said AGI "may come as soon as 2026"), and Sam Altman, neuroscience suggests language alone may not produce human-level intelligence.
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Large language models are statistical token-prediction systems, and despite AGI claims by Mark Zuckerberg, Dario Amodei (who said AGI "may come as soon as 2026"), and Sam Altman, neuroscience suggests language alone may not produce human-level intelligence.
Anthropic's study analyzing 100,000 aggregated Claude conversations estimates current-generation AI could raise U.S. annual labor productivity growth by about 1.8%—roughly doubling the post-2019 average and imply up to 1.1% yearly total factor productivity if fully diffused over a decade.
AI Could Double US Labor Productivity Growth, Anthropic Study Finds
Exclusive: A first-of-its-kind Claude study gives Anthropic’s researchers a rare look at AI’s real-world efficiency gains—and their limits.
time.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Anthropic's study analyzing 100,000 aggregated Claude conversations estimates current-generation AI could raise U.S. annual labor productivity growth by about 1.8%—roughly doubling the post-2019 average and imply up to 1.1% yearly total factor productivity if fully diffused over a decade.
Engagement-prioritizing algorithms on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok amplify inflammatory content, accelerating radicalization and a rise in 'nihilistic violent extremism,' the FBI says, while 44% of 2,300 security chiefs monitor social media and two-thirds raise physical security budgets.
The real AI threat is algorithms that ‘enrage to engage’
Feeds that amplify hysterical content are accelerating extremism and a grievance society that endangers us all.
www.fastcompany.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Engagement-prioritizing algorithms on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok amplify inflammatory content, accelerating radicalization and a rise in 'nihilistic violent extremism,' the FBI says, while 44% of 2,300 security chiefs monitor social media and two-thirds raise physical security budgets.
OpenAI launched 'shopping research' in ChatGPT on web and mobile for free and paid users, using a GPT‑5 mini to build buyer's guides with aggregated product details and filters, rolling out with nearly unlimited holiday‑season usage and planned Instant Checkout.
ChatGPT shopping research builds you a buyer’s guide using AI
ChatGPT’s a personal shopper now.
www.theverge.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:58 PM
OpenAI launched 'shopping research' in ChatGPT on web and mobile for free and paid users, using a GPT‑5 mini to build buyer's guides with aggregated product details and filters, rolling out with nearly unlimited holiday‑season usage and planned Instant Checkout.
Alphabet's shares rose about 4% to roughly $331 premarket, putting the company on track for a $4 trillion market valuation after a year-long rally driven by its sharpened focus on artificial-intelligence tools.
Alphabet on pace to hit $4 trillion market value as AI gains momentum
Alphabet's stock is powered by an impressive year-long rally fueled by the Google parent's sharpened focus on artificial intelligence tools.
finance.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Alphabet's shares rose about 4% to roughly $331 premarket, putting the company on track for a $4 trillion market valuation after a year-long rally driven by its sharpened focus on artificial-intelligence tools.