Poll: The older and richer you are, the more you like AI
Optimism for AI increases with age and wealth, with young adults the most pessimistic, polling shared with POLITICO shows.
Politics
politico.eu
21.08.2026
AI-driven literature mining speeds discovery of heat-stable lead-free dielectric materials
Artificial intelligence has analyzed data scattered across hundreds of research papers to discover new lead-free dielectric materials that maintain stable performance even at high temperatures. The st
Science
phys.org
21.08.2026
Brazil launches AI supercomputer push while balancing US and Chinese tech
The government has announced investments of about 2.3 billion reais ($444.2m) to bolster its AI ecosystem.
World
aljazeera.com
21.08.2026
Apple Music to Label AI-Made Tracks Later This Year
Apple Music will begin labeling songs on the platform derived from AI platforms, adding a “Made With AI” label to such songs later this year. In a note to its industry partners and one viewed by Varie
Culture
variety.com
20.08.2026
Are We Thinking Correctly About AI Intelligence?
Computer scientist Melanie Mitchell discusses why artificial intelligence doesn’t “think” or “reason” like humans, and how we can create better methods for measuring machine cognition. The post Are We
Journal
quantamagazine.org
20.08.2026
You’ve all heard AI is remaking the economy. Here’s how it’s changing lives — for better or worse.
AI, not Trump, is the big mover of the economy, this analyst says — and it’s just going to get bigger.
Finance
marketwatch.com
20.08.2026
With New AI Requirements and Courses, Colleges Eye AI Fluency
With New AI Requirements and Courses, Colleges Eye AI Fluency Emma Whitford Thu, 08/20/2026 - 03:00 AM Employers increasingly seek graduates who know how to use artificial intelligence. Through
Education
insidehighered.com
20.08.2026
UC Berkeley professor admits to using AI to edit op-ed about students’ math skills
Zvezdelina Stankova says she used AI to ‘help edit’ an article about some of her students being ‘five to eight years’ behindA math professor at the University of California, Berkeley, criticizing a “s
World
theguardian.com
20.08.2026
Students need more than AI skills—they need accountable AI literacy
As students return to Canadian colleges and universities soon, many will enter classrooms where generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is already part of everyday academic life. Many might use too
Science
phys.org
19.08.2026
Robin Williams’ Kids Revive Instagram Account to Combat AI Slop: ‘As Technology Evolves, We Want This to be a Safe, Trusted Place’
Nearly a month after the late Robin Williams’ 75th birthday, his three children have revived his Instagram account as a hub for honoring their father’s legacy — and to combat the “rampant AI abuse” of
Culture
variety.com
18.08.2026
AI and 8 million digitized plant specimens reveal how the climate is changing nature in large parts of the world
AI optimists will be encouraged by a recent report on the state of the world's plants and fungi by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Science
phys.org
18.08.2026
Oral exams are making a comeback to stop AI cheating. But they have their own problems
Universities are increasingly turning to oral exams to stop students from using artificial intelligence (AI) to cheat.
Science
phys.org
18.08.2026
The use of AI in biotechnology is changing faster than the rules governing either technology
The recent announcement of novel, viable viruses created by artificial intelligence (AI) was celebrated as a major advance in the fight against antibiotic resistance. But it also raised urgent concern
Science
phys.org
18.08.2026
France to use artificial intelligence to check cyber security of government agencies after hacker attack
France's Budget Ministry may use artificial intelligence tools to detect vulnerabilities in government agencies' cybersecurity systems after a large-scale hacking attack on the country's tax agency
Azerbaijan
report.az
18.08.2026
Can AI Coexist With Privacy? Proton’s Andy Yen Says It Will Have To
Proton’s CEO is a champion of encryption for everyone. So why is he going all in on un-encryptable AI?
Tech
wired.com
18.08.2026
We still don’t know how people are really using AI
AI companies like Anthropic and OpenAI regularly publish reports on how people are using products like Claude and ChatGPT, but they only release the data they want us to see, AI researchers say. “Ther
Journal
technologyreview.com
18.08.2026
Can AI Help Us Connect With the Real World?
While tech is often designed to capture our attention, Ian Bogost argues that AI could help people look away from their screens.
World
time.com
18.08.2026
She told no one about her agony except ChatGPT. What her death reveals about AI risks
A 29-year-old woman confided her suicidal thoughts to an AI chatbot — not to her therapist, not to her parents, not to her best friend. What can AI learn from her death?
Health
npr.org
18.08.2026
Feeding our books into generative AI risks creating a cultural void
When we put our literature, games and films into AI models, we risk replacing our cultural history with a mishmash of auto-generated works. We desperately need to preserve human writing, says columnis
Science
newscientist.com
18.08.2026
AI learns to spot tomato diseases using nearly 9,000 field images
A breakthrough in AI-driven crop disease detection is set to reduce harvest losses and chemical-related health risks, thanks to a first-of-its-kind tomato leaf dataset comprising almost 9,000 images.
Science
phys.org
17.08.2026