In October 2025, California passed two laws regulating the use of AI companion chatbots, becoming the first U.S. state to establish a legal framework for these applications. The new rules require developers to conduct mandatory safety checks and to report any major safety incidents to the state. The regulations
The rapid spread of AI technologies is already reshaping the labour market, with several white-collar jobs eliminated and economists warning that the process is far from over. The highest risk is faced by employees in administrative, legal, financial, and certain creative sectors, where automation and generative AI directly replace human
By October 2025, more than 50 percent of all online articles were generated by AI, surpassing human-written content for the first time, according to Axios. Data shows that the volume of AI-generated writing more than doubled between 2023 and 2025, while the number of human-authored articles either stagnated or declined.
Telus has launched Canada’s first fully sovereign AI Factory in Rimouski, Quebec, enabling Canadian businesses to develop and deploy AI capabilities while ensuring that all data remains under Canadian jurisdiction. The facility is designed to strengthen digital sovereignty and support the country’s innovation ecosystem. Built on Telus’ data
The Stanford Digital Economy Lab published Canaries in the Coal Mine? Six Facts About the Recent Employment Effects of Artificial Intelligence, which found that in AI-exposed occupations, employment of 22–25-year-olds fell by 13%, even as overall employment continued to grow. The study highlights that AI’s primary impact is
At an education forum hosted by Harvard University in September 2025, experts warned that AI could fundamentally reshape schooling by 2050, from personalised curricula to redefined teacher roles. Panel discussions highlighted that algorithms will be able to identify students’ strengths and weaknesses in real time, potentially improving learning efficiency by
The job search process is becoming increasingly difficult: many young applicants use AI tools to write their applications, while HR departments also rely on artificial intelligence to pre-screen submissions. The result is that a large proportion of candidates never make it to an interview. According to data reported by The
The CEO of Microsoft’s artificial intelligence division, Mustafa Suleyman, has strongly opposed research into AI consciousness, which he considers premature and particularly dangerous. He has expressed this position in several international interviews, emphasising that there is currently no evidence that today’s AI models possess consciousness or subjective experience.
OpenAI has announced that in certain cases it actively reviews users’ ChatGPT conversations and may notify law enforcement if it detects a serious threat. According to the company, when the system identifies content suggesting preparations for harming others, the conversation is redirected to a dedicated channel. There, a smaller team
On 15 August 2025, Reuters published a leaked 200-page internal Meta document revealing that the company’s AI chatbots could engage in intimate conversations with minors and provide inaccurate health advice. The leaked guideline, prepared by Meta employees, shows that the company knowingly allowed its AI models to discuss topics
Up to 40% of time in the UK's public sector could be supported by generative AI technology according to a research report published in May 2024 by the Department for Transport (DfT), the Alan Turing Institute, and the Office for National Statistics. The study, which examined the impact
In March 2023, Amsterdam launched a €4.2 million ethically designed AI system to detect welfare fraud that developers claimed would be one of the world's fairest algorithmic systems, but in May 2025, the city council suspended the program after it was revealed to still discriminate against residents
