I hope this article finds you well. Did that make you cringe, ever so slightly? In the decades since the very first email was sent in 1971, the technology has become the quiet infrastructure of white-collar work. Email came with the promise of efficiency, clarity and less friction in organisational communication. Instead, for many, it…
The legal assessment of images generated with the help of Artificial Intelligence is becoming more precise. In a landmark ruling, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) Düsseldorf has affirmed that purely machine-generated output generally does not enjoy copyright protection. Anyone who wants to legally secure an AI image as their own personal creation must be able…
The best AI agents (artificial intelligence agents) are moving fast in 2026, with Ramp’s AI Index showing Anthropic at 34.4% workplace adoption and OpenAI at 32.3% across 50,000 US businesses in April. As more tools shift from answering questions to handling coding, customer support, automation, and sales tasks, you need to know which ones actually…
The young woman in the stands simply sighed, turned her head and sat there, looking impossibly composed, while 15 million strangers fell briefly in love with someone who had never existed. She was, according to the caption accompanying one of many posts, “the average Korean woman”. Her admirers quickly crowned her a “baseball goddess”, analysing…
Should people be able to use generative AI to win a design contest? That’s the debate playing out on social media after the Iowa State Fair’s Blue Ribbon Foundation unveiled the finalists for its annual T-shirt design contest. The Blue Ribbon Foundation deserves a bit of grace, said Chris Snider, an associate professor at Drake…
Joe Maring / Android Authority AI. AI. AI. I’m sure you’re tired of hearing this word over the past couple of years. It is everywhere, slapped onto every feature, every app, every keynote slide, whether it actually makes your phone better or not. And honestly, I’ve felt the same way. Sure, some features are quite…
Law students are trading in textbooks for AI subscriptions for some classes as they explore real-life ethical and practical implications of the technology Over the last two years, Loyola Law School in Downtown Los Angeles has incorporated AI into six courses. It’s a sign of a growing trend where law firms are looking for attorneys…
AI is changing workplaces, including within the very companies that make frontier AI models. AI-related jobs span the org chart from gig work all the way up to the C-suite. From AI accelerators to forward deployed engineers to philosophers, a new class of AI jobs is here. The next time you’re at a networking event,…
The next time you’re at a networking event, don’t be thrown if you spot new job titles on people’s name tags. Loading audio narration… AI companies aren’t just changing the way people work. They’re changing the kinds of roles being hired, including within their own companies. The wider jobs marketplace is responding, with org charts…
WASHINGTON (TNND) — AI-generated content is now so common online that it has earned its own nickname: “AI slop.” The term generally refers to low-quality digital content produced in large quantities by artificial intelligence, including fake images, synthetic videos, low-effort articles, political memes and engagement-driven posts. According to Merriam-Webster, “slop” is defined in this context…
