An in-progress Harvard Business Review case study suggests generative AI tools may increase workloads rather than reduce them, challenging one of the technology’s most widely promoted benefits. The research followed around 200 employees at a U.S. technology company over an eight-month period, combining workplace observation with more than 40 interviews across multiple departments. While generative…
TL;DR Acquisition: Georgi Gerganov’s ggml.ai team, creators of llama.cpp, are joining Hugging Face to secure long-term institutional backing for open-source local AI infrastructure. Open-Source Commitment: The ggml and llama.cpp projects will remain fully open-source and community-driven, with the team working on them full-time under Hugging Face’s support. Technical Goals: The partnership targets single-click integration with…
AI processes medical data faster than human teams, research finds The UC San Francisco and Wayne State University research team was able to examine complicated pregnancy data in a matter of minutes using generative AI. In a health research test, AI tools processed large medical datasets to predict preterm births, sometimes beating human teams. The…
Japan Data Education Technology Feb 19, 2026 A survey of junior high and high school students in Japan found that many are using generative AI, whether to assist them in study or in their free time for fun or as a conversation partner. Usage for Study and in Free Time A survey of junior high…
Nearly 9 in 10 developers across Southeast Asia and India state they use AI weekly, with clear productivity gains reported Only 43% believe AI can currently perform at mid-level engineer quality 79% cite inconsistent outputs as the biggest barrier to deeper AI integration, outweighing concerns about access, cost, or tooling Philippines (88%) and Thailand (84%)…
On museum walls, in textbooks, and increasingly across social media feeds, artificial intelligence (AI) is breathing life into humanity’s distant ancestors. With a few prompts, AI can conjure scenes of Neanderthals hunting mammoths, tending fires, or raising families beneath icy skies. However, according to new research, these vivid reconstructions may tell us less about Neanderthals—and…
Fewer than half of roles in organizations have been updated to include AI-related skills, according to the study. In organizations struggling to achieve net productivity gains, less than 25% of roles are reported as AI-ready. “AI has been layered onto roles that were never updated to accommodate it,” the report states. Despite these challenges, the…
EyeEm Mobile GmbH/iStock / Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Demand for AI skills skyrocketed in 2025, according to Upwork. AI is reshaping jobs more than it is replacing them. Employers could soon place a higher premium on freelancers. The proliferation of advanced AI tools…
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CMU doctoral student Jose Oros, who designed a study to test creativity in AI-generated music, leads Evelyn Davenport, who is working toward an Advanced Music Studies certificate at CMU, in a research session. Credit: Carnegie Mellon University AI can write songs, but still has a way to go before matching the creativity of tunes made…
