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How the legal landscape is changing for AI

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jan 1, 2025
As the new year begins, a number of new laws governing artificial intelligence take effect, with California leading the charge.
California law now requires greater transparency for AI-generated content and more protections for creative performers. Above, the state Capitol.
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What's in store for the markets in 2025?

by Kristin Schwab
Dec 30, 2024
2024 has been a year of strong stock growth, but uncertainty about interest rates and Trump administration policies makes the picture murkier for the year ahead.
Stocks have made gains despite high interest rates this past year.
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Job churn has been at historic lows. AI could change that.

by Sabri Ben-Achour , Chris Farrell and Erika Soderstrom
Dec 27, 2024
Leaders need to develop a safety net that will help displaced workers find good jobs, says senior economics contributor Chris Farrell.
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Soon, we'll be chatting about a new buzzword: "agentic AI"

by Matt Levin
Dec 26, 2024
Companies are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence agents to perform some of the complex tasks once assigned to humans.
Techies anticipate artificial intelligence agents that perform ever more complex, multistep operations.
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Quantum leap? This computing system could advance in 2025.

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Dec 25, 2024
Artificial intelligence is sure to get most of the hype, but technologists are making progress in realizing the promise of quantum computing.
A model of a quantum computer in Japan. Some say quantum computing could help solve some of the world’s most difficult problems.
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AI has a growing role in processing health insurance claims

by Kristin Schwab
Dec 18, 2024
AI uses algorithms trained on types of patients and types of care. But these decisions often require nuance, which AI may not have.
A new California law will regulate how insurers use AI in the process of granting prior authorization for health care treatments.
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Who's ahead in the AI arms race — Microsoft? Google? Meta?

by Matt Levin
Dec 16, 2024
The early technological lead OpenAI had is fading, as Google and Meta continue to release and iterate competing AI products.
The early technological lead that OpenAI had on the generative AI front is fading.
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How microchips came to power your phone and the economy

by Janet Nguyen
Dec 6, 2024
As our devices and vehicles perform increasingly sophisticated actions, chip demand has soared.
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Are people using AI as much as we thought (or feared) they would?

by Matt Levin
Nov 22, 2024
Next week it'll be two years since the debut of OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Generative AI has developed a lot since then, though some people are still wary of it.
Tech has been quicker to use AI than other sectors. Above, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman speaks at his company's first conference for software developers.
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Big Tech goes nuclear

by Ellen Rolfes
Oct 18, 2024
Plus: AI slop is all over Spotify, and a tiny island is making bank off “.ai” websites.
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