AI driving up innovation investment: UN
Artificial intelligence is fueling a rebound in investment in innovation, with corporate research and development spending reaching record highs, the United Nations said Tuesday.
Sep 29, 2026
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Business
Research news on Artificial intelligence labor economics
Artificial intelligence labor economics examines how the diffusion of AI and related automation technologies alters employment, job content, and wage structures across sectors and occupations. The field quantifies task-level exposure to AI, heterogeneous productivity effects, and resulting patterns of job displacement, creation, and reorganization, including impacts on entry-level roles, creative and professional work, and gender or skill-based pay gaps. It also studies adoption dynamics, governance and organizational challenges, and emerging social and geographic divides in AI use and benefits.
Machine learning & AI
AI is creating jobs as well as erasing them—but how rewarding are they?
Don't believe the hype about AI taking over all forms of work. Most of the evidence to date suggests large-scale job losses are limited. But what is changing is the way work is organized.
Sep 25, 2026
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As the coding boom fades, computer science grads focus on AI skills in choppy job market
Computer science student Jack Zemke was getting nowhere despite sending out hundreds of job applications that mostly disappeared into the void—ignored.
Sep 24, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
A look at AI doomsday scenarios that researchers say could put humanity at risk
For years, artificial intelligence researchers have warned of ways the technology could wipe out humanity: AI bots could design an unstoppable disease, unleash a nuclear war, or transform all of Earth into paper clip factories, ...
Sep 23, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Could AI really kill all humans? Most scenarios require physical access, making AI Armageddon unlikely
In August 2026, an experiment using "frontier," or cutting-edge, artificial intelligence models went further than planned.
Sep 21, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Anthropic picks Accenture for in-house AI safety evaluation
Anthropic said Friday it is partnering with consulting giant Accenture to have outside evaluators work inside the AI company, a step toward fulfilling a pledge by CEO Dario Amodei to have independent observers evaluate its ...
Sep 19, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Anthropic says AI systems are moving toward building themselves
Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic said Thursday that AI systems are increasingly capable of building future versions of themselves, adding to mounting concerns about the dangers of the powerful technology.
Sep 18, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Can we shut down AI?
The debate over potential dangers posed by artificial intelligence has resurfaced in recent weeks, with researchers once again warning that the technology could end humanity and leaders of AI companies suggesting development ...
Sep 17, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Meta chief pushes back on AI slowdown calls
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back Tuesday against growing calls to pause or slow AI development, arguing that market incentives and legal liability are the best safeguards against the technology's risks.
Sep 16, 2026
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Machine learning & AI
Ex-Google worker adds to AI alarm, warns of 'potential to kill us all'
A former Google DeepMind employee warned that rapidly advancing artificial intelligence could become uncontrollable and has "the potential to kill us all," adding to a growing list of industry insiders sounding the alarm.
Sep 15, 2026
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