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Will AI Benefit Everyone?

A Soho Forum debate on artificial intelligence's potential to deliver widespread societal benefits

Reason

The cost of AI slop could cause a rethink that shakes the global economy in 2026

Revenues may be rising rapidly, but not by nearly enough to cover the wild levels of investment under way

The Guardian - UK

Tech giants beat quarterly expectations as Trump’s tariffs hit the sector

What’s new in AI – from effects on job market to Meta’s new app and ChatGPT changes – and a look at Musk’s first term

The Guardian - US

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The generative AI bubble might burst, sending the tech to an early deathbed before its prime: “Don’t believe the hype”

Recent developments in the tech industry show the AI bubble is about to burst. With OpenAI on the brink of bankruptcy and NVIDIA's sinking value, the end is nigh.

Windows Central

Rage against machine learning

Brian Merchant's new book "Blood in the Machine" traces Luddite history to our modern day tech and labor woes

Salon

Is AI really this big of a threat?

Scientists, experts call "BS" as AI industry faces backlash over "fear mongering"

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