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The New York Federal Reserve’s Survey of Consumer Expectations found that 44.4 percent of respondents expect unemployment to rise over the next …

On September 17, Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed chaired the first Abu Dhabi Executive Council meeting run partly through an agentic AI platform …

CNN’s exclusive reporting reveals a US military AI system generated a false intelligence report this spring claiming a Chinese vessel was carrying …

Leading the Future, a super PAC funded by AI industry money, launched its first general-election advertising this week backing Senate Republican candidates, …

Workday’s Human Connection Workplace Index, surveying 2,150 employees across seven countries, found that 37 percent now use AI for companionship at work, …

China’s State Council “AI Plus” guideline targets 70 percent penetration of AI agents and intelligent terminals by 2027 and 90 percent by …

Ukrainian officials report that Russian information operations have moved beyond simple disinformation into what analysts describe as cognitive warfare, using AI to …

New workplace research identifies four employee trust configurations toward AI, ranging from full trust to full distrust, plus two mismatched states, ‘uncomfortable …

The Army’s Special Operations Center of Excellence graduated its first class under a restructured Psychological Operations curriculum in 2026, pairing PSYOP soldiers …

Gartner projects more than 40% of agentic AI projects will be canceled by 2027, citing unclear ROI, escalating costs, and inadequate controls, …

HBR reporting describes AI tools creating predictable patterns of team dysfunction as they are introduced, arguing that the deeper challenges are not …

Scroll through X and LinkedIn and a pattern in humanoid robot demos stands out: many of the robots shown off are designed …