The Foundation said the initiative will fund research and pilot projects examining AI’s impact on employment, economic growth and income distribution.
OpenAI Foundation Commits $250M to Study AI’s Economic Impact
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The Foundation said the initiative will fund research and pilot projects examining AI’s impact on employment, economic growth and income distribution.
The dispute centered on Google’s AdWords programme and the use of Hindware’s trademark as advertising keywords. The ruling comes as Google expands AI-powered Search.
Amnesty International said leading AI models rely on unlawful web scraping and pose risks to privacy, human rights and the environment. The group urged governments to prohibit systems built using such practices.
University of Cambridge-led study found that AI systems often failed to accurately assess top and low-performing university essays, with researchers warning that current models remain too inconsistent for independent grading.
A new study by Australian education research group Learning First has warned that AI is already disrupting classrooms and the risks to student learning are no longer a future concern.
Pope Leo XIV’s AI-focused encyclical Magnifica Humanitas warns against surveillance, inequality and concentrated technological power. The Vatican document deepens the Church’s engagement in global AI governance debates.
Anthropic has launched a Compliance API for Claude Enterprise, giving security teams access to prompts, logs, files, and activity data through 28 security platform integrations. The move comes amid growing pressure for stronger AI governance and enterprise oversight.
Microsoft is scaling back internal use of Anthropic’s Claude Code and shifting engineers toward GitHub Copilot CLI, months after the AI coding tool gained strong internal adoption. Broader Microsoft-Anthropic ties, however, appear to remain intact.
UC Berkeley School of Law has announced a strict artificial intelligence policy that will prohibit AI use for coursework and examinations, while allowing limited AI use only for identifying research sources, starting Summer 2026.
Starbucks has retired its AI inventory system less than a year after launch following operational issues reported by employees. The tool used tablet cameras and LiDAR technology to track store inventory.