AI agents meant to replace Meta workers made “large-scale, disruptive actions”
Report shows Meta's challenges replacing people with AI agents.
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AI helps design new materials that work in the real world
The “CrysVCD” tool developed at MIT could cut the huge amounts of time and money spent on screening out chemically unstable designs.
Bill Gates warns ‘there is no plan’ for the ‘upheaval’ AI will cause
Bill Gates warns ‘there is no plan’ for the ‘upheaval’ AI will cause CNBC
NEWSLETTER: How Meta’s AI layoff plans went kaput
NEWSLETTER: How Meta’s AI layoff plans went kaput Reuters
What 3 high school students learned building AI tools for police
What 3 high school students learned building AI tools for police Police1
McKinsey says enterprise AI is finally 'on the road to ROI'
Fasten your seatbelt and empty that bladder: AI investment is rising, but reported enterprise earnings impact remains stubbornly flat
AI Layoffs: Real Workforce Strategy or Scapegoat?
AI Layoffs: Real Workforce Strategy or Scapegoat? Revelio Labs
State Data Center Policy 101: 2026 Legislative Guide
State Data Center Policy 101: 2026 Legislative Guide MultiState
Why data centers are a top issue in the 2026 midterms
Why data centers are a top issue in the 2026 midterms Brookings
Canonical backs quest to translate mountains of C into safe Rust with AI
Bungs banknotes at Bristol boffins to find out if mature code survives the machine
Opinion | The Original Sin of Anthropic’s Claude
Opinion | The Original Sin of Anthropic’s Claude The New York Times
Why police have been told to pause their use of AI in court cases
Why police have been told to pause their use of AI in court cases theconversation.com
Employers are quietly rehiring the people AI replaced, and paying them less to come back
Employers are quietly rehiring the people AI replaced, and paying them less to come back The Next Web
2 Energy Stocks Riding the Data Center Power Crunch
2 Energy Stocks Riding the Data Center Power Crunch Yahoo Finance
90% of executives say AI hasn’t boosted productivity. Some are still cutting jobs
90% of executives say AI hasn’t boosted productivity. Some are still cutting jobs Fortune
How Cisco is confronting the security crisis of agentic AI
“There are shadow agents running in almost every environment we look at,” warns Cisco’s VP of product for identity, who oversees the company’s Duo Agentic Identity product designed to solve the problem.
A battle over ‘Italian brainrot’ could shape who owns AI art
A battle over ‘Italian brainrot’ could shape who owns AI art NPR
AI layoffs hit your company? Here's your survival plan
AI layoffs hit your company? Here's your survival plan Christian Post
Slack Code taps into collective vibe, puts AI agents into the group chat
Developers can now invite the whole team along for their quality time with the coding bot
CEOs shift messaging around AI and layoffs
CEOs shift messaging around AI and layoffs Axios
KSU, Technovative AI sign pilot agreement with Moultrie Police Department for AI-powered behavioral health detection tool
KSU, Technovative AI sign pilot agreement with Moultrie Police Department for AI-powered behavioral health detection tool Kennesaw State University
Flock's New AI Police Tool Can Track Drivers Without a Name or License Plate
Flock's New AI Police Tool Can Track Drivers Without a Name or License Plate Decrypt
Pluralistic: The ordinariness of evil (19 Aug 2026)
Today's links The ordinariness of evil: Stop selling AI (bad). Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Dot-crash bumwad; AP v fair use; Nym Wars; What's ctrl-F? Pentagon lost $6.5T in a year; Voter ID is voter suppression; Become unoptimizable. Upcoming appearances: Sydney, Melbourne, Brighton, London, South Bend. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep…
AI data center opponents get water use argument all wrong | Opinion
AI data center opponents get water use argument all wrong | Opinion USA Today