Tag Archives | AI (Artificial Intelligence)

As the central bankers of the world met at Jackson Hole, Wyoming for their annual get together to discuss issues affecting the world financial sector and monetary policy, U.S. statistics for corporate profits for the second quarter of 2026 were released.

Millions in U.S. defense funding are supporting university projects tied to Israeli military research, including surveillance technology, AI targeting systems, and drone development.

More than one quarter of all federal lobbyists are now lobbying on AI issues.

AI as a broad technology is not our problem any more or less than are computers, the internet, or email. Rather, the problem is with the class interests shaping its development.

AI developers, in particular the two industry leaders, OpenAI and Anthropic, have yet to make a profit. 

This post debunks the hype surrounding the large language model (LLM) generative AI systems (later to become multimodal AI systems) produced by leading tech companies, in particular ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Gemini (Google), Grok (xAI), Copilot (Microsoft), and Llama (Meta). 

This post starts a multipart series aimed at cutting through the fog of AI hype in order to help us understand some of the real dangers we face from AI use and highlight hopeful avenues of effective resistance. It offers an overview of my argument. Following posts will take up the relevant issues in more detail.

A new Minnesota law banning the use of technology that creates sexually explicit images or videos of a person without their consent will go into effect Saturday after a federal judge rejected the request of an Elon Musk AI company to delay the law’s enforcement.

In July, free software from China set off the worst week for U.S. chip stocks in over a year and briefly cost Nvidia its place as the world’s most valuable company. Wall Street panicked because Chinese firms had matched the leading U.S. artificial intelligence systems. But the selloff exposed something deeper. The AI boom rests […]

Google is one of the so-called ‘hyperscalers’, the mega tech companies that are ploughing huge of amounts of funds into AI, hoping and expecting it to lead to a sharp rise in profits down the road.

The release of two Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) models ranking with the most advanced American systems, timed to coincide with the World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai, has provoked panic in Washington and Silicon Valley, exposing the fragility of the speculative bubble on which the entire American stock market now rests.

Scientists warn that AI-generated and AI-enhanced wildlife images could contaminate citizen-science databases, distort species records, and undermine conservation research.

“China is ready to be more open, take more practical actions, and assume a more visionary perspective. We are ready to work with all parties to seize the opportunities of AI development and meet the challenges, and join hands to create a brighter future for humanity.” – Xi Jinping

An Elbit Systems presentation reveals the Israeli AI targeting system identified 850,000 potential targets during the Gaza and Lebanon wars, raising legal and humanitarian concerns.

Kevin Crane takes on some common questions about Artificial Intelligence.

OpenAI is increasingly becoming a military contractor, as 21st century battlefields become progressively automated.

The day before International Workers’ Day, a court in China sent a clear message to employers: artificial intelligence is not a license to throw workers away.

The question is not whether AI will enter the workplace. It already has.

An in-depth article of Magnifica Humanitas Encyclical and its call to dismantle corporate algorithmic control, protect national sovereignty, and restore the dignity of human labor.

In 2021, Israeli intelligence officials had proudly declared that an 11-day bombing campaign against Hamas was their “First AI War”, but that was a mere skirmish compared to the unbridled, AI-facilitated mass slaughter that was to come.