The future of AI is dividing the Democratic Party, as potential 2028 presidential candidates and key stakeholders stake out clashing positions in what's already shaping up as a major policy battle in the primary.
Why it matters: If Democrats win back the White House in 2028, where they land on AI will shapehow the country approaches the new technology — with big consequences for the economy and workers.
America faces an aging crisis: We have too few young people supporting too many older people — at the very moment Social Security, our national retirement program, nears insolvency.
To make matters worse, young people are increasingly scared to have kids — in part because they fear AI will make finding and keeping a job harder.
Screens are winning kids' time and attention, and now AI companions are stepping in to claim their friendships, too.
Why it matters: The AI interactions kids want are the ones that don't feel like AI, but instead feel human. That's the kind researchers say are the most dangerous.
Why it matters: Solomon Ray's rise marks one of the first times an AI-generated Black Christian artist has broken through a major streaming chart, and the conservative creator behind it is intensifying scrutiny of the creation.
As police scoured New England this week for the gunman who killed two people at Brown University, a parallel manhunt erupted online, falsely targeting a Palestinian student.
Authorities say the real suspect, a Portuguese national also linked to the slaying of an MIT professor, was found dead Thursday in New Hampshire.
Why it matters: Social media influencers who play detective after tragedies are getting it disastrously wrong — falsely accusing innocent people of crimes with little evidence, massive reach and virtually no accountability.
