While AI was trained to write like humans, these large language models are eroding the unpredictability of our writing and shifting the way we talk.
The big picture: Researchers found that AI pushes users toward a more standardized speaking and writing style, reducing variations in sentence structure and vocabulary.
Artificial intelligence is wiping out some entry-level work that trains the next generation of elite lawyers.
Why it matters: Big Law's entire business model depends on armies of junior associates learning on the job. If AI erases that rung, the profession faces a long-term talent crisis.
House Foreign Affairs Committee members are heading to Silicon Valley next week to discuss AI and export controls with leading tech companies, according to an invitation seen by Axios.
Why it matters: The trip underscores how AI is becoming a foreign policy priority, even as the White House has diverged from the Hill on whether China should have access to the most advanced chips.
Francis Suarez, former Miami mayor, has joined the "Ambition Accelerated" campaign as a senior advisor.
The big picture: This is the effort launched by Stephen Ross and Ken Griffin to recruit more companies, CEOs and founders to Florida's "Gold Coast" corridor between West Palm Beach and Miami.
ATLANTA – Businesses in the area are racing to implement AI, but some are struggling to define their own playbook, said Joe Sutherland, executive director of the Center for AI Learning at Emory University.
Why it matters: With artificial intelligence comes the promise of efficiency, but the cost, pace of change and talent pipeline challenges are forcing businesses to rethink how they operate.
Axios' Kristal Dixon and Nathan Bomey hosted conversations with Sutherland and Rebecca Godecke, senior vice president of online at The Home Depot. The April 29 event was sponsored by Western Governors University.
What they're doing: Sutherland's AI center is helping students get real-world AI experience through businesses, while also helping businesses figure out how to transform their job functions with AI.
Sutherland said AI's 12- to 18-month evolution cycle leaves students in four-year programs with outdated skills.
"So how do you keep up with that? And the answer that I have is through workforce development and experiential learning programs," he said.
AI is costly – and sometimes having humans do the work can be cheaper – but Godecke said it's all about balance.
"We think about AI internally and for our customers: improving the decision quality with confidence and then improving the velocity in which we can move," she said. "So AI is really an 'and' for us, not an 'or.'"
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In a View From the Top conversation, Paul LaForge, VP and dean of the department of computer science, software, AI and data at Western Governors University, shared that they are launching a new bachelor's degree in AI engineering to better prepare students for a rapidly changing workforce.
"This is not just for those who want to use models, but those who want to build models and the systems that support AI."
Arcadia, which helps businesses procure and manage energy, is acquiring Engie Impact — the arm of French multinational power giant Engie that offers a suite of complementary services.
Why it matters: The deal lands as energy demand and costs are rising around the world.
State governments are rapidly embracing AI by launching low-risk pilot programs, but haven't yet figured out how to measure their impact, according to a new analysis from Code for America shared exclusively with Axios.
Why it matters: AI promises to make government more efficient and cut costs.
I'm offering you four specific ways to get more out of AI: better prompting, improving AI memory, starting a business using AI (tonight) and running a business using AI (Monday).
The barrier to starting a business isn't capital anymore. It isn't a team. It's just you.
The old rule: Before you could launch, you'd need to assemble an army: lawyer, accountant, developer, designer, copywriter, researcher. This cost — and complexity — left a million ideas unborn.
The new rule: Anyone with a strong idea and solid AI prompting skills can model and prep a new business in a weekend.
Why it matters: This is THE under-appreciated upside of the same AI boom that many fear will eviscerate existing jobs. It has never been this easy to start something with so little capital.
