The AI Rulebook Is Splintering, and Lobbyists Are in Every Room
Two weeks ago the EU weakened its landmark AI Act. Last week Colorado gutted its own. The US now has 808 active state bills and an industry group claims an 87 percent win rate. Trinity College researchers identified 249 instances of "corporate capture" around the major 2023-2025 AI summits.
Read full story →One Intern Beat the Humanoid by 192 Packages
A Figure AI intern out-sorted Bob the Bot in a 10-hour contest, by 1.5 percent. The same week, Hyundai disclosed plans for 25,000 Atlas humanoids in its factories by 2029 and Barclays modelled 24 million humanoids in China by 2035. The gap is closing, slowly, and the capital is committed.
Read full story →Intuit Cuts 3,000 for AI. The Data Says It Probably Will Not Pay Off, Yet.
The tech industry has shed more than 100,000 jobs in 2026, most blamed on AI refocus. New BLS data shows AI-exposed occupations did shrink by 0.2 percent, with sales reps down 4.8 percent. Gartner says 80 percent of executives admit to making the cuts, and that they are "not paying off."
Read full story →New Zealand Bets $2.4 Billion That AI Can Help Run a Government
Finance Minister Nicola Willis announced 8,700 public service job losses by mid-2029, with AI "embedded as a basic expectation" across departments. Critics from Auckland and Melbourne warn the savings rest on AI prices that are currently subsidised, with the real bill heading offshore to US vendors.
Read full story →Meta Workers Are Being Told to Train the AI That Will Replace Them. They Are Saying No.
Meta's new Model Capability Initiative logs employees' mouse movements, keystrokes and screen activity to train AI agents, days before 8,000 layoffs land. Staff have responded with NLRA-citing flyers in the US and a Communication Workers Union organising drive in the UK.
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