The Week AI's Own Engineers Started Saying Stop
A researcher's resignation post drew 159 million views and pulled a private fear into the open: many of the people building frontier AI think it could kill us, and a growing number now want to slow down. Trump shrugged, Congress stirred, and doom-talk stopped being a punchline.
Read full story →The AI Bill Nobody Put in the Budget
Companies spent two years pushing staff to use AI. Now the invoices are arriving, priced by the token, and a heavy-using minority can run up costs that dwarf flat software fees. One Amazon project overran by 860 percent, and finance is finally getting a seat at the table.
Read full story →AI Is Minting Profits. Workers Aren't Getting a Cut.
US workers' share of national income just fell to its lowest level since 1947 while corporate margins hit a record. The early evidence suggests AI's productivity gains are flowing to capital, not paychecks, and one economist says labor's share may have no floor at all.
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