99% of CEOs want to replace workers with AI within two years
Your fears about being usurped by AI in the coming years may not be massively overblown, after all. In a Mercer poll of 1,000 US executives, 99% revealed they have plans to replace workers with AI within two years. By the time you have five years’ experience for that entry...
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Should delivery apps impose alcohol limits?
The death of a young woman has sparked debate over the access afforded by instant delivery services. For people with alcohol dependency, food delivery platforms have transformed drinking into a private and frictionless ritual. The limits imposed on physical retails, such as opening hours and – in some cases – units per...
Gen Z bearing the brunt of 16,000 monthly job losses due to AI
White collar administration is a space largely owned by Gen Z, which explains why they’re the generation most likely to find themselves out of work and replaced by AI. Unless it’s putting creatives out of work, Gen Z is fairly content about the mainstream explosion of AI in recent years. In-fact,...
Young Africans are creating comics that reflect their culture using AI
While the Global North debates AI ethics, young Africans are using it to tell stories rooted in their own cultures. In the Global North, whether AI use can ever be considered ethical in creative spaces is becoming a gray area. But for many Africans, the conversation is shifting away from...
How effective is medical AI? It’s complicated
Some healthcare professionals believe artificial intelligence will buy them more time with patients. Others fear it puts jobs, and lives, at risk. In a recent episode of The Pitt, a viral TV show about the inner-workings of a Pittsburgh hospital, overworked doctors battled a new antagonist: AI. An attending physician tells...
Why has Meta just acquired Moltbook?
Meta has just acquired Moltbook, the Reddit-style platform where AI agents communicate all day without the direct influence of humans. Why? The Dead Internet Theory is in full swing, and Meta wants in. Remember when people fretted that the internet would soon become an echo chamber of bots with human created...
The Pentagon’s war against American AI ethics
As its adversaries integrate autonomous AI systems into their militaries, the US is aiming to secure equal if not greater strategic leverage. However, doing so may come at the expense of ethical frameworks that AI companies are built on. While digital tech has long been the backbone of global militaries, we have now entered the Agentic Era, where digitalization is finally giving rise to AI autonomy. Throughout 2024 and 2025, it...
The Jim Carrey conspiracies prove AI has already won
The actor’s recent appearance caused an internet spiral that suggests reality is slipping from our grasp. Are we entering a new age of authenticity? Back in the 90s, Jim Carrey was a household name. You’d be hard pressed to find someone who hadn’t heard of the actor or his bevy of successful movies – Ace Ventura, The Truman Show, Liar Liar, the list goes on. Carrey had built a career with his...
HR teams are constantly battling AI generated grievances
HR teams are reporting being bogged down by overly lengthy grievances framed around legal precedents that don’t even exist. Rearing its head on a daily basis, the culprit is generative AI. Have you ever felt so aggrieved you couldn’t articulate yourself properly? Maybe you considered letting AI be angry for you? If the answer is yes, and your choice of battleground was email, you may be one of a growing number...
Discord rolls out age checks amid pressure to protect young users
All Discord users across the world will have to provide proof of age next month, or face being resigned to a ‘teen appropriate’ experience by default. Will this help Discord to finally address safety concerns regarding young users? Discord has proven notoriously hard to police, but rising pressure in recent years has prompted the platform to roll out stronger safety measures for 2026. When March rolls around, all Discord users across...
