Category: Applications of AI

Today’s companies run on a growing web of applications, data platforms, cloud environments, workflows, and purpose-built business systems. The development of technology has opened new possibilities for automation and intelligence, and it has also created a lot of fragmentation. HR may be working with one set of applications, finance another, and sales, marketing, IT, operations, […]

6 The term Luddite is used today as an insult or a way of claiming someone doesn’t understand a new technology or is resisting inevitable progress. The true history of the Luddites was of a mass working class movement resisting how a new tech was used by elites and bosses to extend their control over […]

BEIJING, Aug. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — When machines begin to think, how should humans coexist with them? When algorithms participate in decision-making, how can security be ensured? When technology challenges ethics, how can governance keep pace? As the divide continues to widen, how can inclusiveness be achieved? At the opening ceremony of the 2026 World […]

Open source tools are allowing teams to build observability into AI and LLM applications without surrendering control of sensitive prompts, outputs, or internal workflows. As AI-powered systems move from experimentation into everyday business operations, the need to understand their behaviour in production has become impossible to ignore. Traditional application monitoring was designed for deterministic software, […]

Xue Lan, a Cheung Kong Chair Distinguished Professor, Dean of Schwarzman College, and Dean of the Institute for AI International Governance at Tsinghua University, is one of China’s leading scholars on AI governance. He also serves as Chair of China’s National Expert Committee on AI Governance and as a member of the United Nations Committee […]

The majority of lead compounds fail before they become valid candidates for preclinical testing. Of the candidates that do make it to the preclinical stage, most will never reach clinical trials. And of those that enter human studies, only one in ten makes it through all stages of clinical development. While AI may seem like […]

Artificial intelligence (AI) can increase CPA practice effectiveness and output without additional headcount. It can be particularly helpful in small firms where staffing, budgets, and resources are limited. Firms are already using AI to speed up tax work, support audit and assurance work, and build simple tools to improve communication with clients. According to a […]

Families are turning to AI for their mental health advice. getty In today’s column, I examine a newly emerging trend that might be quite surprising: entire families are turning to generative AI and large language models (LLMs) as their mental health advisors. The idea is that each family member opts to tap into AI to […]

Pew Research Center illustration At Pew Research Center, we approach artificial intelligence from a variety of perspectives. as social scientists in public We are committed to innovation and are exploring what AI can add to our toolkit. as public opinion researcher, We study and explain how people are responding to advances in AI technology. and […]

The South African Tax Institute says the use of artificial intelligence (AI) by the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is impacting taxpayers’ rights. Gert van Heerden, Head of Tax Practitioner Relations and Support, spoke at the 11th International Conference on Taxpayer Rights in Pretoria. Tax authorities around the world are adopting digitalization through the use […]