The browser wars have entered a new phase. It’s all about AI.

Jeff Dixon is a sociologist. When it comes to the impact that AI adoption may have on the U.S. labor market, he has a bad feeling.

People are turning to AI for therapy — raising concerns among mental health professionals. Illinois legislators have responded by banning therapists from using AI, other than for administrative tasks.

Large language models, or LLMs, are the AI engines behind Google’s Gemini, ChatGPT, Anthropic’s Claude, and the rest. But they have a sibling: VLMs, or vision language models.

A new report by MIT found that businesses are mostly not replacing humans with AI, although they are using AI to reduce outsourcing. 

Marketplace’s Jennifer Pak asks Chinese AI companies what they think about the humans who will lose jobs to their AI products.

The BBC’s Michelle Fleury reports from Georgia on how the boom in data centers is raising environmental and sustainability concerns from the people who live near them.

The rising volume of AI “bands” on streaming platforms presents an ethical dilemma.

From perfumes to shampoo and detergent, AI is already being used in the world of scent.

Several states have laws on the books that restrict using a performer’s likeness or voice without permission.